Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Andrew McGee of Springfield, who spent at least one month researching and planning an attack on a gay man, appeared before a U.S. District Court yesterday, charged with one count of a Hate Crime Act involving an attempt to kill.

McGee, who pleaded guilty, now faces life imprisonment, the maximum sentence that can be imposed in a federal hate crime.

He Searched the Internet For Violent Anti-Gay Material

An investigation by the FBI and the Eugene Police Department discovered that McGee had been planning the attack for weeks. They found evidence of internet searches for homophobic and graphically violent anti-gay material. He had also searched for suggestions on how to get away with murder.

According to court documents, McGee bought a wooden tire thumper and oth

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