Neo-Nazi group leader convicted of plotting Maryland power grid attack

The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs. Brandon Russell, 29, encouraged Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out a series of “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore that could have caused…

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Hagerstown woman arrested for making threats against churches, pastors

A woman from Hagerstown is under arrest after a joint investigation by Maryland fire authorities. Salamah Bassem Audi, 35, was arrested Saturday after she made several online threats against local churches. Investigators with the Hagerstown Fire Marshal’s Office and the Office of the State Fire Marshal were notified of multiple threats made against Gateway Experience…

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Mother charged with murder in death of her 11-year-old daughter

A Baltimore County judge ordered a mental evaluation for a mother charged with murder in connection with the death of her 11-year-old daughter. County police said officers were called around noon Thursday to a house in the 2100 block of Firethorn Road for a cardiac arrest call, according to charging documents obtained by 11 News.…

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Teen convicted of threatening violence at Montgomery County high school

A Maryland teen who authorities say wrote 129 pages about a school shooting was convicted Wednesday of threatening mass violence. Alex Ye, 19, of Rockville, was found guilty on one count of threat of mass violence after a two-day bench trial in December. Prosecutors described Ye’s long document as a chilling plan to kill students…

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