A self-described neo-Nazi and white supremacist was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison Friday for plotting to blow up a Pueblo synagogue, according to a release from the Justice Department.
Richard Holzer, 28, was given 235 months in prison followed by 15 years of supervised release, officials said. Holzer had already pleaded guilty to attempting to obstruct the free exercise of religious beliefs with the attempted use of explosives a hate crime for planning to bomb the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo.
He also pleaded guilty to attempting to maliciously damage and destroy, by means of fire and explosives, a building used in interstate commerce, the release said.
A Colorado white supremacist and self-described neo-Nazi was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison for plotting to blow up a Colorado synagogue, the Justice Department announced Friday.
The self-described white supremacist behind a disturbing plot to blow up a historic Colorado synagogue will spend nearly two decades behind bars for his “vulgar” and “evil crimes,” a federal judge ruled Friday.
White supremacist who plotted to blow up Pueblo synagogue sentenced to 19 years in federal prison
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DENVER â A white supremacist who plotted to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo in 2019 was sentenced Friday to more than 19 years in federal prison.
Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty in October to federal hate crime and explosives charges for his 2019 plot, which was considered domestic terrorism.
Holzer was arrested in November 2019 after meeting with undercover FBI agents in an attempt to bomb the synagogue to wipe it âoff the mapâ in what he called a âracial holy war.â
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