DHS brass slam Virginia Beach principal accused in ‘chilling’ plot to lure, ambush ICE agents

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: Top brass at theAssistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Kempsville High Schoolassistant principal John Wilson Bennettand his older brother Mark Booth Bennett were overheard at a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia Beach allegedly conspiring to go to Nevada and plan attacks on ICE agents in retribution for what they claimed to be “kidnapping[s]” of civilians during recent immigration enforcement operations.

“It’s chilling that a human being, much less a child educator, would plot to ambush and kill ICE law enforcement officers—offering such specifics as to getting a high-caliber rifle that would pierce the law enforcements’ bullet proof vests,’ arrest days ago.

“Thanks to Homeland Security Investigations and our partners, these men are behind bars.”

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John Bennett has been faculty at the school, located in the inland part ofVirginia Beach, since 2009.The school told local press that he is currently on leave.

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McLaughlin said DHS worked with law enforcement at all levels after an off-duty Norfolk police officer overheard the men at a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia Beach on Nov.17 discussing plans to “kill police officers and ICE agents,” with Mark Bennett allegedly saying he was planning to meet like-minded people inLas Vegas, where he would also purchase firearms with explosive rounds.

Two days later, Mark Bennett was arrested at Norfolk International Airport en route to Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, to connect to Las Vegas.John Bennett was also arrested that day.

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McLaughlin said the case is indicative of the more-than 1,150% increase inassaults against ICE agentsand 8,000-fold spike in death threats as they go about their daily work defending the homeland.

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“They risk their lives every single day to remove the worst of the worst, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members.From bounties placed on their heads for their murders, threats to their families, stalking, and doxxing online,our officers are experiencing anunprecedented level of violence and threatsagainst them and their families,” McLaughlin said.

Happy O’Brien, Mark Bennett’s attorney, disputed the recounting of events, reportedly saying his client was instead flying to Nevada for a F1 (Formula One) motorsports event with his child, according to theNorfolk Virginian-Pilot.

O’Brien reportedly compared the restaurant conversation to something out of theNBC sitcom “Seinfeld”– where Jerry Seinfeld’s and Jason Alexander’s characters would often have varying degrees of existential conversations while having coffee at “Monk’s.”

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Both Bennetts were charged with conspiracy to commit malicious wounding.

�s Adam Sabes contributed to this report.

 

 

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