LUDKE CONVICTED

A MILWAUKEE MAN IS FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRING TO HELP ISIS.  JASON LUEDKE IS CONVICTED IN MILWAUKEE FEDERAL COURT ON ONE COUNT OF PROVIDING MATERIAL HELP OR RESOURCES TO A TERROIST GROUP.  LUEDKE AND A CO-CONSPIRATOR AGREED THAT THEY WOULD TRAVEL FROM MILWAUKEE TO MEXICO AND THEN INTO SYRIA AND IRAQ TO JOIN ISIS.  THEY WERE ARRESTED ON THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER IN OCTOBER OF 2016.  LUEDKE FACES UP TO TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON AND LIFETIME SUPERVISION WHEN SENTENCED LATER THIS YEAR.