A former member of a neo-Nazi group pleaded guilty Monday to fatally shooting his two Florida roommates in 2017, abruptly avoiding the start of a murder trial in which he had planned to use the insanity defense, according to court records.
his two Florida roommates in 2017, abruptly avoiding the start of a murder trial in which he had planned to use the insanity defense, according to court records.
Arthurs admitted killing the roommates, Andrew Oneschuk, 18, and 22-year-old Jeremy Himmelman, nearly 6 years ago at the Tampa apartment they shared. Arthurs told police after his arrest that all three had been part of a small, mostly online neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division and that he shot the pair with an assault-style rifle because they ridiculed his conversion to Islam.
in September 2017 to federal charges of possessing illegal firearms and a destructive device, as well as storing explosives illegally. obtained by WTSP, Arthurs explains that his roommates were part of a neo-Nazi group called the Atomwaffen Division, which was led by Russell. "I prevented the deaths of a lot of people," Arthurs said in a rambling statement after his arrest. Asked why his roommates would plan such an attack, he responded,"Because they want to build a Fourth Reich."Russell was sentenced to five years in prison on the weapons and bomb charges. After his release, he was charged in a new case earlier this year with plotting with a Maryland woman to attack Baltimore's power grid in an attempt to stir racial unrest.
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