<text>  A Virginia teenager was arrested Friday for helping a man travel to Syria in order to join ISIS forces, according to a report. The 17-year-old was taken into custody during an FBI raid on the teens home in Woodbridge, neighbors said. The Washington Post reports that the boy, who is a student at Osbourn Park High School in nearby Manassas, is being charged as a juvenile, although officials are working to try him as an adult. High schooler: FBI officials arrested a 17-year-old in connection with a man who traveled to Syria and joined up with ISIS . According to officials whose names were withheld by the paper, the teenager allegedly used online contacts to help another slightly older man travel to Syria and link up with ISIS. Officials said they conducted surveillance on the home for about a month before the teenagers arrest. The man who traveled to Syria is expected to face charges, according to officials, who also looked into another 17-year-old student at Osbourn Park, before judging him to have played a much smaller role. A neighbor said that FBI officials knocked on the front and back doors of the home before someone inside opened up. The boy was later led out in handcuffs, with the officials also carrying a computer and other electronic equipment, the neighbor said. Though she did not give her name, the neighbor said that the boy had attended middle school with her daughter and that in spite of spending most his time in the home, remarked the boy seemed like a typical teenager. Drawn to extremism: The man helped by the teenager in Woodbridge successfully reached Syria through contacts overseas to join up with ISIS file photo The boys alleged online ties to individuals close to the Islamist extremist group surprised some who knew him as a smart young man interested in business and technology. He was a brilliant kid, said Dustin OBryant, who hired the teenager to write for his site Coin Brief. His English wasnt perfect, but I was willing to overlook that because the content was great. OBryant said he hired the teenager for the site, which covers BitCoin and other digital currencies, after being impressed by a chemistry paper the boy wrote. He had a really strong understanding of the technology behind digital currency in general and even more advanced systems, OBryant said. BuzzFeed reports that the teenager had not communicated with OBryant, who lives in Alabama, since February, when he told him he was going through personal issues. He in no way came across as any sort of extremist, OBryant said. My hope is that there was some kind of misunderstanding, that he didnt know who he was helping. 