A man from Durham has been arrested on charges of attempting to support ISIS, with a press conference by U.S. Attorney Easley and other officials scheduled to detail the accusations.

Investigators learned that his flight was set for Dec. 4 from RDU with a return flight to the Triangle on Dec. 18. An FBI special agent noted that White likely purchased a round-trip ticket to avoid arousing suspicion, a common practice among Islamic extremists.

The FBI has charged a Durham man with attempting to join ISIS, a recently-unsealed court document shows. Alexander Justin White, 29, also known as Sulaiman Al-Amriki, is charged with providing, attempting and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization,