Texas man who sought to help AQAP convicted

Mark Rockwell

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Barry Bujol Jr.

A federal judge convicted a 30-year-old former college student of trying to help support Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Nov. 14.

After acting as his own attorney in a four-day trial at a federal courthouse in southern Texas, Barry Bujol Jr., a resident of Hempstead, Texas, and former student at Prairie View A&M University, was convicted of providing material support to AQAP.  He now faces a maximum of 15 years in federal prison for on a terrorism charge and an additional five years for an aggravated identity theft conviction and a $250,000 fine.

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