Stephen Thomas Farrea, of Portsmouth, is a member of the Nationalist Social Club-131 also known as NSC-131. A local member of a New England-based neo-Nazi group known for disrupting children’s “drag queen story hours” has been charged with possessing child pornography. Stephen Thomas Farrea, 34, a member of the Nationalist Social Club-131, had been arrested two years ago while distributing white nationalism leaflets in East Providence. Then, last month, the Portsmouth police got a tip that Farrea may be in possession of child pornography. After getting a court-authorized warrant, detectives searched Farrea’s home at 37 Souza Way and seized multiple electronic devices. The police said that Farrea’s devices contained sexually explicit images of children. (…) He was released on $5,000 surety bail and ordered not to have any contact with children. A hearing is set for June 4 to modify his bail conditions. His lawyer Stefanie Murphy of East Greenwich did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
via bostonglobe: R.I. neo-Nazi member accused of possessing child pornography
siehe auch: Neo-Nazi said he was protecting kids by protesting drag. He just got busted with child porn. Police seized several electronic devices from him, and a judge forbade him from using the internet anymore. A member of the notorious New England NSC-131 neo-Nazi group has been arrested on child pornography charges. The group has protested drag events and baselessly accused their patrons of supporting the sexual grooming of children. Stephen Farrea of Portsmouth, Rhode Island was taken into custody on Friday and arraigned on one count of possessing child pornography, the Portsmouth Police Department said in a press release. NSC-131 launched a campaign in 2022 to terrorize the organizers and participants of drag queen story hour events around New England. In 2023, the Massachusetts attorney general sued the group and its two leaders for repeatedly engaging in “violent, threatening, intimidating, and coercive conduct” in the state.