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FBI arrests man, woman with 'extremist' views in alleged power grid attack plot targeting 5 substations
FoxNews.com ^ | February 6, 2023 | Danielle Wallace, David Spunt, Jake Gibson

Posted on 02/06/2023 10:28:23 AM PST by House Atreides

The FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office officials in Baltimore announced they had arrested two individuals, a man and a woman, with extremist views who were allegedly attempting to attack the power grid in Maryland.

FBI officials told reporters they believe this was a "real threat" that had been thwarted.

Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 34, of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Clint Russell, 27, of Orlando, Florida, are charged through a federal criminal complaint with conspiracy to destroy an energy facility, Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, and Special Agent in Charge Thomas J. Sobocinski, of the FBI Baltimore Field Office, announced Monday.

Clendaniel spoke to an FBI informant about her plan just last week, according to authorities. Russell is an alleged neo-Nazi figure who authorities say posted locations of substations.

Clendaniel allegedly told an FBI confidential source that she planned to target five substations including in Norrisville, Reisterstown and Perry Hall, according to an affidavit by Special Agent Patrick W. Straub, of the Joint Terrorism Task Force ("JTTF") in the FBI Baltimore Division….

… The affidavit reveals the two defendants were in separate prisons for past crimes and communicated online. In messages, Clendaniel allegedly referenced Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and Hitler. She was in a Maryland prison for robbing convenience stores with a machete. Russell was in prison for holding bomb making materials.…

… This plot is not related to but comes on the heels of several power grid attacks in North Carolina, Washington, and Oregon late last year.

As alleged in the affidavit, Russell conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure, specifically electrical substations, in furtherance of Russell’s "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist beliefs" from at least June 2022 to the present.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 202206; adolfhitler; baltimore; brandonclintrussell; brandonrussell; catonsville; falseflag; fbi; maryland; norrisville; northcarolina; oregon; perryhall; powergrid; reisterstown; sarahbethclendaniel; sarahclendaniel; substations; tedkaczynski; unabomber; washington
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To: House Atreides

Both these people were already in prison for something else and yet were communicating to each other by computer planning to attack these substations.


21 posted on 02/06/2023 11:02:07 AM PST by Captain Peter Blood
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To: csvset

Brandon Clint Russell

22 posted on 02/06/2023 11:14:34 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: House Atreides

Interesting they can zoom in on so-called right wing extremists, but can’t find an Antifa- or Eco-terrorist if their lives depended on it...


23 posted on 02/06/2023 11:17:25 AM PST by Magnatron
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To: csvset

Why is this guy out of prison again....


24 posted on 02/06/2023 11:21:18 AM PST by Pete Dovgan
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To: NWFree

You mean not Trump voters?


25 posted on 02/06/2023 11:26:36 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: Macoozie

I was surprised that the bureau was able to provide agents who weren’t prancing around in front of mirrors, in Melania’s lingerie.


26 posted on 02/06/2023 11:28:14 AM PST by DPMD (ua)
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To: House Atreides

Okay, let me get this straight.

They were both in jail. I’m assuming not in the same cell or floor due to their sexes, but ya never know today.

But anyways, they were in separate jails, and didn’t actually blow up or destroy anything, because they were in jail.

But they talked about it. Via, letters, email, text, but they talked.

Is that the same as doing? Is talking actionable, when one is incarcerated and not able to actually perform the act discussed?

I’m trying to see whether their lawyer can claim a first amendment right to talk about wanting to commit a crime, when the physical ability is not present.

How about 2 paraplegics? People committed to insane asylums? People who are talking trash to get attention?


27 posted on 02/06/2023 11:31:33 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: Pete Dovgan
WTH ? There’s a Wikipedia page about this guy.

Brandon Russell

Smells like the FEB’s are at it again.


28 posted on 02/06/2023 11:32:10 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Not a lawyer but I imagine the Feds would charge them with conspiracy if nothing else.

Not like Hillary though, her crimes are committed without ill intent.

No reasonable prosecutor,,,,

29 posted on 02/06/2023 11:36:18 AM PST by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: csvset

The guy Ives in a deranged fantasy world. Fortunately he appears to have been ineffectual in everything he fantasized about.


30 posted on 02/06/2023 11:40:33 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: csvset
I know I am preaching to the choir, but will this misinformation EVER be corrected?








31 posted on 02/06/2023 12:12:39 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Magnatron

A real mystery for sure!


32 posted on 02/06/2023 12:23:12 PM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: House Atreides
Extreme MAGA Republicans?

Sarah Clendaniel & Brandon Russell: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know


33 posted on 02/06/2023 2:21:10 PM PST by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: rktman

I’d bet that both you and I have them as well!


34 posted on 02/06/2023 3:05:46 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Bikkuri

Brandon looks like s/he’s wearing a C cup in that photo.


35 posted on 02/06/2023 3:13:21 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: House Atreides

Or find a patsy for a plot that was their own to begin with


36 posted on 02/06/2023 4:51:00 PM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: House Atreides

If their dead to rights Quilty Kill them within two weeks


37 posted on 02/06/2023 4:54:29 PM PST by Osage Orange
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To: VanShuyten
Lol.. looks like he wasn't wearing the nut buster straps to keep his shirt tucked in 😜
38 posted on 02/06/2023 5:07:56 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: Pete Dovgan

“Why is this guy out of prison again....”

The FIBs needed him for their latest headline...


39 posted on 02/06/2023 5:14:54 PM PST by Does so (What distinguishes today's Russian aggression from that of the USSR?)
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To: AndyTheBear

The last time I saw neo-Nazis, they were chasing Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi…


40 posted on 02/06/2023 6:16:34 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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