Woman’s alleged ISIS radicalization unfolded online before Capitol bomb plot: court docs

Jessica Bowie allegedly scouted the New York State Capitol five times and bought bomb-making materials before FBI informants helped end her plot.

August 21, 2026 8:51 AM ET Police arrested an Albany woman who swore loyalty to the terrorist group ISIS as she reached for what she thought was a live bomb meant to level the New York State Capitol.Jessica Bowie, 35, faces a federal charge of attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist org

Jessica Bowie told one informant "that she went from a little girl waving an American flag after 9/11 to now having stickers of the falling towers," her complaint said.

US authorities charged a woman who allegedly supported the Islamic State group with a terrorism offence on Thursday after she told an FBI informant she “wanted to destroy” the New York State Capitol building, court filings showed. Located in Albany near the Canadian border, the New York State Capitol is the nerve centr

A criminal complaint outlines the sting operation that led the FBI to apprehend 35-year-old Jessica Bowie.

Federal authorities say they’ve thwarted an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York state capitol building. The suspect, 35-year-old Jessica Bowie has been charged with providing support to a terror group. NBC News’ Sam Brock has the story.

Albany woman charged in alleged bomb plot  CNN

Federal police arrested a 35-year-old woman in connection with a plot to bomb the New York State Capitol, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court on Thursday. Prosecutors allege in the complaint Jessica Bowie, a resident of Albany, planned to bomb the building and harm officials. They say she told an i

'I hope the nails are big enough... because the nails work as shrapnel, right?' she allegedly asked the two undercover agents.

Bowie was arrested on charges of attempting to provide material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), ISIS.

Authorities say 35-year-old Jessica Bowie of Albany, NY, who is facing a federal terrorism charge, had been under surveillance for more than a month before her arrest this week.

The department said Jessica Bowie, 35, was seen making visits to the state's Capitol grounds and taking photographs of the building.

Prosecutors say the Albany woman had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, and wanted to bomb the statehouse to kill lawmakers.

A 35-year-old woman has been arrested for plotting a "major attack" on New York's state capitol building in Albany. CBS News' Jake Rosen has more.

The FBI stopped a New York woman’s alleged Islamic State group-inspired plan to bomb the New York State Capitol building in Albany. Jessica Bowie, 35, is facing federal charges for allegedly attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group ISIS after a confidential informant told the FBI that Bowie had rea

A 35-year-old woman has been charged in connection with a plot to use an explosive device to attack the New York State Capitol, officials said Thursday.

An Albany, N.Y., woman was charged Thursday with supporting a terror group after allegedly planning to attack the New York State capitol building.

Federal prosecutors say the woman met with an F.B.I. informant several times to plan an attack on the building, which houses the governor’s office.

The suspect, a 35-year-old woman, allegedly purchased bomb materials and spent weeks surveilling the Capitol building

A woman who allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS was arrested after plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol in Albany, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, was charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization after allegedly communicating with