ID Bulletin: Ryan M. Irwin, of Leicester MA

A triptych of photos of Ryan Michael Irwin at various points in his life. The first is of Irwin during or before March 2020. Taken from what appears to be the driver's seat, Irwin sits in the back passenger side of a car. On his lap is a Jack Russel terrier, wearing a gray hoodie with green hood pulls; the dog's face has been intentionally redacted. Irwin imself wears blue jeans, an emerald green shirt, a black wristband loosely on his left arm, a chain of what appear to be gold plastic Mardi Gras beads, and two-tone horn-rimmed corrective lenses with rectangular frames. He has a short blond beard and a buzzcut, his face wearing the ghost of a smirk. The second is of Irwin at an America Backs the Blue event in Mansfield MA during September 2020. Irwin wears black pants, a gray Smokey the Bear "If Not You, Who?" graphic t-shirt, black plastic-framed rectangular lenses, and a camo Red Sox baseball cap. He wears a white bandana to conceal most of his face and neck. His right hand is curling into a fist. He is with a company of NSC-131 members. The third is of Irwin and his daughter, as they ride the Worcester EcoTraium's Explorer Express Train, during 2024. They both face the camera, which is outside the train. The daughter's face has been intentionally redacted. Irwin wears an olive green graphic design tee, a green baseball cap with the word "Worcester" on it embroidered in script, a gold chain necklace, his two-tone horn-rimmed glasses, olive green camo shorts, and what appear to be black Crocs. He smiles faintly toward the camera, his phone in his lap.

If you know the whereabouts of Ryan Michael Irwin, a/k/a “Hyperborean Hooligan” and a long-time member of NSC-131, please reach out! Irwin is currently attending college to his own admission, and I believe his campus of choice is somewhere in or around Worcester MA. CW for all kinds of abuse.

It’s been 6 months since we’ve seen hide or hair of NSC-131. As “PINE,” they used to make noises about protecting white families? Kinda strains credibility to tell people this when NSC counts people like Irwin, a man most recently charged with assaulting his pregnant-at-the-time girlfriend, as members.

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ID Bulletin: Ian H. Langille, of Chapman ME

[This is my contribution to the ID of Ian Henry Langille, a/k/a “Nordic Maine,” a collaboration with the Stumptown Research Collective. This version of what Stumptown eventually titled “Sam Winslow & the Vexing Vexillologist” has a little more in the way of Langille’s buffoonery and local fash history, cut from the fuller version for length. Other edits to content were suggested by Stumptown, and welcomed! Read the full ID here!]

It’s April 2023, and I’m having a hard time giving a damn about the incessant poster of a manchild I would later learn was born Ian Langille of Chapman ME.

At this early point the guy has two Telegram channels, one standard Nordic-Maine-Groyper channel (since deactivated but replaced) and one “uncensored” in flavor, both registered circa mid-January 2023. I can’t tell the difference. Both of them are largely white supremacist propaganda regurgitation channels. Buried in the cross-posts are his own occasional additions, largely involving Langille’s collection of gross white nationalist and neo-Nazi org merchandise, his (lack of) graphic design prowess, and his stickering efforts in Aroostook County.

His personal stickers are the New England Independence pine tree symbol inside the Waffen-SS shield. They also contain the URL to his personal Telegram channel. The URL is, if I recall, occasionally misspelled somehow. There’s also this image, which I originally thought was an admission that he doesn’t know how a hat is supposed to sit on a head. Continue reading “ID Bulletin: Ian H. Langille, of Chapman ME”

ID Bulletin: Vaughn D. Schlegel, of North Brookfield MA

[originally published on January 26th, 2024, 11:08AM Eastern via Twitter, 11:09AM via Bluesky]

Vaughn Douglas Schlegel of North Brookfield MA, current candidate for his local Select Board, has been at various turns a member of Patriot Front, the Bay State Active Club, and the Pine Tree Party! A USPS employee, he’s a National Association of Letter Carriers union steward.

He also works for North Brookfield City Hall, in both the Planning Board and Finance Committee, and appears in meeting minutes for both starting in August 2023.

If you’re a MA resident who has concerns about your mail being handled by Vaughn Schlegel, a man involved in several varieties of fascist organizing, the North Brookfield Post Office can be reached at 508-867-8627.

Residents can also contact Richard DiCecca, National Business Agent for Region 14 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, at 617-363-9299, about recently known fascist Vaughn Schlegel.

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ID Bulletin: Anthony M. Piccadaci, of Weymouth MA

[originally published on December 28th, 2023, 1:11PM Eastern via Twitter, 1:19PM via Bluesky, with medium-specific revisions for each]

As the New Year approaches, I’d like us to wish an early, arm’s-length birthday to Anthony M. Piccadaci of Weymouth MA. Piccadaci’s name surfaced in the #MidgardExposed leaks; this combined with a certain arrest report makes his membership in NSC-131 highly likely!

