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Trial set for ex-cop accused of supporting Islamic State

Dec 11, 2017 | 2:00 AM

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The first law enforcement officer in the U.S. ever to be charged with a terrorism offence is again scheduled for trial.

Jury selection begins Monday afternoon in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, in the case against Nicholas Young, who was a police officer in the region’s Metro system when he was arrested last year in a government sting.

Prosecutors say Young bought nearly $250 in gift cards he intended for the Islamic State group, giving the cards to an individual who turned out to be an FBI source.

Young’s lawyers say the sting amounts to entrapment after their client was under surveillance for six years.