Grand jury indicts 5 accused of trying to bomb Ohio bridge

One count of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction to destroy property used in interstate commerce.
• One count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction to destroy property used in interstate commerce.
• And one count of attempted use of an explosive device to damage or destroy real property used in interstate commerce.

The five men arrested in a plot to blow up an Ohio bridge, from left:
Top row: Connor Stevens, Brandon Baxter
Second row: Douglas Wright, Anthony Hayne
Bottom: Joshua Stafford
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The maximum sentence on the first two counts is life in prison. The third count has a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 years, according to Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. attorney for the northern district of Ohio, and Stephen D. Anthony, special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland division.
The five men indicted are Brandon L. Baxter, 20, of Lakewood, Ohio; Anthony Hayne, 35, of Cleveland; Joshua S. Stafford, of Cleveland; Connor C. Stevens, 20, of Berea, Ohio; and Douglas L. Wright, 26, of Indianapolis.
The operation outlined Tuesday in federal court papers described a poorly financed operation by inexperienced players who at times joked about their lack of terror savvy but sought to use the cover of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Cleveland to strike a violent blow against U.S. corporate properties and interests.
Baxter, Hayne and Wright are self-proclaimed anarchists, according to the FBI.
According to Thursday's indictment, the five men conspired between Feb. 20 and April 30 to use two improvised explosive devices containing C-4 plastic explosives to blow up the Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge about 12 miles south of Cleveland. The 80-year-old bridge spans the Cuyahoga River over Cuyahoga Valley National Park, connecting Cuyahoga and Summit counties in northeast Ohio.
Court documents filed Tuesday refer to several conversations that an FBI informant secretly recorded in which Wright and Baxter allegedly sought to limit the number of casualties in favor of inflicting economic loss on corporate targets.
"Taking out a bridge … would cost the corporate bigwigs a lot of money not just because of structural damage to the bridge," Baxter allegedly told the informant in a taped conversation, "but because it's going to stop a lot of people going to work."