On Thursday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the joint work of regional offices in Charlotte, NC, and Houston, TX to foil an alleged terror plot by a Lexington, NC woman to incite a mass casualty event at a synagogue in Houston.
A Lexington woman is facing charges after allegedly plotting to murder congregants at a Texas synagogue, according to Davidson County warrants.
On Wednesday, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Angelina Han Hicks, 18, of Lexington, on two counts of felony conspiracy. According to warrants, the charges are for conspiring to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
She is also facing charges out of Texas.
According to the Houston Police Department, a 16-year-old has also been charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder. Because this person of interest is a minor, they remain unnamed. But the Houston Chronicle gave more details on the alleged conspiracy.
A juvenile in Harris County faces criminal charges tied to a multistate FBI investigation into an alleged plot to attack the campus of Houston’s Congregation Beth Israel.
The FBI office in Charlotte, N.C., said Thursday that the unidentified juvenile was arrested in Harris County. Before the juvenile’s arrest, court records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show a second person, 18-year-old Angelina Han Hicks, was arrested in North Carolina on felony charges.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that a juvenile female had been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit capital murder. The Houston Police Department was expected to release more information this afternoon.
Court papers accuse Hicks and two other people of planning to “kill as many Jews as possible” with a vehicle. Beth Israel and its school, The Shlenker School, said they were closed on Wednesday after learning from the Houston Police Department of a potential threat.
🚨On Tuesday FBI received a tip that an individual out of Lexington, North Carolina was planning a mass casualty event at a Jewish Day School near Houston, Texas. @FBICharlotte and @FBIHouston acted quickly, and working with our outstanding local partners in the Davidson County… pic.twitter.com/pqaItJ55i5
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) April 23, 2026
On Tuesday FBI received a tip that an individual out of Lexington, North Carolina was planning a mass casualty event at a Jewish Day School near Houston, Texas. @FBICharlotte and @FBIHouston acted quickly, and working with our outstanding local partners in the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, the subject has been taken into custody.
Investigation ongoing. Thank you to our Joint Terrorism Task Force personnel, FBI teams and local partners for their decisive work that likely saved lives.
It seems the FBI is doing a better job at thwarting hate than the Southern Poverty Law Center ever did. Of course, as we are discovering with the SPLC, that was a feature, not a bug. It also shows that The Atlantic hit piece against Patel was straight-up trash. As RedState has covered extensively, regionally and nationally, the FBI has been kicking butt and taking names on multiple levels. This reflects the extreme focus, competence, and strategic skill of FBI Director Patel, his agents, and his leadership team.
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The attack was allegedly planned for April 21, 2028, about two years from now, warrants say.
“The date doesn’t reflect the entirety of the evidence and shouldn’t be interpreted to mean the contemplated acts were not imminent,” said District Attorney Garry Frank’s Office, which covers North Carolina Prosecutorial District 33.
Frank added that the investigation is unfolding across three states and includes the federal government.
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For some reason, the legacy outlets are referring to 18-year-old Hicks as a teenager, perhaps to set the narrative of an impressionable youth rather than an alleged adult predator. An unwitting innocent is the image presented by Hicks’ father, who spoke with the local Fox 8 News.
Mr. Hicks claims his daughter could not have been involved in this alleged plot and blames her plight on Hicks becoming embroiled in a fantasy internet game. Mr. Hicks says the charges against her are fabricated and “way over the top,” and alleges that “They just want to get paid, because she’s no threat to anyone.”
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