Four charged in alleged New Year’s Eve bombing plot in California, FBI says

Federal prosecutors identified the defendants as Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai, who authorities described as members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), an anti-capitalist and anti-government group.

Authorities said the four were taken into custody last week in Lucerne Valley, near Twentynine Palms, California, a desert area close to a Marine Corps base. All four are from the Los Angeles area.

Investigators said the arrests followed surveillance at a desert campsite where the group allegedly brought bomb-making materials and began assembling explosive devices under a tent, according to court documents cited in the reports.