More Arrested in Connection to Planned Violence in Richmond VA

Jacob Kaderli, Michael Helterbrand & Luke Austin Lane

Three alleged members of neo-Nazi hate group have been arrested in Georgia in what appears to be a national operation.  The arrests came on the same day that three suspected members of the same group were detained in Maryland and Delaware.  All six men are reported to be members of white supremacist group "The Base."

The Base is a racially motivated violent extremist group that seeks to "accelerate the downfall of the United States government, incite a race war and establish a white ethno-state."

The three Georgia men were arrested after an undercover FBI sting operation, and charged with attempted murder and participating in a criminal organization.  Luke Austin Lane, Michael Helterbrand, and Jacob Kaderli were planning to "overthrow the government and murder a Bartow County couple" who they believed to be Antifa members

The FBI said the men arrested in Maryland and Delaware planned to travel to a pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia governor Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency ahead of the rally, to block attendees from carrying weapons near the grounds of the Capitol building, citing credible threats of violence.

It is not yet known if the three men arrested in Georgia were planning to attend the gun-rights rally in Richmond. The group was involved in the gang's paramilitary training camp located at a home Silver Creek, Georgia, police said.