A New Jersey man accused of planning to build a pressure cooker bomb and use it in New York City in support of the Islamic State group has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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NJ.com reports Gregory Lepsky was sentenced Friday in federal court in Trenton.
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The 22-year-old man pleaded guilty last year to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. His plea agreement had called for a sentence of 16 to 19 years.
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The judge also sentenced the Point Pleasant man to a lifetime of supervised release when he's out.
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Lepsky was arrested in 2017 for allegedly stabbing the family dog. A search turned up a pressure cooker and digital evidence of a plan to build and detonate a bomb in support of the Islamic State group.
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Information from: NJ.com, http://www.nj.com
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