{"id":326033,"date":"2026-08-20T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326033\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:56:10","slug":"new-york-capitol-albany-city-hall-listed-as-targets-in-foiled-attack-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326033\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Capitol, Albany City Hall listed as targets in foiled attack plot"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) \u2014 Federal investigators say an Albany woman tried to provide material support to ISIS from July 16 through August 19, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is accused of planning an attack on the New York State Capitol.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Bowie communicated with an FBI confidential source who was posing as an ISIS facilitator. According to an affidavit, Bowie discussed attacking the State Capitol while senators were present.<\/p>\n

Investigators say Bowie repeatedly visited the Capitol area, photographed the building and surrounding area, and sent images to the confidential source.<\/p>\n

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Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, is accused of planning an attack on the New York State Capitol. (FILE \/ WRGB)<\/p>\n

In a July 29 exchange, Bowie allegedly said, \u201cI want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Investigators say Bowie met with two additional FBI confidential sources on August 5. She believed they were connected to ISIS.<\/p>\n

According to the affidavit, Bowie again discussed bombing the Capitol and killing senators. She then went with the sources to buy materials using government-provided funds.<\/p>\n

The next day, Bowie allegedly delivered delivery-service bags she had discussed using in connection with the planned attack.<\/p>\n

Then, on August 13, Bowie allegedly asked the confidential source about obtaining a concealable handgun to use if police approached her during the operation.<\/p>\n

On August 19, the affidavit says Bowie met again with the sources. She provided $150 for a firearm, magazine and ammunition. The filing says the firearm was inert.<\/p>\n

The affidavit says Bowie was also shown an inert explosive device purportedly built using components she had purchased earlier.<\/p>\n

Bowie was arrested after leaving the vehicle with the inert firearm, magazine, ammunition and inert explosive device.<\/p>\n

After her arrest, investigators say they found knives and a handwritten pledge of allegiance on her.<\/p>\n

Bowie is charged with one count of attempting to provide material support or resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n

More information is expected at a 3 p.m. press conference. CBS6 will be there and bring you updates on-air and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) \u2014 Federal investigators say an Albany woman tried to provide material support to ISIS from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-326033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","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\/326033","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=326033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}