Two men described by authorities as white supremacist extremists have been charged in Virginia with trying to illegally buy weapons and explosives to use in attacks on churches and synagogues.
Robert C. Doyle and Ronald Beasley Chaney III tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol with a silencer from three undercover agents posing as illegal firearms dealers, FBI agent James R. Rudisill wrote in an affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond.
According to the FBI, their goal was to spread terror to African-American Christians and Jews throughout the South.
Doyle, 34, and Chaney, 33, are charged with conspiracy to possess firearms after being convicted of felonies, according to the affidavit.
An associate, 30-year-old Charles D. Halderman, is accused of plotting to rob a jeweler and use the money to help Doyle buy land and stockpile weapons for “an impending race war,” the affidavit says. He is charged with a robbery conspiracy.
Meanwhile, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Chaney’s father, 58-year-old Ronald Beasley Chaney Jr., and 52-year-old Terry Gunn Chaney were charged with drug and firearms offenses after Henrico County police executed a search warrant at a home in Highland Springs on Sunday. The newspaper said Terry Gunn Chaney is “believed to be”‘ the wife of Ronald Beasley Chaney Jr.
According to Rudisill’s affidavit, Doyle and the younger Chaney “ascribe to a white supremacy extremist version of the Asatru faith,” a pagan sect that emphasizes Norse gods and traditions. The affidavit says the FBI learned that Doyle planned to host a meeting at his home in late September to discuss “shooting or bombing the occupants of black churches and Jewish synagogues, conducting acts of violence against persons of Jewish faith, and doing harm to a gun store owner in the state of Oklahoma.”
FBI surveillance determined that the meeting took place as scheduled, and about a month later Doyle and Chaney met for the first time with an undercover agent to discuss buying weapons. Doyle placed an order for the weapons, despite Chaney’s suspicions. The FBI recorded Chaney saying that the meeting with the agent “sounds like ATF to me.”
The transaction was completed Sunday, and Chaney was arrested on the spot. Doyle was arrested later that day and, according to the affidavit, admitted that he and Chaney arranged for the gun purchase.
In a telephone interview, FBI agent Michael Schuler in Richmond declined to say whether authorities believe attacks were imminent before the men were arrested. He also would not say whether they believe others are making similar plans.
All three defendants have multiple felony convictions, according to the FBI’s affidavit.
The men are being held in custody until their initial court appearances. Doyle and Chaney are due in court on Thursday; Halderman on Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
What I would like to know is: What causes a human being to allow hate in their heart? Is it inbred? Is it family teachings? These guys sure don’t look like the murderers and rapist that Trump so fears. But they sure do look like homegrown terrorist.
You need to take a closer look! Appearances can be deceiving. Terrorist, domestic or foreign, don’t wear labels to be identified as such. Trump has made us all aware of the danger, but you and I have to decide from observation and thru actions, if a perp. is a perp.!
what’s good is bad….what’s bad is good. or what is supposed to be good is bad, not even the church is safe. if you don’t see that child molesters are the darkest of evil; this is your wake up call….ALL CHURCHES ARE ONLY A SYNAGOG OF SATAN!!!!! FLEE THOSE PLACES AND NEVER RETURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Should we include you as one those two pictured above? Satan as you put it does infiltrate the church. And perverts of every description use the churches as their cover, to do evil and wicked deeds, and Satan encourages them to do so. But to label churches and temples of God as evil, would put you in the same category as Chaney, Doyle and Halderman!
Hopefully these terrorists will get to spend the rest of their lives behind bars. It sounds like these two guys managed to find a demonic pagan religion to revive. While the Constitution gives them the right to be pagans it doesn’t give them the right to murder innocent people. I’m glad they were found and arrested before they had the chance to carry our their evil scheme.
Amen, Justin!
the illuminati OWN church leaders too, like everything else…welcome to reality
You are delusional!
Very interesting. Barack H. Obama has incited racial hate from the POTUS slot for over six years. He has used several Black men who were associated with Christian church groups to support the racial strife. Pastor Jeremiah Wright to a limited extent, Mr. Al Sharpton and Mr. Jesse Jackson Sr. have supported racial strife consistently throughout the tenure of Mr. Barack H. Obama. Currently, the FBI appears to be seriously investigating the infractions of Ms. Clinton in the Benghazi debaucle. Also, the sovereign nation, Syria, requested Russia to assist with the removal of ISIS-ISIL, and is making progress.
Suddenly, the FBI hits the headlines with a set-up of two young, White men, who were entrapped by the FBI, for buying pistols, illegally. Instead of trapping the criminal bands who sell pistols illegally, the FBI sets a trap for two young White men who were potential customers. Instead of tracking genuine criminals, the FBI prefers less threatening activities, obviously.
This is simply one additional distraction, transferring the blame from the guilty, to two, misguided White men, on the basis of the FBI´s report of their “allegations.” This reminds one of the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in Detroit on Christmas Day, 2008. A well-dressed, male in an expensive suit, forced gate staff at Amsterdam airport to admit Umar Farouk Abdulmutalla onto the airliner, without appropriate documents, which was reported by observers at the Amsterdam airport.
This FBI release is simply one additional distraction from the Benghazi investigation and Syria´s destruction of ISIS-ISIL mercenary soldiers, with Russian assistance.
US OF AMERICA USE PPL ALL THE TIME REMEMBER SLAVERY, JIM CROW ETC…………….