An 18-year-old lady was being held on a $10 million bond on Thursday after authorities alleged she conspired with two males to assault a Texas synagogue and “kill as many Jews as potential,” in line with court docket information.
The suspect, Angelina Han Hicks of Lexington, North Carolina, was charged with felony conspiracy to commit homicide and felony conspiracy to commit assault with a lethal weapon, in line with court docket paperwork
She allegedly plotted with two males to assault the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Houston, Texas, in line with court docket information.
Davidson County Sheriff’s Division – PHOTO: Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, North Carolina, was arrested, April 22, 2026, on prices of conspiracy to assault the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Houston, Texas.
“The conspiracy is to kill as many jews as potential by driving via a congregation on the synagogue,” North Carolina prosecutors alleged within the court docket paperwork.
Hicks was arrested on Wednesday in North Carolina and made her first court docket look later that day in Davidson County District Courtroom in Lexington.
Two males, solely recognized as “Angel” and “Teegan,” allegedly plotted with Hicks to commit the assault in 2028.
The 2 co-conspirators, in line with the court docket information, haven’t been arrested and stay unidentified.
A Davidson County decide set Hicks’ bond at $10 million, noting the 2 co-conspirators stay at massive.
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“Permitting a co-conspirator an opportunity to speak with both of these people or those that may relay a message places lives in danger,” the decide wrote in his court docket order, in line with the court docket paperwork.
In a social media put up on Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel stated the FBI obtained a tip on Tuesday that “a person out of Lexington, North Carolina was planning a mass casualty occasion at a Jewish Day College close to Houston, Texas.”
The Shlenker College, a preschool and elementary faculty, is affiliated and housed on the campus of Congregation Beth Israel.
Patel stated the FBI area places of work in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Houston labored with the Davidson County Sheriff’s Workplace to take Hicks into custody. He stated the short work to arrest Hicks “probably saved lives.”
Patel stated the case stays underneath investigation.
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Hicks’ lawyer, Chad Freeman in North Carolina, advised ABC Information on Thursday that it was too early to touch upon the allegations.
“I briefly spoke to her about preliminary issues,” Freeman stated of Hicks.
Freeman directed ABC Information to an audio assertion he stated Hicks’ father gave the WGHP, a Fox affiliate station in Excessive Level, N.C.
Within the audio assertion, Hicks’ father, who didn’t determine himself by title, claimed the fees in opposition to his daughter are “fabricated” and “method excessive.”
“This can be a good child. She’s been at school. She’s speculated to graduate in two weeks, which she will not have the ability to do now,” the daddy stated.
He stated he believes his daughter’s arrest stemmed from her “taking part in some fantasy recreation on the web.”
“It was darkish and he or she should not have been doing it, and we’re sick over it,” the daddy stated.
The daddy added, “She’s no risk to anybody apart from being a fantasy video participant.”
The Jewish Federation of Better Houston stated in an announcement that it has been in communication with the management of Congregation Beth Israel and The Shlenker College, in addition to legislation enforcement, over the threats to the campus.
The group stated Congregation Beth Israel determined to shut its campus on Wednesday “out of an abundance of warning.”
“After vital discussions with each the FBI and the HPD [Houston Police Department], we’ve been suggested that it’s protected for different native Jewish establishments to stay open,” the Jewish Federation of Better Houston stated. “Native legislation enforcement businesses are rising patrols round Houston-area Jewish establishments.”
Hicks’ subsequent court docket look is scheduled for Might 13 in North Carolina.