KANSAS – A man has been
sentenced to one year and four months in prison for helping in the assistance of
an unsuccessful attempt to plant a bomb at an Army post in northeast
Kansas. 

A federal judge sentenced
29-year-old Alexander Blair on Tuesday.

The Topeka man was accused
of loaning $100 to 21-year-old John T. Booker Jr., to store an explosive
device. It actually was a fake bomb built by FBI informants. 

Prosecutors allege Booker
intended to plant it outside Fort Riley in support of the Islamic State group.
Blair pleaded guilty in May to a conspiracy charge. 

Blair’s attorney sought
five years’ probation, arguing Blair has an unusual genetic personality
disorder. Prosecutors pushed for the maximum five-year prison term. 

Booker pleaded guilty in
February to two felonies. He hasn’t been sentenced.