{"id":76868,"date":"2018-01-01T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76868"},"modified":"2018-01-01T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T18:28:50","slug":"sean-andrew-duncan-arrested-for-destroying-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76868","title":{"rendered":"Sean Andrew Duncan, arrested for destroying evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=76869\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-76869\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sean-Andrew-Duncan.jpg?resize=322%2C326\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-76869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sean-Andrew-Duncan.jpg?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Sean-Andrew-Duncan.jpg?resize=296%2C300&amp;ssl=1 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/virginia-man-suspected-ties-isis-214329591.html\">Time<\/a>, Sean Andrew Duncan, a Sterling, Virginia man was arrested by Federal officers on Friday for destroying evidence that the feds intended to use to arrest him for terrorist activities relating to his ties to ISIS. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Duncan does not face any terrorism-related charges, NBC News adds. The FBI was searching his home as part of an investigation into possible \u201cattempts to provide material support for a terror organization,\u201d according to NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents suggest that Duncan may have converted to Islam and become interested in joining ISIS and carrying out an attack in the U.S.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, looking at the above picture, I don&#8217;t think &#8220;may have converted to Islam&#8221; is very much in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/loudoun-county\/2017\/12\/sterling-man-arrested-fbi-investigation-possible-isis-supporter\/\">WTOP<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The documents said that when FBI agents knocked on the front door with their search warrant, Duncan ran out of the back door barefoot with \u201csomething clenched in his fist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agents yelled at Duncan to stop, but before he did he threw a plastic bag over their heads. The documents say the bag contained a memory chip from a thumb drive that \u201chad been snapped into pieces and placed in a liquid substance that produced frothy white bubbles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FBI had been investigating Duncan for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Duncan and his wife attempted to travel to Turkey in February 2016, but were denied entry and sent back to the U.S. Upon returning, they were interviewed by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>A relative of Duncan also warned the FBI that they feared he had become radicalized because he had voiced approval of westerners being beheaded in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>When the FBI searched Twitter in December, they found an account created in November 2015 that linked to Duncan\u2019s phone. The Twitter account had a handle with an Arabic phrase that roughly translated to \u201cThe Islamic State.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, the investigation of the death of Duncan&#8217;s infant son uncovered the ISIS connections. One of these days, the feds are going to run out of luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Time, Sean Andrew Duncan, a Sterling, Virginia man was arrested by Federal officers on Friday for destroying evidence that the feds intended to use to arrest him for terrorist activities relating to his ties to ISIS. Duncan does not face any terrorism-related charges, NBC News adds. 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