Marquez to plead guilty to aiding San Bernardino shooter's plots

Enrique Marquez Jr. will admit in court this week that he illegally purchased the rifles used in the deadly San Bernardino terrorist siege for friend Syed Rizwan Farook and that he helped Farook form plans for attacks on the 91 Freeway and Riverside City College that were later scuttled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday, Feb. 14.

Marquez, a 25-year-old Riverside resident, has agreed to a deal that could imprison him for the statutory maximum sentence of 25 years to life in federal prison and a $500,000 fine, a news release said.

Marquez is scheduled to plead guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Riverside to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and making a false statement in connection with the acquisition of firearms.

He originally pleaded not guilty to additional charges involving to a fake-marriage scheme that was designed to help a Russian citizen related to Farook remain in the U.S. after long overstaying her visa. Those charges will be dropped at sentencing, according to the plea deal.

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