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United States v. Cole Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales
Status: Cole Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales: Sentenced, October 11, 2024
- District
- Southern District of New York
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- June 14, 2023
Primary Sources
- U.S. Army Soldier Pleads Guilty to Terrorism Charges for Attempting to Help ISIS Conduct Deadly Ambush on U.S. Troops, Office of Public Affairs, June 14, 2023
- U.S. Army Soldier Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charges For Attempting To Assist ISIS To Conduct Deadly Ambush On U.S. Troops, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, June 14, 2023
- U.S. Army Soldier Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison For Attempting to Assist ISIS to Conduct Deadly Ambush on U.S. Troops, Office of Public Affairs, October 11, 2024 (also issued by U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Cole Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales
- Status
- Sentenced (DOJ release, October 11, 2024)
- From the DOJ release:
Approximately one week later, BRIDGES sent a second video in which BRIDGES, using a voice manipulator, narrated a propaganda speech in support of the anticipated ambush by ISIS on U.S. troops. * * * In addition to the prison term, BRIDGES, 24, of Stow, Ohio, was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release.
- Age
- 22 (per DOJ release of June 14, 2023)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- attempting to provide material support to ISIS and attempting to murder U.S. military service members
- Charged or arrested
- Before coverage period or not stated
- Plea or verdict
- June 14, 2023
- Sentencing
- October 11, 2024
- Sentence
- 168 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release (DOJ, October 11, 2024)
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Cole Bridges, aka Cole Gonzales," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-bridges-2023/