WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - On October 20, 2026, Regan Darby Prater, 28, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, was sentenced today to 210 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and to pay $1,289,000 in restitution for arson and attempted provision of material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Prater pleaded guilty to these charges in April 2026.
Court documents established that Prater used a so-called "sparkler bomb," i.e., a napalm-based incendiary device ignited by a common sparkler, to destroy facilities maintained by the Highlander Center, a nonprofit research and education center in New Ma...