FBI: 5 men charged in Ohio bridge bomb plot

Five men described by federal authorities as anarchists who were angry with corporate America and the govement have been charged with plotting to bomb an Ohio bridge.

The men were arrested Monday night after unknowingly working with an FBI informant for months. They were charged with conspiracy and trying to bomb property used in interstate commerce.

A man walks along the tow path approaching the Station Rd. Bridge at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Five men have been arrested for conspiring to blow up the high level bridge over the Cuyahoga River valley, but there was no danger to the public because the explosives were inoperable and were controlled

All five had initial appearances in Cleveland federal court Tuesday afteoon and were ordered jailed without bond pending a hearing Monday.

The target of the plot was a bridge that carries a state highway over part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in the Brecksville area, about 15 miles south of downtown Cleveland.

The Occupy Cleveland group says the men were associated with the movement but don't represent Occupy Cleveland or its nonviolent views.

Photos provided by the FBI show five men arrested Monday, April 30, 2012, and accused of plotting to blow up a bridge near Cleveland, Ohio, the FBI announced Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Top row, from left, are Douglas Wright, Brandon Baxter and Anthony Hayne. Bottom row, from left, are Joshua Stafford and Connor Stevens. There was no danger to the ...