An avowed neo-Nazi has been convicted of plotting an attack on energy infrastructure with the goal of "lay [ing] waste to the city of Baltimore."

The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group has been convicted of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.

Brandon Russell, a 29-year-old neo-Nazi leader from Orlando, Fla., faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiring to damage a Maryland energy facility.