The alleged U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter was convicted of a similar attack on a prominent Washington landmark nearly three decades ago.
Records from District of Columbia Superior Court show James W. von Brunn was convicted of trying to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve in 1981.
His court-appointed lawyer at the time told CNN that von Brunn was sentenced to 11 years in prison and served six. He was 62 at the time and lived in New Hampshire. 
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