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Orange Park Man Found Mentally Unfit For Trial In 9-11 Bomb Plot Case

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An Orange Park man accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a Sept.  11 memorial has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, as the Associated Press first reported.

Twenty-year-old Joshua Goldberg was arrested in September after he allegedly sent plans for bombing a Missouri 9-11 ceremony to an FBI informant.

After evaluating Goldberg, a psychologist testified he’s not mentally fit for trial, and a judge agreed.

The contents of that evaluation are temporarily sealed as Goldberg’s lawyer argues why they should remain closed to the public. But the Florida Times-Union and Associated Press plan to try intervening in the case to get his evaluation unsealed. 

Jessica Palombo supervises local news gathering and production, podcasts and web editorial content for WJCT News, ADAPT and Jacksonville Today. She is an award-winning writer and journalist with bylines including NPR, Experience Magazine, and The Gainesville Sun. She has a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and is an alumna of the University of Florida. A nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville, she considers herself lucky to be raising her own children in her hometown. Follow Jessica Palombo on Twitter: @JaxJessicaP