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Va. man linked to white supremacists pleads guilty to weapons, drug charges
By Justin Wm. Moyer
November 12 at 1:44 PM PT
A Virginia man linked to white-supremacist organizations pleaded guilty to firearm and drug charges Tuesday, prosecutors said.
In 2017, Andrew Thomasberg, 21, of McLean bought a semiautomatic rifle for another person, falsely claiming to be the true purchaser, U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger of the Eastern District of Virginia said in a statement.
Associated with white-supremacist organizations such as Vanguard America and Atomwaffen Division, Thomasberg also possessed at least four firearms while unlawfully using controlled substances, including marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms and opium, the statement said.
[[Prosecutors say an alleged member of a white-supremacist group was involved with illegal guns, drugs]]
On Tuesday, Thomasberg pleaded guilty to making a material false statement related to the purchase of a firearm and to possessing firearms while being an unlawful user of or addicted to controlled substances, according to the statement.
“Marijuana and firearms are a potentially deadly mix,” Terwilliger said in a statement. “If you are a drug user, you are prohibited by federal law from possessing a firearm. Simple as that.”
Thomasberg faces up to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.
justin.moyer@washpost.com
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Justin Wm. Moyer is a breaking news reporter for The Washington Post. After a long stint as a contributing writer at the Washington City Paper, he came to The Post in 2008, becoming an editor in Outlook and for the Morning Mix, The Post's overnight team. He became a reporter in 2015.


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