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, 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.

Neo-Nazi Brandon Russell is convicted of plotting to blow up Baltimore’s power grid as part of plan to sew chaos in the city. His co-defendant, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, earlier pleaded guilty in the case.

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

The leader of a neo-Nazi group was found guilty of conspiring to attack Maryland's power grid in a terrorist plot, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.