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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities said they've charged two people involved in planning separate large-scale attacks — one who wanted to carry out a shooting at a synagogue and another who had been plotting a bar shooting and blowing up a pipeline.
The two have been under investigation for months and had talked about their plans with undercover FBI agents, according to the Justice Department.
One involved Damon Joseph, 21, of Holland, a Toledo suburb, who spent months posting photos of weapons, praising ISIS and talking about carrying out a violent attack before he eventually settled on targeting a synagogue in the Toledo area, Herdman said.
His plans for a synagogue shooting came together after a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, Herdman said. Authorities said he told an undercover agent that "I admire what the guy did with the shooting actually."
He wanted to kill as many people as possible, including a rabbi, and make sure no one escaped, the DOJ said
Authorities also arrested Elizabeth Lecron, 23, of Toledo, Monday after they said she bought bomb-making materials. She was charged with transporting explosives and explosive material with the purpose of harming others.
Lecron had been talking about carrying out several different types of violent attacks, including telling undercover agents in August that she and an associate had come up with a plan to commit a mass killing at a Toledo bar, officials said.
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A few of my takeaways. 1) Good job FBI preventing something before serious loss of life happened
2) They were under investigation for months. Isn't there a high risk that someone may not take months from the planning stage to the carrying out stage? Like, FBI could easily have been watching these guys thinking they had time, but a bad day or sudden "urging" from Allah and its that afternoon they're killing dozens?
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Federal authorities said they've charged two people involved in planning separate large-scale attacks — one who wanted to carry out a shooting at a synagogue and another who had been plotting a bar shooting and blowing up a pipeline.
The two have been under investigation for months and had talked about their plans with undercover FBI agents, according to the Justice Department.
One involved Damon Joseph, 21, of Holland, a Toledo suburb, who spent months posting photos of weapons, praising ISIS and talking about carrying out a violent attack before he eventually settled on targeting a synagogue in the Toledo area, Herdman said.
His plans for a synagogue shooting came together after a gunman killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October, Herdman said. Authorities said he told an undercover agent that "I admire what the guy did with the shooting actually."
He wanted to kill as many people as possible, including a rabbi, and make sure no one escaped, the DOJ said
Authorities also arrested Elizabeth Lecron, 23, of Toledo, Monday after they said she bought bomb-making materials. She was charged with transporting explosives and explosive material with the purpose of harming others.
Lecron had been talking about carrying out several different types of violent attacks, including telling undercover agents in August that she and an associate had come up with a plan to commit a mass killing at a Toledo bar, officials said.
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A few of my takeaways. 1) Good job FBI preventing something before serious loss of life happened
2) They were under investigation for months. Isn't there a high risk that someone may not take months from the planning stage to the carrying out stage? Like, FBI could easily have been watching these guys thinking they had time, but a bad day or sudden "urging" from Allah and its that afternoon they're killing dozens?
