California Man Charged with Aiding Al-Qaeda

Garden Grove man arrested in Santa Ana

A Garden Grove man was arrested Friday morning on federal charges that he provided support to the terrorist organization al-Qaida, according to the FBI.

Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen, also known as "Hasan Abu Omar Ghannoum," 24, was taken into custody at a bus station in Santa Ana where he was attempting to board a bus headed for Mexico, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a brief statement emailed to news media.

Nguyen had been named in a two-count indictment returned Friday by a Los Angeles federal grand jury, the FBI stated.