TO A COMMERCIAL BREAK? LIVE, FROM THE LOCAL STATION, THE TEN NEWS STARTS NOW. ACCORDING TO THESE DOCUMENTS AN ORANGE PARK MAN PLOTTED FROM THIS HOME HOPING TO WREAK HAVOC ON A 9/11 MEMORIAL IN KANSAS CITY. HIS FATHER SPEAKS TO NEWS FOUR JAX. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? NOT UNTIL TODAY. THE 20-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT IS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY TONIGHT PLOTTING WITH AN INFORMER HE BELIEVED WAS A TERRORIST TO MAKE A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, ACCORDING TO THE F.B.I. THE YOUNG MAN TOLD THE AGENTS THAT HE WAS THE PERSON BEHIND THE PLOT IN A CARTOON CONVENTION IN TEXAS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CREWS COVERING THIS ARREST AND, WE BEGIN IN ORANGE PARK WHO SPOKE WITH THE FATHER AND THE NEIGHBORS, SCOTT? MARY, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT EVEN ACCUSTOMED TO A BREAK IN, LET ALONE, THE F.B.I. COMING TO THE HOUSE BEHIND ME EARLY THIS MORNING AND SWARMING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND, HOPEFULLY, SPOILING WHAT THEY CHARACTERIZED AS A TERROR PLOT. 20-YEAR-OLD, JOSHUA GOLD BERG WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE F.B.I. ACCUSED IN A PLOT TO DEVELOP WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, LIKE A BOILER BOMB USED IN THE BOSTON BOMBING, THE REPORT ALSO SHOWS THAT HE WAS THE MASTER MIND IN THE PLOT IN TEXAS WHERE A CARTOON CONTENTION WAS TARGETED BECAUSE OF THE DEPICTIONS OF THE PROPHET, MOHAMMED. I STOPPED BY THE ADDRESS AND I HEARD NUMEROUS CHILDREN INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO SAYS THAT HE IS GOLD BERG'S FATHER. RIGHT NOW. AS WELL AS, ANY MORE INFORMATION, AT THIS POINT. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? NOT UNTIL TODAY. I APPRECIATE YOU, I MEAN, AND -- TALK TO YOU, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN INITIAL HEARING YET, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN THIS. WE HAD NO IDEA. THE REPORT FROM THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS THAT HE USED THE TWITTER HANDLE OFF WITNESS, LOOK AT THIS EXCHANGE WITH A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE. HAVE YOU DECIDED WHAT KIND OF A ATTACK ON 9/11, I WAS THINKING A BOMBING. WE COULD MAKE PIPE BOMBS AND DETONATE THEM AT A LARGE PUBLIC EVENT. THE PLAN WAS FOR AN EVENT IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI AND HOW TO MAKE A PRESSURE COOKER AND DON'T BUY THEM ALL AT ONCE, OR THEY WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE UP TO SOMETHING BUY THEM AT DIFFERENT STORES, THE NEIGHBORS CAN'T THINK OF A TIME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THE POLICE AND ARE SIMPLY STUNED. RIGHT HERE OF ALL PLACES. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THAT. NOT THE PLACE. ARE YOU KIDDING? F.B.I. WAS HERE THIS MORNING AND RAIDED THE HOUSE. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT IS SAFE, DO YOU? ARE YOU SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT? YES, I AM, VERY MUCH SO, IT IS A VERY QUIET AND A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SENT US MORE THAN 30 PAGES. AND WE PUT THEM ON THE NEWS FOUR JAX.COM IF YOU WANT TO READ THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION, THERE IS A LOT MORE THERE AND SO CHECK THAT OUT. AND AS FAR AS WHAT NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, THEY SAY THAT THEY NEVER SAW HIM COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. MANY DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT HE LIVED HERE. THAT IS WHAT FASCINATING THE F.B.I., STAKING OUT HERE STARTING AUGUST 20TH. IT WAS DAYS AND DAYS, WEEKS AND WEEKS, BEFORE THEY EVEN SAW HIM COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. JUST A SHADOW INSIDE THAT WHOLE TIME. 
 
