A supporter of the Islamic State group in Pennsylvania sought to poison food and drink at synagogues and backed Hamas, according to a federal criminal complaint announced on Tuesday.

Jonathan Hunter Kramer, 21, was charged with firearm- and terrorism-related offenses in the Western District of Pennsylvania federal court.

An FBI agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force said in a criminal complaint that law enforcement had first received an anonymous tip in 2023 about a Telegram group administrator, using the moniker “Nikolas Cruz,” who was posting threats online and sharing documents about assembling explosives and car bombs.

Investigators determined that Kramer, who also used the pseudonym on Discord, was behind the “Nikolas Cruz” account. A mass shooter named Nikolas Cruz carried out the Parkland high school shooting in 2018.

While investigating the Discord account in 2023, investigators found that Kramer allegedly solicited child sexual abuse material from a 14-year-old in Germany.

The FBI searched the home of Kramer’s parents, where he lived, in Valencia, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Investigators found a recording of Kramer pledging allegiance to ISIS on a laptop.

Kramer, a juvenile at the time, was charged in state court with plotting a mass casualty incident and possessing child sexual abuse material. He was sentenced to a juvenile treatment program that ended in March.

Shortly after, the FBI received a tip that Kramer had unrestricted internet access, had been ordering “mysterious” packages and was in contact with “his friends from before,” when he had been charged with terrorism.

The FBI had Kramer’s usernames from the 2023 investigation, including the Reddit accounts “ILoveGayRobloxPorn and “i_love-femboys6969,” and connected the accounts to Kramer’s address.

Using those accounts and a third username, “slopdestroyer,” Kramer allegedly........

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