In a complaint filed in the Tennessee Middle District Court, the U.S. Department of Justice alleges Philippi planned to attack Nashville's power grid with an explosives-armed drone after extensively researching similar attacks in other areas of the country, including California and North Carolina.

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 Tennessee man was arrested Saturday and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy 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 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, the Justice Department said. Skyler Philippi,

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

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