Ciccolo Arraignment Wednesday
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The Adams man suspected of planning terrorist attacks is due back in federal court on Wednesday morning.
Alexander Ciccolo is set to be arraigned before Magistrate Judge Katherine A. Robertson at 10 a.m. at U.S. District Court.
Ciccolo has previously been indicted on a weapons possession charge and for allegedly assaulting a nurse when he was detained at the Franklin County lockup following his July 4 arrest.
To date, he has not been formally charged with any terrorism offenses. However, the U.S. Attorney's evidence at a bail hearing earlier this month outlined evidence of Ciccolo's sympathy for the self-proclaimed Islamic State and the defendant's desire to execute his own terrorist attack on U.S. soil, most likely at a college or university.
Northampton attorney David Hoose has said that he "suspects" there will be additional charges forthcoming against the 23-year-old Ciccolo, who also has gone by the name Ali Al Amriki.
