Nazi’ plot to destroy power plant with homemade weapon of mass destruction - Philippi allegedly conducted a Nordic ritual prior to driving to the substation

A 24-year-old man with ties to white supremacist movements was arrested after allegedly plotting to use an explosive drone to attack a Nashville power plant.

The DOJ said 24-year-old Skyler Philippi was arrested and charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and attempted destruction of an energy facility.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Columbia man is charged with trying to use a drone to take down a power facility in Nashville.

A 24-year-old Tennessee man has been arrested and charged with allegedly plotting to use a weapon of mass destruction in a neo-Nazi-inspired plot to destroy an energy facility near Nashville, the Justice Department announced Monday.

The DOJ reports that he planned to use a drone with explosives attached to it and fly the drone into the substation.

According to the Justice Department, Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, planned to fly a drone mounted with explosives into a substation.

A Tennessee man, with alleged white supremacist views, is accused of attempting to use a drone loaded with explosives to attack the Nashville power grid.