Who Is Nicholas Young? DC Police Officer Assisted ISIS, Authorities Allege

Nicholas Young, a veteran police officer with Washington, D.C.'s Metro Transit Police Department, was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly attempting to assist the so-called Islamic State Group, also known as ISIS, according to multiple reports.

ABC News, which first reported the news, detailed that Young allegedly tried to help "ISIS operatives find more ways to communicate in secret." The news outlet cited anonymous sources.