NEW BERN, N.C. -- The man accused of being the ringleader of a North Carolina terrorism ring that threatened jihad overseas pleaded guilty Wednesday afternoon in federal court.
Daniel Patrick Boyd, 40, who lived in Johnston County, told a judge he was guilty of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism between November 2006 and July 2009. He also plead guilty to conspiracy to "murder, kidnap, maim and injure people in a foreign country."
He is scheduled to be sentenced in May and could be given a life sentence.
