Feb. 16 (UPI) -- The FBI arrested a South Carolina man with suspected ties to white supremacist groups after he allegedly plotted an attack on a Jewish synagogue in Myrtle Beach "in the spirit of Dylann Roof."
Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 29, of Conway, S.C., was arrested Wednesday on a federal weapons charge after the Justice Department said he attempted to illegally purchase a handgun from an undercover FBI agent in January. McDowell served prison time for a felony burglary conviction in 2011, making it illegal for him to own a gun.