Police arrest three men and teenager for allegedly plotting terror attack
Authorities say the suspect targeted and plotted to bomb Islamberg, a Muslim community in upstate New York.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Three men are charged with plotting to attack an upstate New York Muslim community with explosives.
WHEC reports that three Rochester-area men are accused of plotting to attack Islamberg, a rural Muslim enclave west of the Catskills.
Police in the Rochester suburb of Greece this weekend arrested 20-year-old Brian Colaneri, 18-year-old Andrew Crysel and 19-year-old Vincent Vetromile. Each was charged with weapons possession and conspiracy.
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Court papers say they had multiple, cylinder-shaped explosive devices and mason jars wrapped in duct tape.
In this Sept. 7, 2017 photo, men pray at the mosque at Islamberg in Tompkins, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Followers of a Pakistani cleric settled Islamberg in the 1980s to flee crime in New York City.
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It was unclear whether the men had lawyers yet. Attempts to identify relatives who might comment on their behalf weren't immediately successful.
Police planned a Tuesday news conference to release more details.
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