Competency hearing set for man accused in terror plot

Orange Park man has been deemed not competent for prosecution

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A competency hearing will be held June 15 for an Orange Park man accused of sending bomb-making plans to an FBI informant for an alleged attack in Kansas City, Missouri, on the 14th anniversary of 9/11, according to court documents. 

Joshua Goldberg will appear for the hearing via video conference from the federal facility where he's being treated, court documents said.  

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Last December, a federal judge ruled Goldberg was not mentally competent for trial. 

Goldberg is charged with distributing information relating to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. 

According to the U.S. attorney, Goldberg instructed a confidential source how to make a bomb similar to two used in the Boston Marathon bombings three years ago that killed three people and injured an estimated 264 others.

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."

The FBI said Goldberg called for an attack over a contest for drawings of the Prophet Muhammad in Garland, Texas, and boasted about helping plan attacks on synagogues in Australia. Goldberg was arrested in September.