A mugshot of Anthony M. Piccadaci of Weymouth MA. He is a sickly-looking white man. His eyes are blue. His hair, brown, is long; nape-of-the-neck length and combed back. He sports a thin and uneven goatee. His skin is pocked with acne.
A mugshot of Anthony Piccadaci, Weymouth MA, May 2016.

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ID Bulletin: Nicholas J. Cerce, of Woonsocket RI

[originally published on November 5th, 2023, 12:05PM Eastern via Twitter, 12:06PM via Bluesky]

If anyone has any info about Nicholas J. Cerce a/k/a “Mike RI” of Woonsocket RI, or his wife Andrea Cerce née Battaglia, (who may also be going by Nick & Andrea Duarte) please contact me. Cerce has a long neo-fascist history, and is a member of Patriot Front, serial #PF-8894!

A triptych of images of Nick Cerce, of Woonsocket RI. The first image is an image of Cerce and his wife, Andrea Battaglia, circa 2018. In an extreme close-up, Battaglia appears to be faking biting Cerce's right index finger, and Cerce appears to be faking a scream. The second image is of Cerce in a park in Hopedale MA during October 2021. He is dressed in Patriot Front colors: tan baseball cap, white balaclava, navy blue t-shirt, khakis, and black boots. He is holding a flyer and delivering a speech to other members off-screen. A short stack of bleachers sits behind him, at half his height. The third image is of Cerce in Boston Common during the Men's March of November 2023. He is dressed in a navy blue jacket with a "Bar Harbor ME" emblem on the breast, a tan baseball cap with a Betsy Ross flag patch on the front, and khakis. He leans forward against a metal barricade, which stands at a height between his elbows and shoulders.

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ID Bulletin: Robert T. Budzyna, of Auburn MA

Robert Budzyna, who allegedly attempted to commit a pair of arsons in Auburn MA on June 28th of 2019, is formerly “Peter MA” of Patriot Front, and is currently “Red Wood” who is almost certainly a member of the Nationalist Social Club of New England. Normally any good identification bulletin would come with an action item; I feel I have no responsible recommendations on how to approach that, considering Budzyna is currently being tried for his actions in Worcester County Superior Court!

March Against Cages, Boston MA, August 2019

March Against Cages, Boston MA, August 2019

Patriot Front banner-drop, Hartford CT, October 2019

Facebook profile picture, shear-corrected, March 2020

Telegram profile picture, March 2020

before the B&W standout, Boston MA, January 2022
arrest mugshot, Auburn MA, April 2022

In September 2022, I published a bulletin on Patriot Front members David Spellman-Oldenquist & Tyler Primevara via Twitter, and detailed a fracas between Spellman-Oldenquist and Chris Hood that stemmed from Patriot Front nonsense. If you’ve read it, you may recall me mentioning Robert Budzyna, at whose home the aforementioned fracas occurred. I recommend reviewing said bulletin! We’re gonna build off events described there.

I’ll also be making copious use of various chat leaks, especially Torch Network’s 2019-2020 Patriot Front general channel Rocketchat leaks, and some leaks of the New England Nationalists chat circa early 2022.

There will be a considerable amount of chatter concerning neo-Nazi organizer Christopher Raymond Hood Jr., teenage III%er, former Proud Boy, member then Network Directing Officer within Patriot Front before his expulsion from said organization, member of the New England cell of the Base, and founding member of the Nationalist Social Club of New England, NSC-131 for short.

While I’ll be citing a number of sources running the gamut from courts to journalists to antifascist researchers, I’ll also be speculating thoroughly throughout, particularly when I’ve questioned how responsibly or capably I can pursue a line of inquiry and left it incomplete as a result. I hope that I’ve written well enough to differentiate between reality and my own meanderings.

Finally, be advised: content warnings for antisemitism, racism, misogyny, and other nonsense you’d expect from a bunch of neo-Nazis, as well as at least one mention of self-harm. Continue reading “ID Bulletin: Robert T. Budzyna, of Auburn MA”

ID Bulletin: David A. Spellman-Oldenquist, of Worcester MA & Tyler S. Primevara, of Fitchburg MA

[originally published on September 2nd, 2022, 11:35PM Eastern via Twitter, with medium-specific revisions]

If anyone has any info about either David Spellman-Oldenquist aka “Marshall MA” of Worcester MA, or US Army veteran (possibly reservist) Tyler S. Primevara aka “Joe MA” of Fitchburg MA, please contact me at ByWayOfPlymouth@proton.me!

They’re both members of Patriot Front!

David Spellman-Oldenquist, from Rose City Antifa’s Patriot Front members gallery
Tyler Primevara, who was given his own entry in Rose City Antifa’s gallery after his ID

This is, in part, according to internal Patriot Front Rocketchat logs leaked by Unicorn Riot. According to said logs, both were active as of December 2021. It’s also due to some local fascist history rising to the surface thanks to hubris! We’ll get to that downthread some. Continue reading “ID Bulletin: David A. Spellman-Oldenquist, of Worcester MA & Tyler S. Primevara, of Fitchburg MA”