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US Attorney Habba: Montclair man faces charges related to Michigan Halloween terror plot

Alina Habba says that her office has filed charges against Tomas Kaan Jiminez-Guzal, of Montclair

Matt Trapani

Nov 5, 2025, 10:11 PM

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A Montclair Township man is facing charges related to the Halloween terror plot in Detroit, according to U.S. Attorney Alina Habba.

[twitter] https://twitter.com/USAttyHabba/status/1986190944903803305 [/twitter]

Habba says that her office has filed charges against Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, of Montclair. She says that Jimenez-Guza, “along with other co-conspirators, used encrypted messaging applications to plan travel to Turkey, and then to Syria, to join ISIS as fighters.”

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Habba says that these messages also included pictures of Jimenez-Guzal “standing in front of the ISIS flag, holding a knife.”

Jimenez-Guzal was charged with conspiring to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization.

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