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 A 20-year-old Clay County man was arrested Thursday, accused by the U.S. Attorney's Office of instructing someone how to make a pressure-cooker bomb, fill it with nails, metal and other items dipped in rat poison to disrupt a Sept. 11 memorial event in Kansas City. 
 
 After an undercover investigation, the FBI arrested Joshua Goldberg on charges of distributing information related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. He faced a judge at the federal courthouse in Jacksonville on Thursday. 
 
 According to U.S. Attorney Lee Bentley III, Goldberg instructed a confidential source how to make a bomb similar to two used in the Boston Marathon bombings two years ago that killed that killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others. 
 
 CRIMINAL COMPLAINT: 
 
 Arrest of Joshua Goldberg 
 
 In online conversations with the undercover informant, Goldberg is accused of expressing hope that "there will be some jihad on the anniversary of 9/11." 
 
 When the informant expressed a desire to assist in an attack, Goldberg -- who was living at home with his parents at the time -- is accused of providing detailed and credible information on how to go about constructing the bomb. 
 
 According to court documents, the FBI traced Internet communications to Goldberg, who claims he was the person who motivated two men to attack the cartoon convention in Garland, Texas, in June because they were going to depict the Muslim Prophet Mohammad. Two people died in that attack. 
 
 The arrest came after an investigation that included the FBI, the Clay County Sheriff's Office, NCIS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Jacksonville and St. Johns County sheriff's offices. 
 
 News4Jax spoke with Goldberg’s family, who said they had no idea anything was going on. 
 
 Neighbors also told News4Jax the FBI swarmed their very quiet neighborhood early Thursday morning. And apparently no one had any idea anything was wrong inside the home. 
 
 News4Jax went to Goldberg’s address and heard numerous children inside the residence, then spoke with Frank Goldberg, who said he is Joshua Goldberg’s father. 
 
 "I’m with Channel 4," News4Jax reporter Scott Johnson said to Frank Goldberg. 
 
 "We really don’t want to talk about anything right now," Frank Goldberg said. "We don’t have any more information at this point." 
 
 "Did you know anything about this?" News4Jax asked. 
 
 "Not until today," Frank Goldberg said. "I appreciate you -- another time we would like to talk to you, but there hasn’t even been an initial hearing yet, so we have no idea what was going on. We had no idea." 
 
 The report from the U.S. Attorney’s Office shows Goldberg used the Twitter handle AusWitness. An exchange between AusWitness and a confidential source was made public. 
 
 “Have you decided what kind of attack to carry out on 9/11, akhi?" AusWitness tweeted. 
 
 "I was thinking a bombing,” the confidential source replied. 
 
 “We could make pipe bombs and detonate them at a large public event,” read the tweet AusWitness posted that officials believe was the plan for an event in Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
 They then talk about how to make a pressure cooker bomb. 
 
 “Don’t buy all the materials at once or the kuffar will know you’re up to something. Buy them at different stores," AusWitness tweeted. 
 
 Neighbors in the Clay County neighborhood where Goldberg lives said they are simply stunned. 
 
 “Are you kidding?" Ed Saple said. "Boy, you never know where it’s safe, do you? This is a very quiet and safe neighborhood." 
 
 News4Jax spoke with Ronald, who didn’t want to give his last name, who said his grandson would play with children at the house. 
 
 “What do you think I think of it? It’s crazy. Obviously the guy’s not right in the head. He stayed upstairs in the back bedroom, he never knew the guy lived there,” Ronald said. 
 
 Ronald said one of his family members noticed something was wrong when the FBI swarmed the house early Thursday morning. 
 
 “When she came up they had the SWAT team and everyone in their riot gear and all that,” said Ronald. 
 
