A mother’s call to police about her 19-year-old son’s growing stockpile of weapons, tactical gear, and online associates helped federal authorities uncover an alleged plot to attack President Donald Trump’s White House UFC event, according to newly unsealed affidavits identifying five suspects arrested in the case.The filings identify California residents Michael Alan Thomas and Bryan Omar Roa, along with Ohio resident Tycen Proper, Missouri resident Daniel Eskridge, and Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez as the five men arrested after the FBI disrupted what officials described as a multiphase attack targeting Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn of the White House.According to court records, the investigation began on June 10 when Proper’s mother contacted authorities in Knox County, Ohio, expressing concern about her son’s recent behavior and growing involvement with people he had met online.
Deputies with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Danville Police Department responded to the family’s residence that evening. Proper’s father told authorities his son had recently connected with a group of individuals online and was planning what he described as “recons” with them. He also said Proper intended to travel during the weekend of June 13 to meet the group.
