Charged: June 20, 2006
District
Southern District of Florida
Charges
- Importation, manufacture, distribution, or storage of explosive material
- Material support
- Seditious conspiracy
Found Guilty: May 10, 2009
Sentenced: November 16, 2009
Supervised Release
10 years
Released: August 07, 2013
Details
Rothschild Augustine was a member of the Liberty City Seven, a group of Miami men who conspired to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI office in Miami. Elie Assaad, an informant posing as an Al Qaeda operative, led the plot. The FBI videotaped Augustine pledging allegiance to Al Qaeda.