Castle Rock man facing terrorism charge

18-year-old allegedly tried to join ISIS

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e FBI arrested a Castle Rock man at Denver International Airport on July 14 for allegedly attempting to join the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, an Islamic militant organization.

Davin Daniel Meyer, 18, is charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the US Attorney’s O ce for the District of Colorado. He appeared in federal court on July 17.

e U.S. Attorney’s O ce said Meyer pledged an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State group and planned to travel to Iraq to ght for them.

Law enforcement began investigating Meyer when a person who knows him reported him to the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce in June 2022 over concerns with

Meyer’s extremism and interest in violence.

According to Meyer’s a davit, the individual told police that Meyer had previously followed white supremacist ideology but began practicing Islam in October 2020. Meyer allegedly told the individual that he planned to go to Syria and become a martyr.

Meyer also allegedly threatened to build a bomb and kill people in America. Meyer’s a davit says he is diagnosed with multiple mental health conditions and had received residential treatment, but did not take medication because of his religious beliefs.

Sta at the residential treatment center reported Meyer said bigoted things about people of color, women and Jews.

Meyer reportedly did not go to his local mosque because it wasn’t radical enough and allowed women to attend.

In November 2022, FBI agents posed as Islamic State facilitators and began communicating online with Meyer. Meyer told the agents that he planned to save money to travel to Iraq and become a ghter