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.

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 convicted of plotting to blow up Baltimore’s power grid as part of plan to sew chaos in the city. His codefendant, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, earlier pleaded guilty in the case.

A self-proclaimed National Socialist has been convicted by a jury of trying to attack the Baltimore energy grid to spark a race war.