{"id":286492,"date":"2026-09-15T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286492\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T14:08:08","slug":"pennsylvania-man-nabbed-in-isis-attack-plot-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/286492\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Man Nabbed in ISIS Attack Plot: Feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pennsylvania man with a history of violence has been arrested for plotting a violent attack in support of ISIS, the Department of Justice revealed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Hunter Kramer, who was accused of pledging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/isis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegiance to ISIS<\/a> and allegedly wrote of how he was preparing for a \u201cmission,\u201d was caught with an automatic rifle and 190 rounds of ammunition, the feds said.<\/p>\n<p>Kramer, 21, was charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe they would be used to commit a felony or federal crime of terrorism, including providing or attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pennsylvania-man-accused-plotting-isis-attack-arrested-rifle-190-rounds-ammunition-doj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to Fox News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">It\u2019s not the first time Kramer has been on the feds\u2019 radar.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">When he was a minor, he was charged in Pennsylvania for planning a mass-casualty attack and accused of having child sex abuse material, according to the report, which cited the criminal complaint.<\/p>\n<p>He served time in a juvenile detention facility, but it apparently did little to solve his violent impulses, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>In March, a tipster told authorities that Kramer, of Valencia, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh, was buying \u201cmysterious packages\u201d and connecting with friends he had prior to serving time, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Kramer used the name \u201cHamza Al Rashid\u201d online, offered to share explosives manuals and wrote that all he needed was a \u201cweapon\u201d to carry out his mission, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The target of the alleged attack was unclear.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">FBI agents watched Kramer leave his house last week with a bag and buy a disposable cellphone, and then followed him to a hotel and another store where he was seen at the gun counter, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">They approached him when he returned to the hotel and found the rifle and ammo;\u00a0 five rifle magazines, two of which were loaded; a rifle scope, pepper spray, and 30 knives, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">There was also a bizarre note, according to the DOJ, which read:\u00a0\u201cDoNt look For me[.] IDK what I did buT I cant live In constant Fear[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Watch above via Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pennsylvania man with a history of violence has been arrested for plotting a violent attack in support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-286492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}