Recently-exposed PF members:
Names and faces to watch for, at the March for Life or at your local grocery store. Click through for a state-by-state breakdown or just keep scrolling. Deepest appreciation to Torch Network, antifascist crews, and everyone else who contributed to outing these Patriot Front nazis. Click the bolded state identifier and name for the report on that particular white supremacist. CW for hate speech, nazis, racism
Harvest, Alabama: Ian Michael Elliott, as reported by comrades at Atlanta Antifascists: “Ian Michael Elliott of Harvest, Alabama is a member of the racist and fascist organization Patriot Front, going by the alias of “Norman AL” within the group. Elliott is also highly active in martial arts: he trains at Triad Martial Arts in Huntsville, Alabama and teaches at Concealed Tactical, a Krav Maga school in Madison, Alabama. In the neo-Nazi “Church of Aryanity” Telegram channel, Elliott – using the alias “Varangian” – states that he spends most of his time “traveling, and training, with White Nationalists”. By sharing his martial arts skills with racist associates, Elliott helps white supremacists prepare for violence against their enemies.”
Campbell, California: Ryan Richard Sundberg, as reported by the NoCARA crew, “Ryan Sundberg is a member of Patriot Front that currently lives in Campbell, CA in a home owned by his wife Jennifer’s parents: Frank and Margaret Dixon. Photos provided to NoCARA document Ryan Sundberg attending a hike with other PF members at White Mountain Wilderness in Inyo National Forest earlier in 2021. Sundberg traveled to this PF gathering in a truck registered to his company Arctype” Corporation.
Denver, Colorado: Samuel Cordova, as reported by Colorado Springs Antifascists and Rocky Mountain Antifascists, is responsible for posting stickers which ended with one person stabbed, covered Denver in fascist propaganda, attempted a hate crime against a Pride event, distributed revenge porn, and he carries a firearm. He works for UPS and attends MSU in Denver, CO
Meriden, Connecticut: Alex Beilman (second article) is a Patriot Front member. Over several months, many incidents of graffiti and vandalism in the downtown Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas were reported. These incidents involved the placing of “tags” from a group calling itself “Patriot Front” onto public and private property. At approximately 9:48 p.m., Saturday, July 10, 2021, Alex Beilman, age 27 of Meriden, Connecticut, and Kyle Morelli, age 27 of Salem, Massachusetts, masked and wearing hoods, were observed by law enforcement tagging public property. and then arrested on charges of Vandalism and Tagging.
Columbus, Georgia and Shanghai, China: Christopher Skylar Brooks helped place Patriot Front propaganda in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville in May 2019. Comrades connected Brooks to the PF materials in Lawrenceville via an online brag in combination with Brooks’ internet handle, location, dress, and other clues, also outlined in their previous article
Christopher Gibson (Inactive) – Georgia
Aaron Krueger (Inactive) – Georgia
New Port Richey, Florida James Anthony Porebski was once network director for the Florida chapter of Patriot Front, thanks to (archived) Anonymous Comrade.
Tampa, Florida, Colin Brett Rikard, Patriot Front member who went by “Walking Holocaust, ” captured hanging up white nationalist propaganda in Florida. He was identified after another member of Colin in the emergency room, where his name is visible on his admittance bracelet. Thanks again, Anonymous Comrade!
Pinellas, Florida Kevin Metzler is a Patriot Front Nazi and is a virulent anti-Semite, racist, Islamaphobe, and general dumb-ass. Here he is proposing a harassment campaign against local synagogues. Kevin Metzler is also a paranoid conspiracy theory freak who is preparing for some sort of race war by arming his bed with knives and guns. Sweet dreams, Nazi. He even doxxed himself by posting this story about a fire at Suncoast Jeep Dodge in Seminole, Florida which burned up his work station. Kevin Metzler had two different Discord ids, corresponding info is here.
Chrisman Illinois, Kenneth Gary Zrallack aka Kevin Harris Ken Zrall is a known white supremacist from Stratford, CT, believed to be in the Central IL area with fellow white nationalist Travis Beau Golie of Iowa. Ken was co-founder of Battalion 14 (B14CT), a Nazi group, formerly known as Connecticut White Wolves, and former member of North East White Power. Ken is currently a member of Patriot Front, New Jersey European Heritage Association and the local Ku Klux Klan chapter. He co-founded the White Lives Matter Movement, and was arrested waving a “white lives matter” flag on a highway with Lisa Holly as a political statement in 2018.
