Police say Joshua Ryne Goldberg, 20, was talking to a person online identified by law enforcement officials as a Confidential Human Source.

Goldberg gave out information between July and this month about how to make a pressure cooker bomb and fill it with nails, metal and other items dipped in rat poison.

Authorities said he told the person online to place the bomb at a memorial commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks in Kansas City, Missouri.

Several law enforcement agencies are investigating the case, including the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Clay County, Fla., Sheriff's Office.

Goldberg was arrested and charged with giving out information on explosives, destructive devices and weapons of mass destruction. If convicted, Goldberg faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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