One of the 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front who are facing charges related to an alleged conspiracy riot at a 2022 Idaho Pride event has now separately pleaded guilty in Utah to a number of felony counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, Alberto Luperon reports for Law & Crime. Jared Boyce and other members of Patriot Front garnered national attention when they were arrested last year after allegedly piling into a U-haul masked and armed with shields and tactical gear headed to an annual pride event in Idaho.
Investigators allege Boyce and the other defendants conspired to use violence or the threat of violence to disturb the public peace. Boyce told his mother Patriot Front was there because event participants were “grooming kids.” Now in Utah, Boyce has confessed to having “sexually themed conversations about children” online and sending child sexual abuse materials to others. His phone was seized by the FBI as part of another investigation when the materials were discovered.