John Wilson Bennett, and his brother Mark Booth Bennett, have each been charged with conspiracy to commit malicious wounding. According to DHS, the pair was overheard by Virginia state police officers on November 17 discussing alleged plans to “kill police officers and ICE agents.”

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John Bennett is the Assistant Principal of Kempsville High School in Virginia. He was arrested on November 19 in Virginia Beach. That same day, authorities captured Mark Bennett at the Norfolk International Airport, where he was scheduled to depart on a flight to North Carolina, en route to Las Vegas.

“It’s chilling that a human being, much less a child educator, would plot to ambush and kill ICE law enforcement officers – offering such specifics as to getting a high-caliber rifle that would pierce the law enforcement’s bulletproof vests.

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“Our officers are facing a more than 1,150% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats while they risk their lives every single day to remove the worst of the worst, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, terrorists, and gang members,” she continued.

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Both individuals were formally charged under Virginia state law. Court dates have not yet been set, and their complaints are currently under seal. DHS did not disclose potential motives in this case.