COLUMBUS — Danville’s Tycen Proper was one of two men to plead not guilty Thursday for their alleged roles in a planned attack on the UFC cage-fighting show at the White House on June 14.
Proper, 19, and Chandler Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, entered the pleas before U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. in Columbus.
The duo are among eight men who have been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a planned drone and sniper attack, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
All eight are charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a federal government official…