LOS ANGELES—An admitted member of an extremist group pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to a federal charge of helping plan bombing attacks on New Year’s Eve 2025 across Southern California—a plot that was derailed by authorities weeks earlier.
Dante Gaffield, 25, of South Los Angeles, entered a plea in downtown Los Angeles to a single count of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, a charge carrying a possible sentence of up to 15 years behind bars and a life term of supervised release.
Sentencing was scheduled for Sept. 15, 2027.
Gaffield was among four defendants charged in December with suspected roles in the alleged plot….