Chicago/Westchester/North Suburbs of Chicago, IL Nick John Stiso is more than just a poser punk who’s only claim to fame is that he was a background extra in the SLC Punk movie sequel. (That’s right, the 1998 hit movie had a sleeper sequel which came out in 2016 and he’s in a few crowd scenes). Nick’s contributions are minor and unimpactful, but do show clear evidence of him meeting up with others and hanging up Patriot Front flyers in Chicago.
Wheaton, IL Cornell Overbeeke is a Patriot Front member from Wheaton, IL. He’s also a radiologist who denies the severity of COVID, spreads misinformation, and is a full on Stop the Steal MAGA grifter. He is a self-proclaimed member and local leader of Patriot Front.
Vernon Hills, Illinois, Jakub Zak was arrested for owning guns without a license and appears to have threatened a judge and a Jewish preschool for girls, according to leaked online chats. Jakub Zak, 19, was arrested in Illinois last month after a tipster warned the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that Zak was interested in guns and had been seen wearing a shirt promoting the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front on the campus of his community college. The tip led police to Zak’s home, where they found Zak possessed five guns without a license.
Dixon, IL Dustin Baker goes by @illgoy on Twitter, is a Neo-Nazi with ties to both Identity Evropa and Patriot Front. ustin posting a tweet tagging Nathan Damigo, founder of the white supremacist group Identity Evropa in his two seperate tweets with Identity Evropa’s infamous slogan: “You will not replace us”. In fact, he seems to have created the posters, according to suggestions by this tweet. His connections to Identity Evropa and the American Identity Movement, along with Richard Spencer, don’t stop there. Dustin’s Twitter account also has links to James Marter for Congress, as Marter followed Dustin on Twitter up until a couple of days ago when it was revealed that Dustin was a neo-Nazi and James was confronted on Twitter directly.
Malden, Massachusetts, Chris Hood – (Kicked Out) in January 2019, Hood took a group of six masked Patriot Front members to post neo-Nazi flyers around a working class, Latinx neighborhood in Boston. Three of them were arrested for weapons possession. Reportedly, he has since been kicked out of the fascist organization for stealing their print shop money to buy weed.
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Salem, Massachusetts, Kyle Morelli, 27, is a Patriot Front member. Over several months, many incidents of graffiti and vandalism in the downtown Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas were reported. These incidents involved the placing of “tags” from a group calling itself “Patriot Front” onto public and private property. At approximately 9:48 p.m., Saturday, July 10, 2021, two individuals, masked and wearing hoods, were observed by law enforcement tagging public property. Alex Beilman, age 27 of Meriden, Connecticut, and Kyle Morelli, age 27 of Salem, Massachusetts, were then arrested on charges of Vandalism and Tagging. This is another example of Patriot Front members doing dumb shit that ends up getting themselves exposed. Second article is here.
Lowell, Massachusetts, Matthew Wolf, on February 13, 2019, Patriot Front flyers were spotted in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Eastern section of the city. Two days later, three Patriot Front members were arrested for putting up the flyers. One man was found to be carrying a spring-loaded 5-inch knife and another had a wood-handled trowel and brass knuckles. Matthew Wolf, 26, of Lowell, Tylar Larson, 18, of Rochester, New York, and Christopher Hood, 20, of Malden, MA.
Norwood, Massachusetts, Noah Bogosh, was arrested after somebody reported him for putting a white-supremacist sticker on the back of a town No Parking sign in January 2020. Noah William Bogosh, 22, whose last known address was in Norwood, was charged with vandalism.
Brockton, Massachusettes, Mark Hayden is a member of Patriot Front. He graduated from Brockton High in 2018, and in February 2019, he was one of seven Patriot Front members flyering around East Boston. Two were arrested for carrying weapons, and one for assaulting an officer. Patriot Front is a neo-Nazi group whose leaked Discord chats showed them proposing using “ethnostate rape gangs” to police the behavior of white women. In his shitty punk band, Acid Rain Forest, he plays drums and writes lyrics for songs like “Elliot Rodger: Supreme Gentleman,” referencing the 2014 killings, which left six dead and fourteen injured. Sample lyrics: “Punch women! I punch women!” His lyrics also feature blatant racism. He’s active in the Brockton music scene. Corresponding articles are here and here.
Forest Hill, Maryland,Victor Staabidentified at the time as Network Director #9, Victor has admitted to being present at the 2017 Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, likely with Vanguard America, the precursor to Patriot Front. As he mentions in the post above, Victor had “been waiting YEARS for an organization like [Patriot Front]”, and given his high status within the group, it is likely he’s been a key player in network growth.