 One interesting thing that neighbors said is that they never knew Joshua Goldberg lived there and said he stayed in a back room and never came out. In fact, the FBI put the house under surveillance on Aug. 20, and it took a long time before they even saw him come outside. ||||| Investigators box up an assault weapon while collecting evidence outside the Curtis Culwell Center, in Garland, Texas, where a controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest was held. Brandon Wade / AP ID: 6843869 
 
 A 20-year-old Florida man has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging someone to carry out a bombing at an upcoming 9/11 memorial ceremony in Missouri, the FBI announced Thursday. 
 
 Joshua Goldberg is also suspected of inspiring the May shooting outside a contest to draw the Prophet Muhammad in Texas, and repeatedly citing the failed incident in calling for another attack. 
 
 In the criminal complaint, Goldberg faces one charge of distributing information relating to explosives, destructive devices, and weapons of mass destruction. If convicted, he faces 20 years in prison. 
 
 Regarding the Missouri allegations, Goldberg is accused of sending a confidential FBI informant links to online sites that provide instructions on how to make explosives. 
 
 According to a criminal complaint, Goldberg’s ultimate goal was to get someone to place a bomb at the Kansas City Stair Climb, a 9/11 memorial event planned for Sunday in Kansas City. 
 
 
 
 Goldberg allegedly told the informant to put a backpack with a bomb near the crowd. He also instructed the informant to dip the shrapnel in rat poison, making those struck more likely to die. 
 
 “There’s going to be chaos when it goes off,” Goldberg is accused of writing. “Shrapnel, blood and panicking.” 
 
 Using the alias Australi Witness, Goldberg allegedly said he inspired the attacks in Garland, Texas, where Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi were shot dead by police after opening fire on the drawing contest. 
 
 Simpson, according to the affidavit, retweeted one of Goldberg’s tweets, “I’M BACK KUFFAR! DIE IN YOUR RAGE!” on the morning of the attack, according to the complaint. 
 
 “When I encouraged the attacks in Texas, my biggest inspiration was the Australian Muslim human rights activist…[M.V.]…who worked tirelessly and diligently to outlaw blasphemy against Islam in Australia,” Goldberg allegedly posted as Australi Witness. 
 
 While the complaint only lists initials, prominent Afghan Australian Muslim activist Mariam Veiszadeh told BuzzFeed News in an email that Goldberg’s use of her name in online correspondence and social media was a blatant attempt to discredit her efforts of combating prejudice and bigotry. 
 
 “This character was trying to discredit and cause me reputational damage,” Veiszadeh said. 
 
 Goldberg initially denied the allegations, but later told authorities that he did post messages calling for an attack on the Texas drawing contest, the FBI said. 
 
 He also said he gave someone information on how to make bombs to be placed at the 9/11 memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, according to the criminal complaint. 
 
 Goldberg, the FBI said, told investigators that he intended for the informant to kill himself creating the bomb. If not, he planned on alerting law enforcement just before the bomb was detonated in order to receive credit for stopping the attack.
– Posing as an ISIS supporter online could get Florida man Joshua Ryne Goldberg up to 20 years in prison. The FBI says the 20-year-old encouraged an informant to plant a pressure-cooker bomb at a 9/11 memorial event in Kansas City, Mo., this weekend, instructing them to coat nails in rat poison to cause maximum damage, USA Today reports. According to court documents, Goldberg, who lives with his parents, claimed to have a "vast network of mujahideen around the world" and to have inspired the May attack on a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas, in which two suspects were shot dead. The FBI informant started communicating with him the month after the Texas attack. Goldberg, who allegedly used the online alias Australi Witness and claimed to be in Australia, fooled journalists and intelligence analysts, one of whom described him as holding a "prestige" position among jihadists online, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. He has been charged with distributing information relating to explosives and weapons of mass destruction, although he has told investigators his plan was for the informant to kill himself while trying to make the bomb, BuzzFeed reports. In the Jacksonville suburb of Orange Park, neighbors tell News4Jax they're stunned by the allegations against Goldberg, who rarely left his parents' home. "It's crazy. Obviously the guy's not right in the head," says a neighbor whose grandson plays with children at the home.