Baltimore (AP) -Feloldida -based founder of the Neo Nazi Group plans to attack the power grid of Maryland on Monday, promoting the conviction of racist shared with his former girlfriend. I was convicted.
29 -year -old Brandon Russell will carry out a series of “sniper attacks” to Sara Beth Klendaniel, according to the Federal Prosecutor’s prosecutor, with a large damage to the local power network. I encouraged me. Prosecutors say that their goals were to make confusion in the majority black cities.
“Was that afraid or disliked?”
The two were arrested in February 2023 -before the plan was executed.
Twelve JU referees have consulted within an hour after hearing about four days of testimony in the Baltimore Federal Court. They discovered that Russell had been crime in one of the conspiracy counts to damage the energy facility, the only accusation he faced.
Russell will be declared later. He appeared in court with a bright blue jacket and glasses. He regularly discussed with a lawyer during the trial and seemed cheerful and engaged.
A few years ago, Russell co -founded the Neo Nazi group atomwaffen category, a German in the “atomic weapon.”
This was not his first break in with the law enforcement agency. Russell had previously searched for his home, found a very explosive hidden location, neo -nazi signs, posters, books, and flag cache, and then inappropriate to unregistered destructive devices and explosives. I was convicted of having a storage.
In a discussion on the closing of Monday afternoon, prosecutor Joseph Baldwin said a trial, including a secret information provider connected to Russell through a social media app telegram. According to prosecutors, Russell wanted to introduce Clendaniel and the information provider and help the person to get the firearms used in the attack.
“He was the team leader who was taking care of his warrior,” said Baldwin.
Prosecutors use Russell to use racist racist from EXPL, demands secrets from information providers, and demands a secret, saying that it is important not to talk to anyone. I played the clip on the phone.
A man who was accused of running a “Title Washing Ring” to regain the stolen car in Florida
Prosecutors argued that Russell wanted to incit the racial war, but his lawyer neglected the involvement in plot and called it “setup from the beginning.”
Lassel had no plans to travel to Maryland and had no plans to actively support the attack, said in Florida, Ian Goldstein. Russell may have supported modern society and supported the efforts to restore white hegemony, but he was not a conspiracy in this case, and Goldstein said in his last discussion.
“He was a cheerleader -it was as bad as he could hear,” said Goldstein. “That’s him, it’s not illegal.”
It was not enough to persuade JU. Before JU’s referee began deliberations on Monday evening, James Bredal, a U.S. district judge, was convicted, and Russell had a conspiracy and “receiving advice, or supported. He told them that it would be necessary to be certified.
Russell was clearly not on the radar of the law execution agency until the police responded to the double murder in 2017 in the tumper apartment, wore military fatigue and cried. It seems. One of his roommates said they killed the other two.
Police concluded that Russell had nothing to do with the fatal shooting. However, the detective investigated, but they found explosives and neo -Nazi tools in Russell’s property.
At that time, Russell was in the Florida Security Corps and attended South Florida University.
Devon Arthur, who later admitted that he had killed his roommate, told the detective that he had shot them while talking about his recent times in Islam. He also stated that it would stop the terrorist attack by Atom Wuffen, claimed that Russell had a document at home to kill civilians such as transmission lines, nuclear reactors, synagoggs. The prosecutor said it was.
Goldstein also represented Russell. Lawyers argued that owning explosives is not intended for Russell to use them. Goldstein said that his client was hurt by roommate’s death and is already suffering from mental health issues. The family said that Russell was looking for a community and was just a believer who was trying to please his friends.
Russell ultimately acknowledged the unregistered destructive device and inappropriate storage of explosives. He was declared in 2018 to serve in prison for five years. In a hearing hearing, a federal judge of the Tampa expressed a clear concern that Russell could fall into the wrong crowd behind the bar.
A few years later, a federal investigator discovered a relationship with Clendaniel.
She and Russell began to exchange letters around 2018 while being imprisoned in various facilities. Court records that they have built a romantic relationship that has continued after being released from prison.
36 -year -old Clendaniel acknowledged the crime of attacking and was sentenced to prison in September.
