U.S. courts · October 21, 2026
Tennessee man sentenced for arson and attempted Hezbollah support
Published October 21, 2026 · Sentencing occurred October 20
The court outcome
Regan Darby Prater, 28, was sentenced to 210 months in prison—17 years and six months—plus three years of supervised release and $1,289,000 in restitution, DOJ announced on October 21. He pleaded guilty in April to arson and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation.
The admitted conduct
DOJ says Prater admitted destroying a building at Tennessee’s Highlander Center, a nonprofit research and education organisation, motivated by white-supremacist ideology and hostility to its educational and civil-rights associations.
He also admitted attempting to provide information to someone he believed was associated with Hezbollah. That account establishes attempted support; it should not be read as proof that the recipient was a Hezbollah representative or that the information was authentic.
Why it matters
The sentencing addresses both ideologically motivated violence against a domestic institution and attempted support to a designated foreign terrorist organisation. It follows a guilty plea, rather than an unresolved charging allegation.
Original source
DOJ announcement, October 21, 2026. Operational attack details are omitted here.