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Mercurio Gets 18 Years in ISIS Plot
U.S. District Judge David C. Nye sentenced Alexander Scott Mercurio, 21, to 18 years in federal prison and lifetime supervised release for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group. The FBI arrested him the day before a planned attack on churches in Coeur d'Alene.
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The guilty plea is the conviction, and 18 years with supervision for life is the sentence Judge Nye imposed. The churches were not attacked. Agents arrested him the day before.
Alexander Scott Mercurio, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in federal prison and lifetime supervised release. U.S. District Judge David C. Nye imposed the term for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
He pleaded guilty in October 2025. The FBI arrested him on April 6, 2024, the day before he planned to attack churches in Coeur d'Alene. Court records say he planned to incapacitate his father, take his guns, and use knives and other weapons. A search of the house found butane canisters, lighters, handcuffs, a knife, a machete, and firearms that belonged to his father.
Days before the arrest he stood in front of an Islamic State flag, held a knife, and pledged allegiance. In early 2023 he had also put Islamic State material online.
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