Colorado White Supremacist Accused Of Planning Synagogue Bombing

PUEBLO, CO — A known Colorado white supremacist is accused of plotting to bomb a synagogue in Pueblo, according to court documents made public on Monday. He was arrested Friday after meeting up with undercover FBI agents.

Richard Holzer, 27, faces one count of attempting to obstruct religious exercise by force using explosives and fire. He made his first court appearance Monday at the U.S. District Court of Colorado.

Holzer told federal investigators that he was planning to blow up Temple Emanuel in Pueblo with dynamite and pipe bombs, according to a criminal complaint.

An undercover FBI agent reached out to Holzer Sept. 28 through Facebook, a platform he used to promote “white supremacy ideology and acts of violence,” the complaint said. The agent said she learned he was a former skinhead and Ku Klux Klan member.

Holzer referred to Jewish people and Temple Emanuel as “cancer to the community” and said, “I wish the Holocaust really did happen,” the document shows.

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The FBI obtained photos of Holzer holding guns while wearing white supremacist and Nazi regalia, according to the complaint. He told the undercover agent that he hired someone to put arsenic in the synagogue’s water pipes on Oct. 31, 2018, and said he wanted to “poison” the building’s pipes again this year, the document shows.

Holzer told the agent he planned to “[g]o out with a final act for the movement,” the complaint shows.

Holzer agreed to meet up with two other undercover agents at a Colorado Springs restaurant, where he brought white supremacy paraphernalia as gifts, according to the complaint.

Holzer worked with the undercover agents to plan the bombing of the synagogue, the document shows. Holzer was instead arrested early Saturday morning.

If Holzer is convicted, he faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.