Bel Air, MD, Andrew “AJ” Sciulli is a US Army Gunner and member of the neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front. Andrew is responsible for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter billboard in Pennsylvania with a Patriot Front banner. AJ is member of Patriot Front and a Nazi in the US military
Baltimore Maryland, Bryan Betancur, aside from his big talk of being in PF, a crew was also able to prove it from photos he posted. He can be seen at several Patriot Front meetups, confirmed by his own posts, and alongside Kieran Morris.
Rockville, Maryland, Antoine Renard is a Patriot Front member from 2019, when he graduated high school. It is unknown where he attends college. There has recently been an influx of Patriot Front posters wheatpasted in and around Montgomery County, which we suspect was put up by Antoine. He is also a fan of the neo-fascist Ukrainian paramilitary group Azov Battalion
Reisterstown, Maryland, Brandon Troy Higgs of Maryland, was found guilty in January 2020 of attempted voluntary manslaughter, first-degree assault, hate crimes and weapon charges. Higgs’ case stemmed from a December 2018 altercation with two construction workers which started with racial slurs and ended with one worker being shot. Higgs, using the screen name “Americana-MD,” allegedly made hundreds of posts in a Discord chat room focused on planning Unite the Right. He is a member of Patriot Front.
Poughkeepsie, New York, Kieran Morris – Network Director #10 which includes New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. As Network Director, Kieran often travels from his home in –where he lives with his family–to areas around the Northeast for fascist activism. He has previously been involved with other fascist organizations and groups including Iron March, Atomwaffen Division, Nordic Resistance Movement, Daily Stormer Book Clubs, The Right Stuff, Casa Pound, Falanga/ONR, with probably more as yet uncovered. Info thanks to comrades at NYCAntifa
Rochester, New York, Tylar Larson, on February 13, 2019, Patriot Front flyers were spotted in Boston, Massachusetts, in the Eastern section of the city. Two days later, three Patriot Front members were arrested for putting up the flyers. One man was found to be carrying a spring-loaded 5-inch knife and another had a wood-handled trowel and brass knuckles. Matthew Wolf, 26, of Lowell, Tylar Larson, 18, of Rochester, New York, and Christopher Hood, 20, of Malden, MA. Corresponding article here.
Benson, North Carolina, Dalton Albert Kennedy, member of Patriot Front and can be found in the Unicorn Riot discord database as Alfred. TFW you are bragging about doxing somebody for exercising their free speech and you dox yourself by mistake! The whole thread is at this link, note how many of these guys are military and ex-military, including Dalton. Dalton Kennedy appears under a few different names including Dalton Torni and Alfred Torni. In case you haven’t been following closely, Patriot Front splintered off from Vanguard America after one of their members murdered a person in Charlottesville. Dalton Anthony Kennedy was kind enough to post pictures of some of his “activism.” Dalton Kennedy went to West Johnston High School and was in the JROTC and the military.
Gaston, Oregon Casey James Knuteson, thanks to Rose City Antifascists: “Based on information obtained from antifascist infiltration efforts spanning numerous months, Casey Knuteson appears to have joined Patriot Front in mid-2021 after having spent much of 2020 (and early 2021) as a Proud Boy operating with the Portland chapter. As per typical Patriot Front membership requirements, starting in July 2021 Knuteson began putting up Patriot Front propaganda stickers and stencils throughout the greater Portland metro area, including in his hometown of Gaston, Oregon.”
Dallas, Texas, Alexander Wheeler aka “Sonder Schutz” was at least until recently in charge of the Dallas-Fort Worth area network. Through this structure they can vet new recruits and mobilize for various “actions” that they can only carry out in secret, knowing that they would otherwise be unable to overcome the massive community resistance.
Spring, Texas, Thomas Ryan Rousseau – Organization Commander, prior to forming Patriot Front, Thomas was connected to Vanguard America, which gained infamy after Unite The Right, the deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia. Patriot Front is arguably the leading white supremacist group in the country, with 42 chapters across the country. “They believe the country must go through a chaotic rebirth to be restored to a mythical racially pure path,” added Cassie Miller with SPLC, link here. Patriot Front recruits on college campuses with flyers, conducts flash protests, and commits acts of vandalism. Even though Patriot Front’s latest flash march, in DC in December 2021, was largely derided online as federal agents posing as nazis for reasons unknown, it has been proven otherwise, as this linked article shows.
Spring, Texas, Joseph Brown , identified at the time as Network Director #1. Joseph was also known as “Braxton Bragg” and “movnforwrd”
Austin, Texas, Dustin Ray Hamby, identified at the time as Network Director aka “Chef Goyardee”, is an Austin-based Neo-Nazi and cook. his most notable activities include leading the Texas Patriot Front delegation to the Nazi “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville and coordinating security for a Richard Spencer talk in Florida.
