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N.C. teen charged in alleged Houston synagogue plot was playing online 'fantasy game,' parents say
KHOU 11 Houston ^ | 04/23/2026 | KHOU 11 Staff

Posted on 04/24/2026 9:38:39 AM PDT by DFG

The parents of an 18-year-old Lexington, North Carolina, woman charged in connection with an alleged plot to attack a Houston synagogue say their daughter had no means or intention to carry out any attack, describing the online activity that led to her arrest as nothing more than fantasy role-play.

Angelina Han Hicks was arrested on Wednesday by the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and faces two felony conspiracy counts after investigators alleged she and co-conspirators planned a mass-casualty attack at Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Houston. A juvenile was separately charged in Harris County, Texas.

Her father, Dannie Hicks, speaking in an interview recorded shortly after the arrest to KHOU 11 News sister station WFMY, pushed back on the allegations.

"It's ludicrous. It's a fantasy game. And that's the way she looked at it as a fantasy game online," Dannie Hicks said.

He questioned how his daughter could have carried out any real-world attack.

"It wasn't no dagone terror attacks. How in the world would you pull something like that off? She don't drive. She ain't got a car. She don't have guns. She don't know how to use a gun. She never shot a gun. How's she gonna get to Texas? It's nuts what they've done to her," Dannie Hicks said.

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1 posted on 04/24/2026 9:38:39 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

Wink,Wink


2 posted on 04/24/2026 9:41:18 AM PDT by spincaster (i)
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To: DFG

Any 18 year old WOMAN is old enough to know better.


3 posted on 04/24/2026 9:42:56 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: DFG
Angelina Han Hicks's father Dannie Hicks together with his cousins...


4 posted on 04/24/2026 9:45:27 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: DFG

Keep letting your kids play those mind-numbing, wasted use of time. Alas, lots of adults do as well.


5 posted on 04/24/2026 9:45:36 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: DFG

Hicks was arrested on Wednesday. Her bond was set at $10 million.

Her next court appearance is scheduled for May 12 in Davidson County District Court.


6 posted on 04/24/2026 9:47:33 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: DFG

Fantasy RPG’s because they are trained into these games. I remember when high school students were playing games to glorify drug use and I pushed to ban them. Kids mocked me.

We see the dangers culturally.


7 posted on 04/24/2026 9:49:43 AM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
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To: Jane Long

GOOD


8 posted on 04/24/2026 9:51:46 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: DFG

I did not see the name of the video game in the article.

I am playing Fallout 76 again. It now has my region of Ohio in it.


9 posted on 04/24/2026 9:54:45 AM PDT by Doctor Congo
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To: DFG
"It wasn't no dagone terror attacks. How in the world would you pull something like that off? She don't drive. She ain't got a car. She don't have guns. She don't know how to use a gun. She never shot a gun. How's she gonna get to Texas?"

Babylon Bee, eat your heart out.

10 posted on 04/24/2026 9:58:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Family portrait....

Don’t hate us because we’re beautiful.

Where did her father go to find his future bride?

A family reunion.


11 posted on 04/24/2026 10:00:21 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DFG

🎶 It’s all part of my rock and roll fantasy, yeah
It’s all part of my rock and roll dream, yeah. 🎶


12 posted on 04/24/2026 10:03:35 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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I think during the Dungeons and Dragons craze peak there were a few stories such as the disappearance of Mich.State U. student James Dallas Egbert III. Didn’t turn out to be his cause of death, howeveer.

“...Egbert had played Dungeons & Dragons, he publicly amplified police theories that Egbert’s disappearance was linked to the game. Students were said to play live-action sessions of the game in the steam maintenance tunnels below the campus, and it was speculated that Egbert had entered the tunnels and had either been injured or lost his way. This alleged connection of the role-playing game to Egbert’s disappearance prompted what some Michigan State University students and faculty thought was sensationalist coverage of both Egbert and the game in media outlets throughout the United States. Dungeons & Dragons was described by some journalists as a “bizarre and secretive cult” that players could only join “by invitation”.
—Wikipedia.


13 posted on 04/24/2026 10:06:35 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Dad talks that she could not get to Texas because "..., she don't drive...", but does not mention that she was never taught that murdering Jewish people is a hateful heinous crime.

A 'fantasy game,' of killing Jews must be so much fun.   Jesus will judge you freaks.

14 posted on 04/24/2026 10:11:37 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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There are a gazillion Flight Simulators out there (including from Microsoft) where you can simulate flying a plane into the Twin Towers. Sick yes, but when is the last time someone was arrested playing such a game?

But they arrest this little girl? I’m sure we can all sleep at night knowing she if off the street, or in her case out of her parent’s basement. Much better use of resources instead of going after real criminals.

As they say, If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.


15 posted on 04/24/2026 10:23:30 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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“We don’t speak English good....”


16 posted on 04/24/2026 10:25:05 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: DFG

I bet the parents would be barking something different had she threatened to shoot up a mosque


17 posted on 04/24/2026 10:29:08 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: BenLurkin

She ain’t got a car. She don’t have guns.


Im guessing English is not their first language LOL


18 posted on 04/24/2026 10:29:58 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DFG
Just playing an online game - Kill the Jews.

19 posted on 04/24/2026 10:32:10 AM PDT by budj (Combat Vet, second of three generations.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

That’s what I pictured in my mind what he looked like after listening to him defend his princess on FNC.


20 posted on 04/24/2026 10:44:49 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Have an ICE day! Support ICE and CBP. )
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