The Justice Department (DOJ) announced charges against a Tennessee man on Monday for a plot to destroy a Nashville energy facility. Skyler Philippi, of Columbia, Tenn., spent months in communication with undercover federal agents,

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.

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.

A Tennessee man faces federal charges for allegedly plotting to blow up a Nashville energy facility, an attack that if successful could have left thousands without power, the Justice Department said Monday.

The FBI thwarted the plans of Skyler Philippi, 24, of Tenn., to attack Nashville’s power grid in plot to destroy society, the DOJ said

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

Man arrested after federal officials say he sought to destroy Nashville power site with drone carrying explosives

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.