Lodi resident Hamid Hayat was sentenced Monday to 24 years in federal prison after a jury convicted him of supporting terrorists and then lying about it to the FBI.

Umer Hayat could be free from jail as early as Monday now that a federal judge has ordered his release following a bail hearing today.

Umer Hayat, who had been charged with two counts of lying about terrorism, pleaded guilty Wednesday - but not to terror-related charges. Instead, the Lodi man acknowledged lying to customs agents by denying he was carrying $28,000 when he took a trip to Pakistan several years ago.

Umer Hayat, who had been charged with two counts of lying about terrorism, pleaded guilty Wednesday - but not to terror-related charges. Instead, the Lodi man acknowledged lying to customs agents by denying he was carrying $28,000 when he took a trip to Pakistan several years ago.

After nearly a year in custody and a mistrial on terror-related charges, Umer Hayat returned to his Lodi home Monday, shortly after learning that his father had died two days earlier.

SACRAMENTO - A federal judge on Friday ordered Umer Hayat released from jail, 330 days after he was arrested during a federal terrorism investigation that ultimately led to his son's conviction this week.

More than three months after a federal judge ruled that a Lodi man may be released on $1.2 million bail while awaiting trial in a terrorism case, a judge on Wednesday rejected property that would have served as bond.

Hamid Hayat of Lodi, convicted on terrorism charges in 2007,  has been moved to a prison in Arizona, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

A pre-sentence report has recommended that Hamid Hayat, the Lodi man convicted of terrorism last year, spend 35 years in prison.

SACRAMENTO - Hamid Hayat has a "jihadi heart and a jihadi mind," or he simply became a means for an FBI informant to make money, attorneys told a federal jury Wednesday during closing arguments in the Lodi man's terrorism trial.

SACRAMENTO - Jurors are now deliberating the cases against both Umer and Hamid Hayat, the Lodi father and son accused of having ties to terrorism.

Federal prosecutors will retry a Lodi man on charges that he lied to the FBI about his son's attendance at a terrorist training camp.

SACRAMENTO - Government prosecutors announced Friday that they will once again try Lodi resident Umer Hayat on two counts of lying to the FBI during a terrorism investigation.

I. Background and experience of agent

SACRAMENTO - When FBI agents first came knocking on Naseem Khan's door more than four years ago, they were looking for someone possibly involved in a multi-million dollar money laundering scheme.

Hamid Hayat's sentencing on terror-related convictions was postponed Friday at the request of defense attorneys who hope he will be granted new trial.

Umer Hayat's jury almost deadlocked today but decided to go home and return Tuesday - but not before they asked for a vacuum cleaner. In the meantime, Hayat's son's jury sent the judge a note that could indicate they had reached one or more verdicts on his four charges. But U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. sealed the note and instructed them only to continue deliberating.

The hung jury in the trial of ice cream truck driver Umer Hayat and the conviction of his son Hamid leave lots to questions, but we're sure of this: Umer Hayat's release from jail is overdue.

The debate over whether Umer Hayat should be allowed out of jail while awaiting trial on a charge of lying about terrorism is heading back to the courtroom.

Umer Hayat is trying to get his life back on track and he got a big boost on Friday.

The foreman who guided Hamid Hayat's jury to a guilty verdict was racist, and he harassed the lone dissenting juror until she changed her mind, the juror wrote in a declaration Thursday.