Brandon Clint Russell, leader of a neo-Nazi group, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for plotting to attack Maryland’s power grid in what prosecutors called a terrorist plan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said Thursday.
Russell’s sentence will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, was found guilty on Feb. 4 of one count of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. Prosecutors said he and co-conspirator Sara Beth Clendaniel planned to blow up several Baltimore Gas and Electric substations in the Baltimore area in 2023…