A freshman at Rowan University has been arrested in connection to an investigation into a planned terror attack near Detroit over Halloween weekend, according to the FBI.
Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzal, 19, from Montclair, New Jersey, was taken into custody at Newark International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 4 and was indicted the next day, officials said.
Jimenez-Guzal was charged Wednesday with two terror-related counts, conspiracy and attempt to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, NBC New York reported.
Two officials said the 19-year-old talked about wanting to train with the Islamic State terrorist group and had planned to fly to Turkey to try to travel to Syria.
He initially had plans to leave Nov. 17, but allegedly moved up his timeline following a raid last week at a home and storage unit in Detroit connected to the alleged Halloween weekend terror plot, the sources said. He was taken into custody in an airport food court.
Jimenez-Guzal was ordered to be held without bail and his family declined to comment as they left a federal court Wednesday.
Jimenez-Guzal is listed as a freshman computer science major, according to a spokesperson with Rowan University.
At least seven people in New Jersey and Michigan have been linked to the alleged plot.