An ISIS-inspired suspect has been arrested after allegedly planning a deadly assault on the New York State Capitol in Albany, the FBI said Thursday.
Jessica Bowie, 35, pledged allegiance to the Islamist terror organization and began mapping out the alleged attack in July, according to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC News.
Federal authorities said Bowie bought materials for a bomb at a hardware store on Aug. 5 and spent the next two weeks working through the plot with FBI informants.
Bowie, who converted to Islam five years ago, also allegedly surveilled the Capitol for weeks, photographing the building from multiple locations, including a nearby “observation hall,” the complaint states.
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On Wednesday, FBI informants met with Bowie and provided her with an inert explosive device and an inert handgun, along with instructions for detonating the device, according to the complaint.
She was arrested shortly afterward and appeared to make a partial admission while speaking with FBI agents, investigators alleged in the complaint.
“There’s no helping me, you guys know enough, there’s no helping me, I’m…going to prison for the rest of my life,” she allegedly told agents.
“Material support is up to 20 years in prison, I already Googled it before, I know I’m going to jail.”
