Tyler Bradley Dykes of Bluffton, South Carolina briefly attended Cornell University in 2018 before dropping out to serve four years in the Marines. As a Marine, Dykes served as a tactical air defense controller, a position that requires a secret security clearance. When his parents retired and moved to Bluffton,| The Devil's Advocates
Tyler Dykes, the first of the Unite the Right torch marchers to plead guilty to a felony burning object charge, has also pled guilty to federal charges for his participation in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Tyler Dykes giving a Nazi salute on August 11, 2017 and January 6, 2021| The Devil's Advocates
The verdict is in… again. In November of 2021, a federal jury awarded $26 million in damages the plaintiffs in the Sines v Kessler lawsuit against the organizers of the deadly Unite the Right rally. A year later, those damages were slashed to just over $2 million. Today's Fourth Circuit| The Devil's Advocates
This is a continuation of the story of the career of Augustus Sol Invictus, self-styled 'Attorney for the Damned.' Read part one here. Augustus Sol Invictus has had a career riddled with false starts, failed campaigns, retirements, and renunciations. After being admitted to the bar in September 2012,| The Devil's Advocates
Eight men have been charged so far for their participation in the August 11, 2017 torchlit march through the University of Virginia. With three cases cleared off the docket through plea agreements, the Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney's office must now turn its attention to preparing for| The Devil's Advocates
Since the news broke in April that the Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney's office was bringing felony charges against members of the torch wielding mob that marched at the University of Virginia on August 11, 2017, eight prosecutions have been initiated. Three men have pled guilty, two| The Devil's Advocates
When I started writing The Devil's Advocates, one of the themes I wanted to explore was the inadequacy of our legal system, rooted as it is in white supremacy, as a tool to bring white supremacist organizing to heel. The structures designed to ensnare people of color and| The Devil's Advocates
This is an update in the Burning Hate series - stories of the men who marched with tiki torches on August 11, 2017. Read the introductory piece here. Read the first, second, third, fourth, and fifthinstallments. William Henry Fears IV was not hard to find when Albemarle County deputies| The Devil's Advocates
This is an update in the Burning Hate series - stories of the men who marched with tiki torches on August 11, 2017. Read the introductory piece here. Read the first, second, third, and fourthinstallments. In the month since the first indictments against some of the men who marched| The Devil's Advocates
This is an update in the Burning Hate series - stories of the men who marched with tiki torches on August 11, 2017. Read the introductory piece here. Read the first, second, and third installments. Scott Dykes was staring down at the photos in his hands when the prosecutor| The Devil's Advocates
This is the story of Wil Zachary Smith, and the third installment in the Burning Hate series - stories of the men who marched with tiki torches on August 11, 2017. Read the introductory piece here. Read the first and second installments. Azzmador is missing. It sounds like the plot| The Devil's Advocates
There is no statute of limitations on felonies in Virginia. With that in mind, here is Section 18.2-423.01-B of the Code of Virginia. § 18.2-423.01. Burning object on property of another or a highway or other public place with intent to intimidate; penalty. A. Any person who,| The Devil's Advocates
This is the story of Dallas Medina, and the second installment in the Burning Hate series - stories of the men who marched with tiki torches on August 11, 2017. Read the introductory piece here. Read the first installment here. This isn't the first story I've told about this photograph.| The Devil's Advocates
Jacob Dix's tiki torch trial ended in a hung jury. If the case goes back to trial, will the prosecutor do any work to trace his path from one nazi rally to the next?| The Devil's Advocates
Earlier this month, Jacob Joseph Dix became the first defendant to ever stand trial on the charge of Virginia code § 18.2-423.01, burning an object with intent to intimidate. The code section was amended in 2002 to add the requirement of ‘intent to intimidate’ after an earlier iteration prohibiting| The Devil's Advocates
After a four hour hearing on January 8, Judge H. Thomas Padrick granted a motion to disqualify the Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney's office in the case against Jacob Dix. The case will now be tried by a special prosecutor. Dix was arrested in July of 2023 on a felony charge| The Devil's Advocates
