The fifth person arrested in a foiled plot for a New Year's Eve bombing is a transgender Marine veteran, and former cop, who wanted to “recreate Waco” against ICE agents.
I can exclusively report that the fifth unnamed arrested suspect in the Turtle Island Liberation Front New Year's Eve mass bombing terror plot is Trantifa militant Micah James Legnon (center photo, in blue).
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 16, 2025
Legnon is on a federal hold in Lafayette, La. He is a trans activist… pic.twitter.com/RZno4u6eaz
🚨BREAKING: A male Marine veteran who uses "she/her" pronouns has been charged for allegedly plotting to attack New Orleans.
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) December 16, 2025
Micah Legnon, who goes by "Black Witch" online, is connected to the left-wing "Turtle Island Liberation Front," federal prosecutors say.
Legnon was… pic.twitter.com/dfup3ThUv8
Micah James Legnon, 29, was arrested in Louisiana on Saturday after he was connected to the far-left terrorist group Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF). Legnon and four others were planning to plant pipe bombs on businesses and then ICE agents, according to the FBI. TILF is a “pro-Palestine, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government” and has been secretly fundraising to bring about a “revolutionary change in government,” FBI agents wrote in the affidavit. Prosecutors added that “TILF advocates that liberalism and peaceful protest will be the downfall of those who believe it is enough, and that ‘direct action is the only way. '”
Legnon in online chat forums went by “Kateri TheWitch” and “DarkWitch She/Her,” and was plotting to plant bombs in New Orleans that would coincide with the other attacks, which were set to take place in Southern California.
The veteran had shared pictures of rifles, body armor, federal agents, and “found sniper training manuals, SWAT training manuals, assault rifles, and multiple rounds of ammunition,” according to law enforcement.
“S**t time to recreate Waco tx with these f**kers. F**k ice,” the terrorist wrote, a statement the FBI interpreted as a threat to replicate the infamous Waco standoff between federal law enforcement and David Koresh’s Branch Davidians, which resulted in the deaths of four agents and more than 70 civilians.
Legnon is charged with making threats over interstate commerce.
The co-conspirators were arrested in Los Angeles after they were filmed testing IEDs in the Mojave Desert.