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   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today returned a six-count indictment   
   against four members of a far-left, anti-capitalist, and anti-government   
   group that allegedly plotted to set off bombs in Southern California on   
   New Year’s Eve, charging them with additional, terrorism-related   
   felonies.   
      
   Each of the following defendants is charged with one count of providing   
   and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count   
   of possession of unregistered firearms:   
      
   Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, a.k.a. “Asiginaak,” and “Black Moon,” of   
   South Los Angeles; Zachary Aaron Page, 32, a.k.a. “AK,” “Ash Kerrigan,”   
   and “Cthulu’s Daughter,” of Torrance; Dante James Anthony-Gaffield, 24,   
   a.k.a. “Nomad,” of South Los Angeles; and Tina Lai, 41, a.k.a.   
   “Kickwhere,” of Glendale. Carroll and Page also are charged with one   
   count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.   
      
   All four defendants are in federal custody without bond. Lai’s   
   arraignment is scheduled for January 2, 2026. Carroll and Page are   
   scheduled to be arraigned on January 5, 2026. Gaffield’s arraignment is   
   scheduled for January 20, 2026. All the defendants will be arraigned in   
   United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles.   
      
   “The charges a federal grand jury returned today reflect the seriousness   
   of the conduct: a planned terrorist attack on American soil on New   
   Year’s Eve,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli.   
   “If convicted, this group of self-professed left-wing radicals will face   
   decades in federal prison. We will continue to investigate and prosecute   
   any and all terror groups and bring them to justice.”   
      
   According to the indictment, the defendants are part of the Turtle   
   Island Liberation Front (TILF), an anti-capitalist and anti-government   
   group. They also are members of what Carroll characterized as a   
   “radical” TILF faction that communicated using an encrypted messaging   
   group called “Order of the Black Lotus.”   
      
   In November 2025, Carroll drafted an eight-page, handwritten document   
   titled, “Operation Midnight Sun” that described a bombing plot targeting   
   U.S. businesses across Southern California this upcoming New Year’s Eve.   
      
   Among other things, the plot included details on the co-conspirators’   
   “marks” (intended targets), instructions on how to manufacture the bombs   
   and source the bomb-making materials, and guidance for the   
   co-conspirators to avoid leaving evidence behind that could be traced to   
   them.   
      
   The New Year’s Eve bombing plot was designed to “completely pulverize”   
   the targets, which included technology and logistics companies with   
   offices across Southern California. After drafting the bombing plot,   
   Carroll recruited others – including Page, Gaffield, and Lai – to join   
   the attack plan.   
      
   On November 29, 2025, Page used an encrypted messaging application to   
   send the following message to co-conspirators, including Carroll and   
   Gaffield: “death to israel death to the usa death to colonizers death to   
   settler-coloniasm [sic].” In response to Page’s message, Carroll stated,   
   “Death to them all, burn it all down [three emojis of a burning heart].”   
      
   Throughout early December 2025, the defendants procured bomb-making   
   materials to build and test explosive devices in the Mojave Desert on   
   December 12, 2025, including by obtaining bomb-making materials such as   
   potassium nitrate, sulfur, charcoal, and pipes.   
      
   Carroll and Page also described plans for after the New Year’s Eve   
   bombings, including targeting United States Immigration and Customs   
   Enforcement (ICE) agents and vehicles with firearms and pipe bombs to   
   “take some of them out and scare the rest of them,” according to the   
   indictment.   
      
   On December 12, 2025, the defendants traveled to the Mojave Desert to   
   build and test explosives that they planned to use as part of the New   
   Year’s Eve plot. The FBI arrested them at the scene before the   
   co-conspirators could make functional explosive devices.   
      
   An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a   
      
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