CAMDEN, NJ (AP)-- A New Jersey man faces allegations he conspired to carry out spray paint vandalism attacks two months ago against synagogues in the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported 18-year-old Richard Tobin allegedly recruited people on a neo-Nazi social network.
Court records indicate Tobin told investigators he considered suicide attacks and once sat with a machete in the parking lot of a New Jersey mall, considering an attack on black shoppers.
The paper says the synagogues that were vandalized with swastikas and other images on Sept. 21-22 were in Hancock, Michigan, and Racine, Wisconsin.
A magistrate judge ordered Tobin to remain incarcerated Friday, pending a mental health evaluation.
The paper says authorities declined to discuss the details of their investigation.