'Satanist' Kansas soldier pleads guilty to bomb plot charges
February 9, 2020
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 24-year-old an Army infantry soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist who hoped to overthrow the U.S. government pleaded guilty Monday to distributing information through social media about building a bomb and making napalm.
Jarrett William Smith, a private first class stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and previously at Fort Bliss, Texas, admitted during a court hearing to providing information about explosives in September to an FBI undercover agent.
Smith signed a formal plea agreement with federal prosecutors and then entered his pleas verbally during a half-...
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