The FBI thwarted the plans of Skyler Philippi, 24, of Tenn., to attack Nashville’s power grid in plot to destroy society, the DOJ saidA Tennessee man who allegedly planned to launch an explosive-laden drone to destroy Nashville’s power grid to “further his violent White supremacist ideology” was arrested over the weekend and charged with federal crimes,

Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested after the FBI found he planned to attach a bomb to a drone and fly it into an energy facility.

A white supremacist is accused of trying to destroy an electricity substation in Tennessee in an attempt to bring down the regional power network and disrupt American society, authorities said Monday.

A Tennessee man was arrested Saturday and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

The man, Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tenn., targeted the energy facility to try to push his white supremacist ideology, according to prosecutors.

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.

US authorities on Monday stated that a white supremacist is attempting to demolish a Tennessee electricity substation in an effort to destroy American society.