An alleged neo-Nazi leader who directed accomplices to vandalize synagogues in the Midwest from his New Jersey home served as a volunteer firefighter at his local firehouse, a report said.

Richard Tobin, 18, served for less than a year as a volunteer firefighter in the town of Brooklawn in South Jersey, NJ.com reported, citing fire chief John McKinney.

Tobin started in the department in Camden County through a program that introduces Boy Scouts to potential careers in firefighting, according to the report.

He was arrested last week in connection to the vandalism of two synagogues in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Authorities believe Tobin was directing the “Great Lakes Cell” of the white supremacist group “The Base” from his New Jersey home, the Daily Beast reported.

“If there’s a window that wants to be broken, don’t be shy,” Tobin allegedly told the Neo-Nazis who carried out the attack.

When he was interviewed by federal authorities in October, Tobin told them he was becoming increasingly violent and recalled a time he went to a mall in the Garden State armed with a machete.

Tobin said he was enraged by the number of black people at the mall in Edison and said he wanted to “let loose” with the machete, according to NJ.com.

The fire chief told the newspaper he was unaware of the allegations against Tobin and said he never had an issue with him.

Tobin was ordered held without bail ahead of a detention hearing next month.