Suspects in plot to shoot up NYC synagogue conferred with state prison inmate, prosecutors say

NEW YORK — The wannabe Nazis who planned to shoot up a synagogue in New York City plotted with two other people, including a state prison inmate whom they told about their plans to get a gun, prosecutors revealed Wednesday. The new detail emerged as Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer, both 22, were indicted in Manhattan Supreme Court. Brown, a confessed white supremacist, posted a series of disturbing tweets promising “big moves” and saying that he might “shoot up a synagogue and die,” according to prosecutors. Mahrer, who’s Jewish and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, joined him on his ...