Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Maryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was charged last year with conspiring with a Florida-based founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen to carry out the attacks, in…
Read MoreNew Jersey Marine accused of threats to kill white people, commit mass shooting
A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday. Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, wrote on social media in December 2022, before he joined the Marines last year: “I want to cause mayhem on the white community”…
Read MoreSovereign citizen dies in gunfight after shooting 2 Polk County deputies, sheriff says
Two Polk County deputies are in the ICU after being shot early Saturday by a man who Sheriff Grady Judd said was a sovereign citizen that was killed when backup deputies returned fire. Around 12:22 a.m., a deputy assigned to Hunt Fountain Park due to its designation as a burglary hotspot noticed a vehicle there…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreOklahoma Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Pipe Bomb at Satanic Temple in Salem, Mass.
An Oklahoma man was arrested and charged today for allegedly throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple (TST) in Salem, Mass. Sean Patrick Palmer, 49, of Perkins, Okla., was charged in a criminal complaint with using an explosive to cause damage to a building used in interstate or foreign commerce. Palmer was arrested this…
Read MoreFormer Marine Sentenced for Molotov Cocktail Attack Against Planned Parenthood Clinic in Orange County, California
A California man who firebombed a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa, California, and plotted other attacks, including an attack on the Orange County, California, power grid in furtherance of a race war, an attack at Dodger Stadium during an LGBTQI+ pride night celebration, and the home invasions of Jewish homes in Los Angeles was…
Read MoreAlabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside state attorney general’s office
An Alabama man was arrested and indicted this week on charges that he detonated an explosive device outside the Alabama attorney general’s office in late February, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, was charged with malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device, the…
Read MoreMiddletown ‘sovereign citizen’ gets prison for guns inside Langhorne-Yardley Road home
A “sovereign citizen” who rejects government authority and drew the attention of Middletown police, neighbors and motorists passing his Langhorne house was sentenced from 28 to 56 years in state prison Wednesday for illegally possessing a cache of high-powered firearms. At his trial in Doylestown, Bucks County, authorities testified about discovering the high-powered firearms that…
Read MoreCalifornia man sentenced to life for ‘boogaloo movement’ killing of federal security guard
A Northern California man who was part of the loosely organized anti-government “ boogaloo movement ” was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the shooting death of a federal security guard and wounding of another. Robert Allen Justus was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the Bay Area News…
Read MoreMan sentenced for plans to execute mass shooting at East Lansing synagogue
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for violently threatening to kill Jewish people in June 2023, according to a news release. The FBI found evidence that showed Sean Pietila of Pickford Township “had identified a Jewish synagogue in East Lansing and a specific date in March 2024” to…
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