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NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A Newburgh, N.Y., man was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Wednesday for plotting with an FBI informant to blow up synagogues and military planes.
Laguerre Payen received the same sentence as the other men in the "Newburgh Four," WNBC-TV, New York, reported. Investigators said they targeted jets operating out of Stewart Air Force Base near Newburgh as well as synagogues in the Bronx.
Payen, James Cromitie, David Williams and Onta Williams were arrested after they left what they thought were bombs outside synagogues. The backpacks actually contained inert material supplied by the FBI.
"Laguerre Payen was a willing participant in a plot to use bombs and missiles to target New York synagogues and U.S. military planes," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. "Although these weapons were fake, the defendant believed they were real and today's sentence underscores the gravity of these crimes."
Prosecutors showed tapes of the four talking about "jihad" and evidence they rented a storage locker in Connecticut and took other active steps for the plan.
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