On November 19, 2025, John Wilson Bennett, Assistant Principal of Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach, and his brother Mark Booth Bennett were arrested. Authorities allege they conspired to attack U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
The investigation began after an off-duty Norfolk police officer reported overhearing the brothers discuss plans to harm police and ICE agents on November 17, 2025. Mark Bennett was arrested at Norfolk International Airport.
Police say he was preparing to travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, to meet others and buy firearms. John Bennett was arrested the same day in Virginia Beach…