{"id":90240,"date":"2025-10-31T17:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=90240"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:40:40","slug":"fbi-stops-potential-act-of-terror-in-michigan-ahead-of-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/fbi-stops-potential-act-of-terror-in-michigan-ahead-of-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI stops \u2018potential act of terror\u2019 in Michigan ahead of Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By AARON BABDL<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta-str\">(<em><span class=\"light-weight-content\">JNS.org<\/span><\/em><span class=\"light-weight-content\">) \u2013&nbsp;<\/span>Kash Patel, director of the FBI, told JNS that the federal bureau stopped a \u201cpotential act of terror\u201d on Friday via \u201cswift action and close coordination with our local partners.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_90241\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90241\" class=\"wp-image-90241 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90241\" class=\"wp-image-90241 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Operation-Dead-Hand-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-90241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand f. Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe vigilance of this FBI prevented what could have been a tragic attack, and thanks to their dedication, Michigan will have a safe and happy Halloween,\u201d the agency leader told JNS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel stated on social media that \u201cmultiple subjects\u201d were arrested. Media reports circulated that the alleged plot was tied to ISIS. (JNS sought comment on that from the FBI.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan Hall, public affairs officer for the FBI Detroit field office, told JNS that \u201cmembers from the FBI in Michigan were present in the cities of Dearborn and Inkster this morning conducting law-enforcement activities.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no current threat to public safety,\u201d Hall said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"FBI%20stops%20%E2%80%98potential%20act%20of%20terror%E2%80%99%20in%20Michigan%20ahead%20of%20Halloween\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4101,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90240"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90242,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90240\/revisions\/90242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}