Muslim groups say a judge's decision to release from federal custody a man accused of planning an attack on a mosque in New York state represents a double standard and should be revisited.
Court records show Robert Doggart, 63, was released into home detention by a Tennessee magistrate judge on $30,000 bond after he agreed to plead guilty in April to plotting an attack on "Islamberg," a self-named, mostly Muslim community.
Another judge threw out the plea agreement last month.
Doggart was indicted Tuesday on a charge of soliciting another person to attack the mosque. Doggart wrote that Islamberg "must be utterly destroyed" and he had contacted a militia group, according to court documents.
Doggart had not been taken into custody as of Thursday.
Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Doggart poses a threat to Muslims and shouldn't have been released. Other groups have echoed those sentiments.
Hooper said he hopes this week's indictment leads federal officials to place Doggart back in custody.
Doggart's lawyer did not return repeated calls from The Associated Press.
Home detention had required him to be restricted to his house except for work, education, religious services and court appearances. That differs from home incarceration, which restricts someone to "24-hour-a-day lockdown," save for medical necessities and court appearances
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