Guilty: Neo-Nazi leader whose group targeted power grid takes a plea deal
Liam Collins, a Marine Corps veteran who helped found a neo-Nazi terror cell accused of planning a terrorist attack on the nation’s power grid, has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of interstate transportation of an unregistered firearm.
While pleading guilty to transporting an illegal firearm, Collins pleaded not guilty to more serious charges of conspiracy to manufacture firearms and ship interstate, and conspiracy to damage an energy facility.
Collins’ plea deal — made Tuesday in federal court in Wilmington, N.C. — was not publicly available on PACER, the federal court website, and Don Connelly, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina, declined to provide a copy of it to Raw Story. ...