Exclusive | Alleged ISIS plotter Jessica Bowie threatened to blow up home, roommates say

A converted radical Muslim charged with plotting an ISIS-linked bombing at the New York State Capitol was the roommate from hell who allegedly threatened to blow up their apartment building, her housemates told The Post.Jessica Bowie, 35, went on a monthslong reign of terror in her Albany apartment that only ended when she was kicked out for not paying rent, roommates Zephyr Brennan and Ivory Thomas said.From January through July, Bowie blasted Islamic prayers at all hours of the night from her bedroom in the Hudson Avenue townhouse and often resorted to violent threats when confronted about her disturbing behavior, the roomies claimed.“Looking back, the Arabic hymns at 2 a.m.
should’ve been a red flag,” Brennan said.Chillingly, in her last two weeks at the home, Bowie never took off the head-to-toe Islamic garb — and concealed her identity entirely from Brennan, who she had known for years prior to converting to Islam, the roommate said.Thomas, 23, told The Post she called police seven times since January on Bowie, including to report death threats, but that Albany City Police did nothing to halt the terrorizing.“She tortured me for like six, seven months,” said Thomas, who moved into the apartment on the same day as Bowie in January.“I could be dead right now.”Thomas recalled what she said was the first time she was threatened by the accused jihadi Jane.“I was sitting in the living room area, I was on the phone with my boyfriend, and she walks past me and says, ‘I’ll bomb this whole place down,’” Thomas said.Terrified by the threat, she said she immediately called the city police and claimed she was told that the issue was a “he-said-she-said” and they were unable to take action.Another time Thomas called police because of a twisted threat Bowie allegedly screamed when she thought she was home alone.“[My boyfriend] hears Jessica saying, ‘Do you know how easy it is to put rat poison in your food, f—ts?’”Thomas said she imm...