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Upstate NY Man Gets 30 Years In Prison In Plot To Kill Muslims With X-Ray Device

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- A New York industrial mechanic convicted of attempting to produce a mobile X-ray device intended to kill Muslims has been sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison.

Fifty-two-year-old Glendon Scott Crawford, of Galway, also was ordered Monday by Judge Gary L. Sharpe to undergo a lifetime of supervised release after serving the sentence.

Crawford was convicted of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and distributing information about weapons of mass destruction.

Co-defendant Eric Feight pleaded guilty to lesser charges of providing material support to terrorists and was sentenced last year to eight years in prison.

Prosecutors said the two men, who worked for General Electric in Schenectady, conspired to design and build the device, which was to be set off remotely and would have exposed targets to deadly doses of radiation.

The harmful effects of the lethal radiation would only surface days after the exposure, prosecutors said.

Federal authorities said Crawford first contacted two Albany-area Jewish groups, leading to the investigation.

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