Plans for an attack in New Orleans were thwarted after Micah James Legnon was arrested while driving toward the city with weapons and body armor, following related mid‑December arrests in Southern California.Investigators say Legnon, who posted under the alias "Kateri The Witch," was found with an assault rifle, a pistol, a gas canister and body armor and has been linked to the Turtle Island Liberation Front and a separate California cell accused of plotting simultaneous New Year’s Eve bombings under a plan called Operation Midnight Sun.Authorities relied heavily on a paid confidential informant and at least one undercover FBI agent during the probe, prosecutors charged four California defendants — Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai — with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device, and defense lawyers have raised questions about potential entrapment.