ISIS
United States v. Alexander Scott Mercurio
Status: Alexander Scott Mercurio: Pleaded guilty, October 22, 2025
- District
- District of Idaho
- Docket number
- Not matched
- Group named in DOJ releases
- ISIS
- Statutes
- 18 U.S.C. § 2339B
- First DOJ release
- April 8, 2024
Primary Sources
- Idaho Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, Office of Public Affairs, April 8, 2024
- Coeur d’Alene Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho, April 8, 2024
- Coeur d’Alene Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Idaho, October 22, 2025
Status and dates follow these DOJ releases. Docket details from CourtListener (RECAP).
Alexander Scott Mercurio
- Status
- Pleaded guilty (DOJ release, October 22, 2025)
- From the DOJ release:
According to court records, Mercurio pledged his allegiance to ISIS and intended to commit an attack in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on its behalf.
- Age
- 18 (per DOJ release of April 8, 2024)
- Charges as described by DOJ
- attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS
- Charged or arrested
- April 8, 2024
- Plea or verdict
- October 22, 2025
Cite: Middle East Forum, Islamist Terrorism Prosecutions, "United States v. Alexander Scott Mercurio," accessed October 13, 2026, https://cases.meforum.org/case/us-v-mercurio-2024/