Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Violent OC white supremacist group founder back in federal custody after brief release from lockup
The purported founder of a Southern California-based militant white supremacist group was re-arrested on Thursday — the same day that 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judges reversed his release from lockup. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney dismissed the criminal case Robert Rundo was facing, because, Carney determined, federal prosecutors engaged in “selective…
Read MoreCharges Against Two White Nationalists Are Dismissed as ‘Selective Prosecution’
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed riot charges against two members of a neo-Nazi street gang who had attacked counterprotesters at several pro-Trump rallies in California in 2017, saying that the government had behaved improperly by neglecting to bring charges against left-wing activists who had also acted violently at the same events. The ruling by…
Read MoreCourt upholds life sentences for Atlanta Olympics and Birmingham abortion clinic bomber Eric Rudolph
Eric Rudolph, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for fatal bombings at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and a Birmingham abortion clinic will not get a chance at a new sentence, an appeals court ruled Monday. A three-judge of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that Rudolph remains bound to the terms of…
Read MoreTennessee man who was working with militias planned to act as a sniper and attack Southern border, feds say
A Tennessee man who planned to travel to the southern border with an arsenal of weapons and explosives to “stir up the hornet’s nest” was arrested Monday, federal officials say. Paul Faye, who told undercover agents that the U.S. was “being invaded” by illegal immigrants, has been charged with selling an unregistered firearm suppressor, according…
Read MoreColorado man who wanted to build white supremacist community sentenced to federal prison in weapons case
The man who had been building a “white private community” in the mountains of Fremont County has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to a federal weapons charge, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced Friday. Chad Edward Keith, 42, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison…
Read MoreProphetstown man gets 5 years for trying to burn down planned Danville abortion clinic
A Prophetstown man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his attempt last May to burn down a building in Danville that was set to become an abortion clinic. U.S. District Judge Colin Bruce handed down the sentence Monday to Philip J. Buyno, 73, after he pleaded guilty Sept. 19 to attempted arson.…
Read MoreMan Pleads Guilty to Shooting Spree Targeting Elected Officials
A New Mexico man pleaded guilty yesterday to his role in shootings that targeted the residences of elected officials following the 2022 election. According to court documents, following Solomon Peña’s electoral defeat in November 2022 for a seat in the New Mexico House of Representatives, Demetrio Trujillo, 42, of Albuquerque, along with his son, Jose…
Read MoreOhio man gets 18 years for firebombing church over drag shows
Aimenn D. Penny didn’t apologize for firebombing a Geauga County church last year. Instead, he justified sacrificing his future for hate. The 20-year-old, standing calmly in an orange prison jumpsuit during his sentencing hearing Monday in U.S. District Court, maintained his attack was a protest against the LGBTQ+ community and drag shows, an effort “to…
Read MoreProud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge
A man who stormed the US Capitol with fellow Proud Boys far-right extremist group members was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison after he berated and insulted the judge who punished him. Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge James Boasberg before the sentence was handed down, calling him a “clown” and a “fraud”…
Read MoreCapitol rioter who assaulted at least 6 police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison
A Florida man described by prosecutors as one of the most violent rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison, court records show. Kenneth Bonawitz, a member of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group’s Miami chapter, assaulted at least six police officers as he stormed the Capitol with…
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