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Neo-Nazi gets maximum sentence in terror plot to destroy Maryland's power grid (www.cbsnews.com)

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Brandon Clint Russell, the leader of a neo-Nazi group, had nothing to say before a judge handed down the maximum 20-year sentence for his role in a white supremacist plot to destroy Maryland's power grid.

Baltimore District Court Judge James K. Bredar also ordered lifetime supervision for Russell once he is released.

Bredar called the Florida man "the brains" behind the chilling plan to destroy five Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) substations in and around Baltimore and create a political revolution.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

For those who don't know this pest, they had already been imprisoned for 5 years:

In September 2017, Russell pleaded guilty in federal court to possessing an unregistered destructive device and illegally storing explosives; in January 2018, he was sentenced to five years in prison. While in jail awaiting sentencing, he sent bomb-making instructions to his followers.