An Ohio man who expressed support for the Islamic State terror group and said he wanted to attack a Toledo synagogue has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Damon Joseph, 23, was arrested in 2018 after picking up what he thought were two semi-automatic rifles, the Justice Department said.
He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and will be under supervised release for the rest of his life, the Justice Department said Monday. “In a matter of months, Damon Joseph progressed from a self-radicalized, virtual jihadist to planning an actual attack on fellow Americans,” Eric Smith, special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland office, said in aAttorneys listed as representing Joseph did not immediately return requests for comment Monday evening.
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