Two Southern California men have been charged as part of a group of eight indicted over an alleged plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House and kill government officials. Bryan O. Roa, 25, of Calimesa, and Michael A. Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills, both in California's Inland Empire, are among the men facing federal charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to commit murder.
The indictment, returned by a grand jury in Ohio on 9 July, alleges the group planned a mass casualty attack during the mixed martial arts event held on the South Lawn on 14 June. Authorities say the plot was foiled before any harm occurred.
