A Florida man who said his goal was to “reboot” and/or “reset” the U.S. government was arrested and charged Wednesday with attempting to blow up the New York Stock Exchange.

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, believed to be born in 1994, was charged in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida with attempting to use an improvised explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate or foreign commerc, according to the criminal complaint.

The FBI began its investigation of Yener in February after receiving a tip he was storing bomb-making schematics in an unlocked storage unit in Coral Springs, Florida, which is about an hour north of Fort Lauderdale. Through a search warrant in March and with Yener’s consent, the FBI found bomb-making sketches, numerous watches with timers, electronic circuit boards, and other electronics in the storage unit “that could be used for constructing explosive devices,” according to the complaint.

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