RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Two men accused of trying to buy weapons for attacks on synagogues and black churches are due in a Virginia courtroom for a preliminary hearing.
Thirty-four-year-old Robert C. Doyle and 33-year-old Ronald Beasley Chaney III are scheduled to appear in federal court in Richmond on Thursday. They have been in custody since their arrests Sunday.
Doyle and Chaney are charged with conspiracy to possess firearms after being convicted of felonies. An FBI affidavit says they tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol with a silencer from three undercover agents posing as illegal firearms dealers.
An associate, 30-year-old Charles D. Halderman, is charged with conspiring to rob a jeweler to and use the money to stockpile weapons for a race war. His preliminary hearing is set for Friday.
