Woman arrested for allegedly plotting New York state Capitol attack
The suspect allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, investigators said.
The FBI arrested a woman Thursday who they allege was plotting to attack the New York State Capitol building in Albany.
The FBI alleged in a criminal complaint that Jessica Bowie, 35, pledged allegiance to ISIS in online communications and began planning the attack in July.
Bowie had allegedly discussed her plans with FBI informants and spent weeks doing surveillance of the Capitol, including taking pictures from various vantage points including an "observation hall nearby," the criminal complaint said.
She allegedly bought bomb materials from a hardware store on Aug. 5 and plotted with the informants for the next two weeks, according to the complaint.
The informants allegedly met with Bowie on Wednesday and provided her with an inert explosive device and an inert handgun along with instructions on how to detonate the explosive, the complaint said.
She was soon arrested by the FBI, the complaint said.
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