New charge added against woman accused of conspiring with neo-Nazi leader to attack energy grid

A federal gun charge has been added to the case against a Baltimore County woman accused of conspiring with a neo-Nazi leader to attack and destroy energy substations around the Baltimore area to “lay [the] city to waste.”

Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was initially indicted in February 2023 on charges that she conspired to destroy an energy facility. In a new bill of information filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Clendaniel was charged with possession of a firearm even though she was prohibited from doing so.

The new charge, which was filed without going before a grand jury, accused Clendaniel of illegally possessing a 12-gauge shotgun, even though she spent more than a year in prison.

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