Details unfold on woman who planned attack

A 23-year-old Ohio woman who worshipped the Columbine shooters as “Godlike” and corresponded with Dylann Roof was arrested Monday for what authorities say were plans to commit mass murder at a local bar.

The arrest of Elizabeth Lecron came three days after the arrest of a 21-year-old Islamic State-inspired Ohio man who planned to attack a pair of synagogues, authorities said at a press conference announcing both arrests.

Lecron was charged with the transport of explosives with intent after she bought two 2 of gunpowder and more than 600 screws Saturday in order to construct a pipe bomb.

She'd been on police radar since June, when a concerned citizen told Toledo cops Lecron, who owned multiple handguns and an AK-47 shotgun, had recently expressed a desire to conduct a violent attack.

Combing through her social media, cops found Lecron posted frequently about the Columbine shooters, and glorified other mass murderers, like Roof, who killed nine people at a church in Charleston, S.C., in 2015. She even visited Columbine in August, promising the trip would be “fun” and that she was eager to share photos.

Lecron maintained a Tumblr account called “CharlestonChurchMiracle,” which featured dozens of photos and GIFs of serial killers and mass murderers like Ted Bundy, Nikolas Cruz and Adam Lanza, all interspersed with posts referencing depression, according to a release from the Department of Justice.

Tumblr did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Jeff Fortunato, assistant special agent in charge of the Cleveland division of the FBI, said at the press conference that Lecron and the jailed Roof have been in contact since at least July.

She even tried to send the convicted killer Nazi literature, the release said.

Lecron said her master plan was to commit an “upscale mass murder” attack at a Toledo bar, and was also considering her place of work as a target, since she thought the company was polluting the river behind its facility.

The arrest of Damon Joseph, 21, was also announced Monday. Joseph, who is charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, was cuffed Friday by members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.