Garcia’s attorney, Amil Alkass, told the court his client, who has spent most of his life in Palatine, suffered from bipolar and schizoaffective disorders, had no past history of violence and posed no risk to the public. Afterward, he said the terrorism charge surprised him. “Criminal damage to property is probably a given, but terrorism seems a little aggressive to me,” Alkass said. “He’s not a terrorist,” added Alkass’ co-counsel, James Doerr.