A Massachusetts man agreed to plead guilty for plotting to use model airplanes filled with bombs to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol.
Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, pleaded guilty on two of the six charges as part of a plea deal, according to a Department of Justice statement. He will be sentenced to as many as 17 years in prison.
Ferdaus was arrested in September “in connection with his plot to damage or destroy” the buildings with “large remote-controlled aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives,” the statement reads. He will plead guilty on that charge and another charge alleging that he provided material support and resources to al-Qaeda to attack U.S. troops overseas.
In exchange for pleading guilty, Ferdaus will have four other charges against him dropped.
Officials said he was never a danger to the public and had been under surveillance by federal officials prior to his arrest.
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