Federal authorities have arrested a Maryland man they say planned to plow a stolen U-Haul van into crowds at the National Harbor, a large shopping and entertainment compound outside of Washington, D.C., as part of an Islamic State-inspired plot, court documents say.

Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, Md., was arrested on March 28 at the waterfront complex in Prince George's County with a U-Haul he had stolen from a parking garage in Alexandria, Va., two days earlier, according to a charging document unsealed last Thursday.

Henry harbored hatred for "disbelievers" and admitted to the plot in interviews with authorities, according to court documents.

Henry is currently charged with transporting a stolen vehicle but no terrorism-related counts. Prosecutors detailed the terrorism-related accusations Monday in a detention memo arguing Henry should remain jailed pending trial.

Prosecutors allege Henry stole the van to "commit mass murder."

"He had no escape plan, intending to die while killing others for his cause," the government said in the detention memo.

Henry walked out on his job on March 26 "determined to walk down the extremist path," prosecutors say in court documents. Henry only had a four-door sedan and stole a larger vehicle with the aim of causing more destruction, prosecutors said.

Henry stole a U-Haul van and drove around the Washington, D.C., area trying to select a location to attack that would generate media attention, prosecutors assert. On March 27, he had gone to Dulles International Airport in Virginia about 5 a.m., they said in court filings but the crowds weren't big enough for Henry's plan.

Prosecutors said Henry got out of the van and tried to access a restricted area of the airport "by piggy-backing behind a cleared individual," court documents assert. Henry couldn't breach the airport security area and after two hours drove to the National Harbor, prosecutors said.

He arrived at the National Harbor at around 10 a.m. and wanted to create "panic and chaos," the "same as what happened in France," the detention memo said.

Henry is expected to appear in court Tuesday.