A man linked to a group that allegedly hoped to blow up Chicago’s Sears Tower and other buildings pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal weapons charge stemming from a confrontation at the group’s warehouse headquarters.
Sultan Khanbey, 51, of Chicago, was sentenced to 14 months in prison with credit for time served since his arrest in May. The judge agreed to recommend that he serve his sentence at a Chicago-area prison.
Khanbey, a leader of Chicago’s Moorish Science Temple religious sect who was born Charles Stewart, admitted that he fired a handgun during an argument at the warehouse where a group led by Narseal Batiste allegedly pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda and made plans for terror attacks.
Batiste and six others arrested this summer face trial in March.
