USA v. Wright, David (aka Dawud Sharif Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq)
Everett, MA

Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL)

[DMA]David Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Wright, aka Dawud Sharif Abdul Khaliq of Everett, Massachusetts, and Nicholas Rovinski aka Nuh Amriki aka Nuh al Andalusi of Warwick, Rhode Island, are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The complaint affidavit alleges that Wright, Rovinski and a third person, Usaamah Abdullah Rahim, conspired to commit attacks and kill persons inside the United States, which they believed would support ISIL's objectives. Rahim was shot and killed after he attacked Boston Police Officers and FBI agents seeking to question him. Rovinski pleaded guilty to conspiring with Wright and another individual named Usaamah Abdullah Rahim (now deceased) to provide material support to ISIL. In Feb. 2017 Wright was charged in a second superseding indictment with one additional obstruction of justice count in connection with Wright's deletion of data on his laptop computer. Wright was sentenced to 28 years in prison for supporting ISIS and conspiring to murder U.S. citizens. Rovinski was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring with Wright to commit acts of terrorism to support ISIS, including beheading Americans and killing police. He was re-sentenced in September 2020 to 30 years in prison.