{"id":325991,"date":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325991\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:56:10","slug":"woman-arrested-for-allegedly-plotting-new-york-state-capitol-attack-in-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/325991\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested for allegedly plotting New York state Capitol attack in Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The FBI arrested a woman Thursday who they allege was plotting to attack the New York State Capitol building in Albany.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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 &#8220;observation hall nearby,&#8221; the criminal complaint said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - The New York state Capitol is seen from the steps of the State Education Building in Albany, N.Y., June 7, 2023.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/19708843_082026-wabc-ap-ny-state-capitol-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; The New York state Capitol is seen from the steps of the State Education Building in Albany, N.Y., June 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Hans Pennink, File<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She was soon arrested by the FBI, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FBI arrested a woman Thursday who they allege was plotting to attack the New York State Capitol&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[122686,3732,531,9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-325991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-122686","tag-abc-news","tag-national","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}