TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia member of a neo-Nazi group will spend 15 years in prison, the district attorney in Troup County announced Friday, after pleading guilty in a gang violations case.
Coweta Judicial Circuit DA John H. Cranford Jr. announced the guilty plea for 24-year-old Hunter Blake Harrington, a member of the "Atomwaffen Division."
Harrington pleaded guilty to numerous charges, including six counts of violating the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Other charges included possession of a sawed-off rifle, sawed-off shotgun and silencer.
His full sentence includes 25 years of probation after the 15 years in prison.
According to the district attorney, the case began when an acquaintance of Harrington's reported him to the Troup County Sheriff's Office, "expressing concern about Harrington’s potential danger to others and his erratic behavior."
That person said that in addition to possessing the illegal weapons, he was "infatuated with mass killers and identified as a member of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent neo-Nazi hate group and domestic terrorist organization."
Investigators learned that Harrington had "been involuntarily committed as a danger to himself and others" and that a search of his apartment turned up the illegal sawed-off weapons as well as "materials investigators suspected might be possessed to manufacture an explosive device."
"I am thankful that this neo-nazi was caught and imprisoned under Georgia’s Gang Act before he used his illegal firearms to harm someone," DA Cranford said in a statement. "This is the second white supremacist convicted and sentenced to multiple years in prison under the Gang Act by our office."
His release said the first white supremacist sentenced by his office under the Gang Act was Christopher Copson, who got 20 years in prison in 2018 for crimes related to his affiliation with the Aryan Brotherhood.
