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Woman plotted with neo-Nazi to attack power grid, feds say

Thomas J. Sobocinski, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Baltimore Field Office, left, speaks during a news conference in Baltimore, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Sobocinski and Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for Maryland, right, announced the arrests and a federal criminal complaint charging Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, and Brandon Clint Russell, of Orlando, with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility. (Amy Davis/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

FILE - This June 7, 2017, photo provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office shows Brandon Russell. A Maryland woman conspired with the Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Baltimore County, conspired with Russell, recently arrested in Florida, to disable the power grid by shooting out substations via “sniper attacks,” saying she wanted to “completely destroy this whole city,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

FILE - Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation, at 6910 NC Hwy 211 in West End, N.C., Dec. 5, 2022, where a serious attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many people around Southern Pines, N.C. A Maryland woman conspired with a Florida neo-Nazi leader to carry out an attack on several electrical substations in the Baltimore area, officials said Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, The arrest of Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Baltimore County, was the latest in a series across the country as authorities warn electrical infrastructure could be a vulnerable target for domestic terrorists. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker, File)

Woman plotted with neo-Nazi to attack power grid, feds say