‘Modern-Day SS’ White Supremacists Sentenced in Plot to Destroy Energy Facility
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‘Modern-Day SS’ White Supremacists Sentenced in Plot to Destroy Energy Facility

Jordan Duncan LinkedIn Image - The Daily Muck

Former Marine Jordan Duncan has been sentenced to seven years in prison after targeting an energy facility with other white supremacists. His LinkedIn profile lists him as a cyber help desk technician and a former Russian linguist in the military. Photo credit: LinkedIn.

Three of the other defendants were sentenced on July 25, with Justin Wade Hermanson, 25, a former Marine from Swansboro, N.C., who got one year and nine months in prison; Paul James Kryscuk, 38, from Boise, Idaho, who received six years and six months in prison; and Liam Collins, 25, a former Marine from Johnston, R.I., who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to a July 25 DOJ press release. Like Hermanson, Joseph Maurino, 25, from Manalapan, N.J., was sentenced to one year and nine months in prison on Oct. 25.

Duncan, who served in the Marine Corps from 2013 to 2018, Hermanson, who joined the U.S. Marines in 2017, and Collins, who served from 2017 to 2020, were all previously stationed at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, according to the indictment. Collins and Kryscuk frequently posted messages on an online platform called Iron March, a message board with posts primarily by neo-Nazi and White Supremacy Extremist (WSE) groups or those with the same ideologies.

Joseph Maurino poses with a sniper rifle in an undated photo. - The Daily Muck
Joseph Maurino poses with a MG 42 German machine gun in an undated photo. Maurino received one year and nine months in prison for his part in a Nazi plot targeting an energy facility. Photo credit: Facebook.

Collins announced in 2016 that he was creating a “legitimate Paramilitary/Defense force” and encouraged everyone who joined his group to serve in their nation’s military, according to the indictment.

Liam Collins urged other members of his neo-Nazi group to join the military– recruits that the military doesn’t want - The Daily Muck
Liam Collins urged other members of his neo-Nazi group to join the military– recruits that the military doesn’t want, according to an indictment obtained by The Daily Muck.

In February 2017, Kryscuk laid out his long-term plan to “take back the land,” which was rightfully theirs, in a post on Iron March after communicating with Collins about his group, according to the indictment.

Paul Kryscuk urged group members to buy land in rural areas that were “predominately white and right-leaning” - The Daily Muck
Paul Kryscuk urged group members to buy land in rural areas that were “predominately white and right-leaning.” He also talked about facing an “insurgent force made up of criminals and gang members,” when in reality, his group would be the insurgents.

While stationed at Camp LeJeune, Duncan became a part of Collins’ crew and was photographed with Collins and Kryscuk in December 2018, according to the indictment. Throughout the following year, Kryscuk received cash payments for “legos,” a “tool” and a “jig,” which he used to purchase an AR15 jig and “a jig to do AR-10s.”

Paul David Kryscuk received six and a half years in prison for crimes related to the targeting of a U.S. energy facility - The Daily Muck
Paul David Kryscuk received six and a half years in prison for crimes related to the targeting of a U.S. energy facility. Photo credit: Broward County Sheriff’s Department.
Kryscuk bought tools to turn semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic ones - The Daily Muck
Kryscuk bought tools to turn semi-automatic rifles into fully automatic ones, according to evidence mentioned in court documents.

In early 2020, Hermanson, who expressed the same WSE ideology, bought a 9mm pistol with a suppressor from Kryscuk, who manufactured the weapon and shipped it from Idaho to North Carolina, according to the indictment. Hermanson became a part of the crew, and later Maurino joined.

In July 2020, Duncan, Collins, Kryscuk, Hermanson, Maurino and other participants took part in a live fire training in Boise, Idaho, near Kryscuk’s residence, where they created a video compilation of themselves firing short-barrel rifles and assault-style rifles, with the participants presenting the “Heil Hitler” sign in AtomWaffen masks under the image of a black sun, according to the indictment. They then circulated the video among themselves and others.

During their online discussions, the group researched and reviewed an attack on the power grid by an anonymous group, prosecutors said in a June 24 press release. In October 2020, Kryscuk was arrested, according to the most recent DOJ press release. Law enforcement found a list of intersections and other places in Idaho and surrounding states, as well as the locations of a transformer, substation, and other portions of the power grid in the American Northwest area.

Duncan pleaded guilty on June 24 to violating the National Firearms Act by manufacturing a short-barrel rifle.

Jessika Saunders
Jessika Saunders is a journalist with a passion for politics. When she isn't writing, she enjoys the Arizona weather and teaches virtual fitness classes. Jessika also writes fiction novels and hopes to become a published author in the future.
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