Redwood Falls neo-Nazi gets 8 years prison over illicit ammunition, marijuana stash

A neo-Nazi from southwest Minnesota was ordered to serve 8½ years in federal prison over his stash of firearms, ammunition and marijuana, which law enforcement officials discovered as part of an extensive investigation.

Andrew David Munsinger, 41, a member of the white supremacist group Aryan Freedom Network (AFN), was sentenced on Monday following a yearlong probe by federal law enforcement that included monitoring Munsinger’s conversations with informants and a search of his Redwood Falls, Minn., home that turned up his illicit stockpile of ammunition and sealed baggies of marijuana. AFN, based in Texas, purports to have chapters in 25 states and uses Nazi imagery as its logo.

Following a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted Munsinger of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Munsinger was remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service following his sentencing. His prison term will be followed by three years of supervised release. The Minnesota Star Tribune has reached out to his attorney.

The case against Munsinger dates back to February 2023, when an informant contacted authorities after Munsinger introduced himself to other AFN members during a meet and greet. Referring to himself as “Thor,” Munsinger expressed a hatred of Jews and Black people and said he was a “huge gun guy” with a stockpile of automatic rifles and handguns.

A prior felony narcotics conviction bars Munsinger from possessing firearms and ammunition.

The investigation, handled by the joint terrorism task force for Minneapolis’ division of the FBI, involved surveilling and secretly recording Munsinger during several weapons training courses and other events on behalf of AFN. During an AFN firearms training in Indiana, Munsinger said the rifle he brought was homemade. At another event, he professed to making suppressors and having a desire to manufacture fully automatic weapons.

At one point during that meeting, Munsinger made claims that he secretly visited the homes of a prosecutor and his ex-wife’s boyfriend and had pointed a shotgun at their heads but did not pull the trigger.

Munsinger indicated to another informant that he possessed 10,000 rounds of ammunition and made his own Tannerite, an explosive target used for firearm practice and sold in kits. He later claimed to have made another explosive during a conversation with an additional informant he met during “Aryan Fest,” a two-day event where participants make large, wooden swastikas to burn.

In the months leading up to his arrest, Munsinger arranged to trade a homemade AR-15 rifle with an informant. He later backed down from the plan after believing he was being surveilled by law enforcement.