Dickinson, Texas, Philip Wayne Lovett identified at the time as Network Director aka
Fort Worth, Texas, Chris Johnson was an organizer with Traditionalist Worker Party, now defunct, and has joined Patriot Front. In their dossier on him posted in 2019, comrades “cannot stress enough how dangerous Chris Johnson is.He isn’t a grifter like Matthew Heimbach, Andy Ngo, or Richard Spencer. Johnson is an armed true-believer and will likely never leave the Neo-Nazi movement. Hate is so entrenched in his personality it’s hard to imagine him not posting flyers around Tarrant County Community College and other North Texas campuses, or random racist stickers on street signs or telephone poles.”
Houston, Texas: Joffre Cross, age 33 in 2020 is a member of the white nationalist group Patriot Front has been charged in Houston with being a felon in possession of a firearm and body armor. As of September 2020, he is serving 57 months in prison for the above charges. Cross’s Facebook page shows connections with affiliates of The Right Stuff (TRS), a white nationalist podcast network. On multiple occasions, Cross shared posts and episode links of the TRS podcast “Fash the Nation.” Posts from his account on the Russian social media site VK feature antisemitic slurs and photos of Nazi paraphernalia.
Weatherford, Texas, Hayden Gray Turner, originally from Florida, Hayden Gray Turner‘s most recent address brought him to Weatherford, Texas. Turner is a member of Patriot Front and openly admits to being a Nazi. Going online as Halfdan the Grey (he’s not very creative), you will find his Twitter redirects first to an acoount called FLNationalist and then to a new Patriot Front “fan account.” It’s no surprise that this Halfdan shitbird is more than a Patriot Front “fan.” He has been an active member since October 2017 and quickly got deeply involved with the Florida chapter. You will notice that he was vouched for by Discord user Lucilomar aka James Porebski, a rich kid from New Port Richey who has been disappointing his wealthy parents for years. Halfdan immediately got involved in the distribution of Patriot Front’s Nazi propaganda in colleges in Florida. He was also with fellow Florida Nazi Collin Rikard. Halfdan is the bald one. Hayden Turner was working as a security/asset protection associate at Walmart in Florida but he has recently relocated to Weatherford, Texas with his girlfriend Kendra Denton.
Houston, Texas, Colton Fears, pictured at Unite the Right in 2017. He is holding the red sonnenrad shield. Colton Fears, his brother William Fears, and another man, Tyler Tenbrink, were all arrested in Florida on charges of attempted homicide for their roles in an altercation following a speech by white nationalist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The three men yelled, “Heil Hitler,” “I’m going to f—— kill you,” “kill them,” and “shoot them,” while driving by a group standing near a bus stop. This led to an altercation in which one of them, Tyler Tenbrink, fired a gun. In 2019, Colton was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Houston, Texas, William Henry Fears IV, in 2019, Patriot Front member William Henry Fears IV was sentenced to five years in prison for choking his former girlfriend. Fears also attended the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. A video from Unite the Right shows Fears yelling: “Shoot! Fire the first shot in the race war.” William Fears was also arrested with two other men, Colton Fears and Tyler Tenbrink, in Florida on charges of attempted homicide for their roles in an altercation following a speech by white nationalist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The three men yelled, “Heil Hitler,” “I’m going to f—— kill you,” “kill them,” and “shoot them,” while driving by a group standing near a bus stop. This led to an altercation in which one of them, Tyler Tenbrink, fired a gun.
Grapevine, Texas, Graham Whitson was arrested by Weatherford, TX police in August 2020 when he was caught along with Thomas Rousseau and Cameron Rathan Pruitt plastering Parker County property with cheaply-made Patriot Front stickers. Rousseau, according to the arrest report, had the stickers on his person and lied to an officer that he was promoting Patriot Front but was not a member. Whitson also had the Patriot Front stickers on his person, and appeared to “encourage” the other subjects as they placed stickers on various items. Just a week prior to the arrests, at the Parker County Courthouse, protesters had demanded the removal of a Confederate statue, which made global headlines when video surfaced online showing racist counter-protesters attacking anti-racist protesters while incompetent local law enforcement refused to intervene. In November 2017, Whitson, a 135 pound man from Mechanicsville, Maryland, was also arrested, along with another man, by the Calvert County (Maryland) Sheriffs Department and charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance–in this case LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)–and litter/dump under 100 pounds Corresponding links here, over here, there, one here, one more, and finally, here.
