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Columbia Man Pleads Guilty, Faces Life Sentence for Plot to Cripple Nashville's Power Grid
Skyler Philippi admitted to planning a drone attack on a Nashville electrical substation aiming to disrupt energy infrastructure and cause widespread outages, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and to attempting to destroy an energy facility, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
- Prosecutors said Philippi embraced white supremacist and accelerationist ideologies and researched attacks to `shock the system` by targeting large interstate substations.
- In November 2024, Philippi and undercover employees prepared the drone believed to carry 3 pounds of C-4 for an attack on a Nashville electrical substation.
- Officials warned the attack could have cut power to thousands, and U.S. District Judge William "Chip" Campbell scheduled sentencing for Nov. 2, 2024.
- Authorities say the investigation disrupted the plot and the Department of Justice National Security Division and Federal Bureau of Investigation will keep protecting the U.S. power grid from threats linked to white nationalist groups.
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Man pleads guilty to charges that he meant to blow up a Nashville power site with a bomb-laden drone
Prosecutors say a 24-year-old man with ties to white nationalist groups has pleaded guilty to charges that he attempted to use a drone to bomb a Nashville electricity substation.
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newportplaintalk.comGuilty plea entered for Nashville energy facility incident
(The Center Square) – A Tennessee man the Justice Department said plotted to destroy an electric substation with an explosive pleaded guilty on Tuesday, officials said.
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Man pleads guilty to attempting to use weapon of mass destruction to destroy Nashville energy facility
As he was arrested, the DOJ alleged he was at the rear of a vehicle with the drone powered up and the explosive device was armed and located next to the drone.
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