The New Iberia man arrested for his alleged connections to a terror group that planned a New Year's Eve attack has been identified.
Micah Legnon, 29, is a former U.S. Marine and served for a time as a New Iberia Police Officer. He was hired by the New Iberia Police Department in August 2019, after being honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. He was placed on administrative leave by the NIPD in May 2022 and resigned in September 2022, records there show.
Federal court records show he was formally charged with one count of threats in interstate commerce. They do not show any indication that he has a lawyer.
He was mentioned, although not named, during an FBI press conference held on Monday, which detailed the arrest of four members of an alleged terrorist organization in connection with an alleged planned attack on New Year's Eve.
Today, the complaint and affidavit against Legnon were unsealed on the motion of the U.S. Attorney's Office. If you want to read the affidavit, scroll down.
The affidavit refers to a Facebook page that is alleged to be Legnon's, Kateri TheWitch. The person on that page presents as a trans woman who goes by the name Kateri Legnon.
The affidavit alleges that Legnon is part of the alleged terrorist group that was planning a New Year's Eve attack, the Turtle Island Liberation Front. He's also accused of being part of a signal group known as Order of the Black Lotus, operating under the name "Darkwitch."
Because of his alleged affiliation with the people who are now accused of plotting the New Year's Eve attack on Los Angeles, Legnon was under surveillance by the FBI earlier this month. They were outside his Leona Drive apartment when they saw him load "assault rifle and body armor" into his vehicle, the affidavit states.
After finding that apartment address via research, KATC Investigates went to that apartment on Monday, but no one was home.
A search warrant was executed on the apartment last week; during that search the FBI allegedly found "sniper training manuals, SWAT training manuals, assault rifles, and multiple rounds of ammunition," the affidavit states.
They searched his vehicle after he was stopped on U.S. 90 eastbound - which leads to New Orleans, the affidvait states.
"Similar to the items in the picture posted by "Dark Witch in the Signal group chat, LEGNON had one assault rifle, one pistol, one gas canister, and body armor in his vehicle," the affidavit states.
Here's a message they found that he allegedly posted in these chats:
The affidvait notes that Legnon is a former U.S. Marine with combat training, and states that the FBI believes that "Legnon intended to travel to New Orleans to carry out an attack."
Here is the affidavit filed in support of his arrest:
