Gloversville white supremacist convicted in bank robbery plot | Leader Herald News

Lina Portman3 weeks ago

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ALBANY — A reputed white supremist from Gloversville who pleaded guilty last year to his role in planning a Johnstown bank robbery has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Friday .

Luke Kenna, 44, was sentenced to 41 months in prison and three years of post-release supervision for conspiring to commit bank robbery and illegal possession of a firearm – crimes for which he pleaded guilty last August.

Kenna, who had previously been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, discussed his plan to rob a North Comrie Avenue bank with co-conspirators Michael Brown Jr. of Virginia and Brian Tierney of Pennsylvania in late 2022 via a group chat encrypted titled with the Nazi “SS”. symbol.

But the plot was ultimately foiled on November 26 of that year, when Gloversville police stopped Kenna along Bleecker Street and found him in possession of a gun, a body armor -bullets and a radio jammer. Authorities then seized Kenna's phone and discovered the group chat.