A federal judge in Ohio was the intended target of a murder-for-hire plot, according to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.

Yahya Farooq Mohammad is charged with attempting to orchestrate the kidnapping and murder of U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary. Zouhary, who sits in Toledo, Ohio, is presiding over a federal terrorism case against Mohammad.

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