NEW YORK — A Florida man and a Maryland woman have been arrested on federal charges of plotting to attack multiple energy substations with the goal of destroying Baltimore, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.
The suspects, Sarah Clendaniel of Catonsville, Maryland, and Brandon Russell of Orlando, Florida, were allegedly fueled by a racist extremist ideology as they"conspired to inflict maximum harm" on the power grid with the aim to"completely destroy" Baltimore, U.S. Attorney Erek Barron and a top FBI official said at a Monday morning press conference.
Clendaniel allegedly told an FBI confidential source she was"determined" to carry out the attacks aimed at Baltimore's infrastructure, saying,"It would lay this city to waste." Sobocinski said the two suspects"had extremist views" and believed that by conducting the attack, they would bring further light to their views. Sobocinski declined to go into specifics when pressed by reporters.
The Department of Homeland Security has warned about similar attacks recently. A"National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin" issued on Nov. 30 said individuals and groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and personal grievances"continue to pose a persistent and lethal threat to the Homeland."
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