Federal agents took Skyler Philippi, 24, into custody moments before he allegedly planned to strike a Nashville power grid.     According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Philippi had a drone powered up and armed with explosives.

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Columbia man is charged with trying to use a drone to take down a power facility in Nashville.

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.

Skyler Philippi, 24, "believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology – but the FBI had already compromised his plot,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Tuesday.

The Department of Justice says federal agents have arrested a Tennessee man who they say was trying to destroy a Nashville electrical substation

Skyler Philippi, 24, has been charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

A man with ties to white nationalist groups has been arrested for attempting to launch an explosive drone on a Nashville energy facility –– which would have destroyed critical infrastructure and left thousands of Americans without power.

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.