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Man Convicted in Sarin, Explosives Plot
A 40-year-old Tennessee man could be sentenced to life in prison after being convicted yesterday of seeking sarin nerve agent and explosives to use against government buildings, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, April 12). It took a federal jury just more than one hour to convict white supremacist Demetrius “Van” Crocker on five counts. Sentencing is scheduled for July 13. In recorded conversations with an undercover FBI agent, Crocker used racial epithets and discussed his desire to detonate a radiological “dirty bomb” in Washington, D.C., or use poison gas against black people, AP reported. Federal authorities charged he wanted to obtain sarin or C-4 explosives for an attack on a state or federal courthouse. A job in an electroplating factory appeared to have given Crocker some knowledge of basic chemistry, according to AP. “There is no doubt he had what he needed to cause all sorts of destruction in the United States,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Fred Godwin. “This was a politically motivated crime. Profit was not a factor,” he said (Associated Press, April 14).
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