Man Wanted to Give Bomb-Making Tips to Neo-Nazis But Was Speaking to Undercover Feds

[TexasTowelie]

In East Texas, a man plotted to distribute bombmaking blueprints to neo-Nazis Anthony Crider; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 20:37, 9 April 2018 (UTC), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons


Far out in East Texas, the feds say, Beau Daniel Merryman had big, bloody plans: He passed on bomb-making blueprints to people he thought belonged to neo-Nazi groups, expecting them to blow up federal buildings and other sites.

But unsurprisingly, Merryman, who reportedly had ties to the neo-Nazi outfits Atomwaffen and The Base, was in fact speaking to undercover federal agents. Merryman, 20, is from Jefferson, a town located on the northeastern edge of Texas.

U.S. marshals arrested Merryman in October 2019, federal authorities indicted him, and he remained in jail. Last week, he pleaded guilty to distributing information relating to explosives and destructive devices, according to the U.S. Department of Justice in East Texas.

Now, he could face up to two decades in a federal prison.

According to court documents, Merryman sent detailed guidelines for cobbling together pipe bombs and pressure cooker explosives to undercover feds and urged them to “target federal law enforcement and critical infrastructure, such as electrical substations,” a DOJ press release notes.

Read more: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/he-wanted-to-give-bombmaking-tips-to-other-neo-nazis-but-he-was-speaking-to-undercover-feds-12777690

[grumpyduck]

1. Dumbkopf.

Enjoy prison, prick.

[LoisB]

2. I always wonder how many fathers, grandfathers, uncles, etc. of these idiots fought (or died)

fighting Nazis.