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Baltimore Banner: Neo-Nazi leader found guilty of plotting to attack Maryland power grid
Baltimore Banner - Neo-Nazi leader found guilty of plotting to attack Maryland power grid
Dylan Segelbaum
2/3/2025 6:31 p.m. EST, Updated 2/3/2025 6:37 p.m. EST
A founder of a neo-Nazi group was found guilty on Monday of plotting to attack electrical substations in Maryland, with the goal of creating a failure in the power grid that would plunge Baltimore into chaos.
Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, founder of the Atomwaffen Division, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
The jury deliberated for less than one hour.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Russell conspired with Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out the attack, which they believed would lead to a “cascading failure” that in her words would “lay this city to waste.”
Clendaniel, 36, of Catonsville, is serving a sentence of 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2024 to conspiracy to damage an energy facility and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
In his closing argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Baldwin said though there was no evidence that Russell planned to travel to Maryland, he was acting as an adviser.
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Dylan Segelbaum
2/3/2025 6:31 p.m. EST, Updated 2/3/2025 6:37 p.m. EST
A founder of a neo-Nazi group was found guilty on Monday of plotting to attack electrical substations in Maryland, with the goal of creating a failure in the power grid that would plunge Baltimore into chaos.
Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, founder of the Atomwaffen Division, was convicted in U.S. District Court in Baltimore of one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
The jury deliberated for less than one hour.
Federal prosecutors alleged that Russell conspired with Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out the attack, which they believed would lead to a “cascading failure” that in her words would “lay this city to waste.”
Clendaniel, 36, of Catonsville, is serving a sentence of 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2024 to conspiracy to damage an energy facility and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
In his closing argument, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Baldwin said though there was no evidence that Russell planned to travel to Maryland, he was acting as an adviser.
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