November 2, 2026 - 2:23 pm

A North Las Vegas teen has admitted that he tried to assist Islamic State terrorism.

Joshua Robles, 19, pleaded guilty Oct. 26 to a count of attempt to provide material support for act(s) of terrorism or terrorist(s).

He was arrested in 2023 and ordered to be tried as an adult. Authorities accused him of collecting bomb-making components, plotting against Gov. Joe Lombardo and then-President Joe Biden and possessing ISIS execution videos on his phone.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys did not agree to a specific sentence but will be able to make arguments at his sentencing hearing.

“We’re happy to have the opportunity to present at his sentencing a fuller, more accurate picture of Joshua as a human being that the charges alone do not and cannot encapsulate,” public defenders Dan Cho and Robert O’Brien said in a statement. “Joshua is not an abstraction or a villain but a young man whose history and neurodivergence leave (him) particularly vulnerable and in need of care.…