Thomas Driver , David Moran , and Charles Newcomb each were arrested on one state count of conspiracy to commit murder . The Florida Attorney General 's Office said the murder plotting started after Driver had a fight with the inmate . Driver is an officer at the Department of Corrections Reception and Medical Center in rural north Florida . Moran is currently an officer sergeant at that facility . Newcomb was fired in recent months for failing to meet training requirements , the department said . Prosecutors said the three were also members of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan . The group has garnered attention in 2013 for distributing flyers that likened protesters in Ferguson , Missouri to terrorists .
Thomas Driver , David Moran , and Charles Newcomb each were arrested on one state count of conspiracy to commit murder . The Florida Attorney General 's Office said the murder plotting started after Driver had a fight with the inmate . Driver is an officer at the Department of Corrections Reception and Medical Center in rural north Florida . Moran is currently an officer sergeant at that facility . Newcomb was fired in 2013 for failing to meet training requirements , the department said . Prosecutors said the three were also members of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan . The group has garnered attention in recent months for distributing flyers that likened protesters in Ferguson , Missouri to terrorists .