UPDATE 11/28/2017 10:35 A.M.
A Florida man will be hospitalized for psychiatric treatment and likely serve 25 years in prison for plotting to bomb a synagogue and Jewish school center during Passover last year.
A Miami federal judge sentenced 41-year-old James Medina, who pleaded guilty to a religious hate crime and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, on Tuesday.
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The sentencing for a South Florida man convicted of plotting to bomb a Florida synagogue and Jewish school center in 2016 has been set.
James Medina, 41, will be sentenced Tuesday in Miami. Medina previously pleaded guilty to a federal religious hate crime and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.
The maximum sentence is life in prison.
Authorities said Medina admitted to planning to attack the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center during Passover. Medina was arrested in April 2016 after approaching the center with a fake bomb provided by an undercover FBI informant.
FBI recordings showed Medina supported the Islamic State extremist group and claimed an obligation to attack Jews in the U.S.
Court documents also indicate that Medina suffers from bipolar disorder.