Houston, Texas, Cole Jones in April 2018, comrades at ScrewstonAFC identified Cole Richard Jones as a PHD student at University of Houston Main Campus, currently finishing his Master’s Degree in Geology. He is also a Teacher’s Assistant, and studies under Dr. Regina Capuano. Additionally, he recently became the drummer for the local metal band Green as Emerald. Cole proudly sports a large Nazi “Black Sun” aka “Sonnenrad” tattoo on his chest, and has been pictured in-uniform with Patriot Front members at one of their gatherings in Austin, Texas
San Marcos, Texas: Erik Mitchell Sailors, in 2018, thanks to leaked messages, Erik Sailors was revealed to be the head of a Texas chapter of Patriot Front, a white-supremacist group that splintered from one of the main groups at the deadly white-power rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last year. Sailors gives “hip-pocket classes” (short, informal military class) to white nationalists, from the “gear list” of what members should bring to protests (Marine Corps-issued combat boots and decontaminate wipes) to lessons in mixed martial arts and hand-to-hand combat techniques, the leaked messages reveal.
Midway, Utah, Cameron Pruitt, 22, was also arrested by Weatherford police in August 2020 when he was caught along with Thomas Rousseau and Graham Jones Whitson plastering Parker County property with cheaply-made Patriot Front stickers. Rousseau, according to the arrest report, had the stickers on his person and lied to an officer that he was promoting Patriot Front but was not a member. Whitson also had the Patriot Front stickers on his person, and appeared to “encourage” the other subjects as they placed stickers on various items. Just a week prior to the arrests, at the Parker County Courthouse, protesters had demanded the removal of a Confederate statue, which made global headlines when video surfaced online showing racist counter-protesters attacking anti-racist protesters while incompetent local law enforcement refused to intervene. Cameron has a private pilot license in Utah where he most likely resides. His online name is Jon UT. Corresponding document here.
North Virginia, Greater Washington DC Metro area Syed Robbie Javid – aka Sayed Robbie Javid (archive) was originally exposed as a Virginia member of Patriot Front in 2020 by @RuthlessWe. Virginia neo-Nazi and NSC Dixie affiliate Sayed “Robbie” Javid, now known by “Reform the States.” Robbie is an explicitly genocidal neo-Nazi. Still, this is often standard fare for adamant neo-Nazis on Telegram. However unlike many, Robbie posts explicit encouragement of violence. Oh, and he also worships and spreads the manifestos of white supremacist mass shooters (illegal in several countries). This includes improvised weapons manuals and literal torture videos. He is also a beekeeper from Northern Virginia. In 2016, Robbie was arrested barricading himself in his parent’s Fairfax County home and shooting at police with a pellet gun. Learn more about Nazi Robbie here. Corresponding information here.
Washington: James Julius Johnson & Amelia Watts, courtesy of Washington Nazi Watch: “James Julius Johnson is a member of the Nazi, neo-fascist, white-supremacist group ‘Patriot Front.’ He operates under the name ‘Tyler WA’ and lives in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Johnson uses his 3D printer to create stencils for the group to use for hate crimes, and openly talks at member meetings about creating unserialized “ghost” guns.” He was a part of the group that covered the “Respect & Love” community mural in Olympia, WA.
Gig Harbor, Washington: Jacob Landis Prior (former member) in the Patriot Front Discord leaks, Jake Prior aka Jake WA aka The_Human_Shoah #3006 showed up in the same server on December 7th, 2017. Quickly, Jake hoped to make a name for himself within Patriot Front. Jake begins flyering and making banners with James Valentine aka “Goodest_Boy WA.” Jake is besties with the owner and employees of Tac Town Tattoo, well-known neo-Nazis that have been tracked for years by antifascists. Report is here. They have deep ties with American Front, including Lane County Jail resident Jake Laskey. Recently, these neo-Nazis have been fronting for Crew 38, a group in support of Hammerskins, a white power skinhead organization.
Lakebay, Washington, James Daniel Valentine (former member) James Daniel Valentine is a 30 year old American fascist and Patriot Front member who lives in his mother’s house with his wife Christine Valentine, nee Pritchett. James Valentine organizes locally and nationally with other fascists and is active around the Washington area putting up fascist propaganda and attempting to sabotage anti-racist activists’ efforts. By reading his messages in Patriot Front’s Discord server, (of which he was the second member) we have learned about his racist and misogynist views.
Berkeley County, West Virginia: Jason Philbin is a neo-Nazi web designer, tech guy, and raging alcoholic. Philbin’s affiliations include Vanguard America, Identity Europa, League of South, TWP, and Patriot Front. He designed the website for Vanguard America.
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