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Pennsylvania man charged in plot to assist ISIS in terror attack, feds say

A Pennsylvania man with a history of plotting a mass-casualty attack as a minor was charged on Tuesday with obtaining a semiautomatic rifle to carry out an attack for ISIS after he discussed strategies to target non-Muslims, according to court documents. Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21,…

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A Pennsylvania man with a history of plotting a mass-casualty attack as a minor was charged on Tuesday with obtaining a semiautomatic rifle to carry out an attack for ISIS after he discussed strategies to target non-Muslims, according to court documents.

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Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, was arrested on Sunday after agents descended on a hotel room in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. He was charged with receiving a firearm with the intention to be used in a felony or act of terrorism.

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In a criminal complaint and probable cause affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors allege that Kramer, using a Telegram username @ShootIntoACrowd, “posted threatening statements alluding to an unidentified act to occur within three months as well as documents on how to make explosives, C4, and car bombs.”

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A magistrate judge ordered Kramer detained at his initial appearance on Monday in connection with the new case, according to the public docket.

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A public defender assigned to Kramer’s case did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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“The subject in this case was allegedly plotting a violent attack in support of ISIS — engaging with ISIS propaganda online, building attack concepts, and…

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