Ohio supporter of ISIS pleads guilty in attempted attack on Jewish synagogue

May 18, 2021   

(Cleveland.com) A northwest Ohio resident admitted Tuesday that he planned to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue to show his allegiance to ISIS.

Damon Joseph, 23, of Holland pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Toledo to charges of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization and attempting to commit a hate crime. He faces 20 years in prison when Judge Jack Zouhary sentences him Sept. 14.

Authorities arrested Joseph on Dec. 7, 2018, moments after he grabbed a duffel bag that contained two semi-automatic rifles from an undercover FBI agent’s car. Unbeknownst to Joseph, agents disabled the weapons.

Jewish community leaders condemned the plot and praised federal authorities for stopping it before anyone was hurt.

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