Three members of a white supremacist group will stay behind bars. Federal investigators said the men planned to carry out their attack at the gun rights rally in Richmond. But federal agents found out first. News4’s Chris Gordon reports.
A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist who's linked to a violent white supremacist group will remain in custody.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan said Wednesday that Patrik Mathews is a "very dangerous person'' who "espouses very dangerous beliefs." Sullivan ordered Mathews detained pending a Jan. 30 preliminary hearing.
Mathews and two other men were arrested last Thursday on federal felony charges in Maryland and Delaware. Authorities said they were believed to be headed to a pro-gun rally in Virginia's capital. Monday's event in Richmond ended peacefully.
Authorities say a hidden camera captured the three men, all members of a violent white supremacist group, expressing hope that violence at the rally in Virginia this week could start a civil war.
