A New York federal court has sentenced three men to 25 years each in prison after being found guilty of plotting to blow up New York City synagogues and shoot down military planes.

A judge imposed the sentence Wednesday against James Cromitie, David Williams, and Onta (ON-tay) Williams.

The men were convicted last year of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, after they were caught in an FBI sting in the Bronx.

The men were arrested after accepting fake explosives by a paid FBI informant. Their defense lawyers argued, unsuccessfully, that the men were victims of entrapment.