In June of 2022, thirty-one members of the neo-fascist hate group Patriot Front (PF) were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, ID on misdemeanor charges of Conspiracy to Riot. A seven-page “operations plan” found in their possession detailed their plans to disrupt Coeur d’Alene’s “Pride in the Park” event, then make their escape “once an appropriate amount of confrontational dynamic [had] been established.” None of the PF members arrested were from Coeur d’Alene. Only two were from Idaho; the other twenty-nine were from as far away as Texas, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, and Virginia. Six of them, shown below, were Utah residents at the time of their arrest. [source] If you have information about the current location of these or other far-right extremists in Utah, please email it to us at UtahAntiFascists (at) riseup (dot) net.
In June of 2022, Utah residents Jared Boyce, Branden Haney, Cameron Pruitt, Alexander Sisenstein, Dakota Tabler, and Nathaniel Whitfield were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, ID on charges of Conspiracy to Riot.
Below is a brief summary of what is known about the six Utah members of PF who were arrested in Coeur d’Alene. As we publish more detailed information about each of them, we will update the summaries to include links to in-depth articles.
By the time he was arrested in Coeur d’Alene, 27-year-old Jared Michael Boyce had already been involved with violent extremist movements for several years. In August of 2018 he traveled to Oregon for a “flash march” that devolved into a series of street brawls. He joined Patriot Front that same year [source]. His leaked chat logs from PF’s private communications platform, where he uses the code name “Logan UT,” are available here. When Boyce returned from Coeur d’Alene after his arrest, his mom told him he’d have to choose between continuing with Patriot Front and continuing to live in her house. He chose to stay with PF, and true to her word, Mom kicked him out. He has since skipped bail on the Idaho charges and is believed to be living in Utah County, where he occasionally spray-paints weird antisemitic garbage on public property in his embarrassingly awful handstyle.
UPDATE: Jared Michael Boyce has, in fact, been living in Utah County – he was booked into the Utah County Jail on March 10, 2023 on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor and dealing in material harmful to a minor 16-18 years old by a person 18 or older. The latter charge alleges that Boyce, who is 28 years old, sent pictures of his genitals to a 16-year-old girl.
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Boyce pleaded guilty in April 2023 to nine felony counts and one misdemeanor, and was sentenced in May to one year in jail and three years probation.
Branden Mitchel Haney submitted his application to join Patriot Front in October of 2021. He was accepted into the group just a little too late to attend their national event in December of that year, so his trip to Coeur d’Alene in June 2022 was likely his first big event with the group. His trial is currently scheduled for July of 2023 in Kootenai County. For more information about Haney’s explicitly antisemitic beliefs, his location, and employment, please see our article “Branden Mitchel Haney, neo-Nazi flight student.”
Cameron Kathan Pruitt has been a Patriot Front member for several years. In 2020 he was arrested along with PF’s national leader, Thomas Rousseau, on charges of Criminal Mischief after they were caught posting advertisements for their hate group at a courthouse in Parker County, TX. Pruitt is now the leader of PF’s “Network 5,” which covers Utah and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. He has attended and helped plan multiple national events with the group. You can read his leaked PF chat logs under his code name, “Jon UT,” here. After his arrest in Coeur d’Alene, his Utah security guard license was “limited” by the Utah Division of Professional Licensing, meaning he cannot work as a security guard until the allegations against him are resolved.
Alexander Nicholai Sisenstein is the first of the Patriot Front members arrested in Coeur d’Alene to plead out. In November of 2022, the Midvale resident submitted a written plea of guilty to a lesser charge of ““ He was sentenced to two years of probation with one day of credit for time served, and a fine of $500. He is currently licensed with the State of Utah as a Plumber’s Apprentice. If you know where he is currently employed – as a plumber or otherwise – please let us know.
Dakota Ray Tabler of West Valley City is one of three Coeur d’Alene arrestees to hold a Security Guard license in the State of Utah. In 2022 he was employed by CBI Security as a security guard, but was suspended from his job after his arrest. [source] The Utah Division of Professional Licensing also shows that Tabler’s license is currently “limited,” meaning that he is not legally allowed to act as a security officer until the allegations against him are resolved. He has pleaded not guilty, and is currently scheduled to go to trial in May of 2023 in Kootenai County, ID. Photos from Tabler’s Facebook profile suggest that he is or was a member of the USMC.
Nathaniel Taylor Whitfield has been a member of Patriot Front for at least two years, and holds a leadership role in Network 5. You can read his leaked chat logs here, under his code name “Joshua UT.” He has been spotted at multiple local events with PF since his arrest. Whitfield held an Armed Security Guard license in the State of Utah at the time of his arrest, but it has since expired. Based on information he gave at the time of his arrest in 2022, he is believed to be living in Elk Ridge. If you have more information about his current location or employment, please let us know!