First of Folsom Prison Jihadis sentenced to 22 year in L.A. terror case

Levar Harvey Washington was sentenced to 22 years for his involvement in terror plots to hit military facilities, the Israeli consulate and synagogues in the Los Angeles area. Washington and an accomplice were involved in more than a dozen gas station holdups, in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Police investigation of one such holdup in Torrance led to his and the group's arrest. Washington is the first of the Folsom Prison Jihadis, converts to the extremist Muslim group Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (JIS), to stand trial in the Santa Ana , California federal court to be convicted. Note what this Los Angeles Times article says about how long it took for federal authorities to apprehend the 'cell'.

Federal authorities said JIS had been formed in 1997 and the cell in 2004. Law enforcement officials did not stumble upon the group until 2005, while investigating a Torrance gas station robbery. ...