Brandon Russell, 29, encouraged Sarah Beth Clendaniel to carry out a series of “sniper attacks” on electrical substations around Baltimore that could have caused significant damage to the regional power grid.

Brandon Russell, the founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group, was convicted Monday of conspiring to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid. Russell encouraged his former girlfriend Sarah Beth

A federal jury found 29-year-old Brandon Russell of Orlando, Florida, guilty after a six-day trial, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

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.

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.