US EditionBrandon Russell Sentenced to 20 Years for Neo-Nazi Power Grid Plot
- In August 2023, Brandon Russell, who founded a Florida-based neo-Nazi organization, received a 20-year federal prison sentence for his role in a conspiracy to attack Maryland’s electrical infrastructure.
- Russell collaborated with Sara Beth Clendaniel in orchestrating bomb attacks on Baltimore Gas and Electric substations from December 2022 through February 2023, aiming to trigger societal collapse.
- Authorities found evidence linking Russell to accelerationism and white supremacist views, and noted Clendaniel posted maps of substations and took steps to obtain firearms.
- Judge James Bredar described Russell as the plot’s driving intellectual force and handed down the longest possible sentence, while Clendaniel received an 18-year prison term following her guilty plea.
- The sentencing highlights the judiciary's condemnation of domestic terrorism plots targeting critical infrastructure in majority-Black communities and indicates ongoing federal efforts to counter such threats.
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Florida Man Gets 20 Years For Plot To Destroy Baltimore Power Grid "Lay This City To Waste"
Ex-National Guardsman and a Maryland Woman Plotted to “Lay This City to Waste” A former Florida Army National Guardsman was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison today for a plot to cripple the Baltimore-area power grid. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced by Senior U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar, who […] Florida Man Gets 20 Years For Plot To Destroy Baltimore Power Grid “Lay This City To Waste”
White Supremacist Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison Over Plot To Destroy Baltimore Power Grid
Source: Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office / PCSO In February 2023, two white supremacists were arrested over their plot to attack the majority-Black city of Baltimore by destroying a Maryland power grid that served the Baltimore area. On Thursday, the man accused of masterminding the conspiracy to organize “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore was sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to CNN, 30-year-old Brandon Russell…
Neo-Nazi group founder who 'seeks to destroy the very fabric of society' sentenced to 20 years after power grid conspiracy
BALTIMORE (WGHP) — The co-founder of a violent, defunct neo-Nazi sect who plotted with his girlfriend to destroy a city's power grid has been sentenced to decades in prison. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Florida, was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after he schemed to destroy the electrical infrastructure of Baltimore. He was found guilty of conspiracy to destroy an energy facility by a jury in Fe…
Leader of Florida Neo-Nazi group sentenced to 20 years for planned power grid attack
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring with his girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.
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Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years for plot to sabotage Baltimore power grid
By Steve Gorman
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