{"id":159420,"date":"2024-07-30T09:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T13:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=159420"},"modified":"2024-07-29T15:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T19:02:40","slug":"two-former-marines-sentenced-for-plot-to-destroy-a-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=159420","title":{"rendered":"Two former Marines sentenced for plot to destroy a power grid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three men, two of them former Marines, where sentenced for a plot to destroy a power grid. This plot was part of a larger plan that included additional attacks and “taking back” what was “rightfully theirs”. All three interacted on a neo-Nazi forum. James Kryscuk, 38, talked about forming a group armed with rifles. Liam Collins, 25, and Justin Wade Hermanson, 25, were the former Marines. Collins stated that he joined the Marines “for the cause”.<\/p>\n

From Associated Press:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2016, Collins was a frequent poster to a neo-Nazi internet forum and sought recruitment for a paramilitary group he referred to as “a modern day SS,” prosecutors said. He explained on the forum that he joined the Marines “for the cause” and would funnel most of his earnings toward funding the proposed group, the indictment shows.<\/p>\n

Collins and Kryscuk, who lived in New York at the time, connected through the forum in 2017, authorities said. As part of his ideology, Kryscuk discussed forming a guerrilla organization armed with rifles to “slowly take back the land that is rightfully ours,” the indictment reads.<\/p>\n

“We will have to hit the streets and strike as many blows to the remaining power structure as we can to keep it on the ropes,” said a message from Kryscuk included in the indictment.<\/p>\n

The two recruited more members to their group, including Hermanson, and studied at length a previous power substation attack that was carried out by an unknown group using assault rifles, according to the Justice Department. Between 2017 and 2020, the group began illegally manufacturing and selling firearms, as well as stealing military gear, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

They eventually met in Boise, Idaho, in 2020 — where Kryscuk had moved earlier that year — for a live-fire weapons training that they filmed, authorities said. The video showed the group shooting assault rifles and giving “Heil Hitler” salutes — all while wearing skull masks associated with a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen Division, prosecutors said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seminera, M. (2024, July 26). Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for involvement in plot to destroy power grid. Associated Press<\/em>. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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