A neo-Nazi leader accused of plotting to attack Baltimore's power grid has been found guilty of conspiring to damage an energy facility, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Brandon Russell, 29,

The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday 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.

The neo-Nazi who plotted to terrorize Baltimore by way of disrupting a power grid has finally faced a grand jury. The evidence of his white supremacist scheme led to a verdict in just 45 minutes.

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."

Neo-Nazi Brandon Russell is convicted of plotting to blow up Baltimore’s power grid as part of plan to sew chaos in the city. His co-defendant, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, earlier pleaded guilty in the case.

The leader of a neo-Nazi group was found guilty of conspiring to attack Maryland's power grid in a terrorist plot, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.