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Charged Left-hand-path / Satanist / occult Left-hand-path and Satanist movements Tucson, AZ, USA · 2025

Baron Martin (764 network): DOJ terrorism-support charges (indictment — charges only)

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Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

network administrator

Organization

No organization assigned

Archive classification

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The cited record identifies online grooming, threats, and violent occult ideology as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is network administrator.

  • Violent occult ideology or sacrifice

Evidence structure

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • online grooming
  • threats
  • violent occult ideology

Research clusters

Cited record

Sources

ABC News (2025) 'DOJ, in a first, brings terrorism charge against alleged member of 764 network', ABC News. Available at: abcnews.go.com (Accessed: 14 July 2026).

'The Justice Department has filed terrorism charges against an Arizona man for his alleged role in the growing network of online predators known as ‘764,’ whose worldwide followers use social media platforms to target, groom and push young teens into harming themselves and others... An indictment unsealed Thursday in Arizona charged 21-year-old Baron Martin of Tucson with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, marking the first time that the Justice Department has leveled such charges against an alleged member of 764.' 764 emerged from the Satanist-accelerationist online milieu adjacent to the Order of Nine Angles. Note: these are charges; the defendant is presumed innocent unless convicted.

ABC News (2026) 'DOJ charges former Navy sailor, 4 others for alleged roles in 'monstrous' online extortion group', ABC News. Available at: abcnews.go.com (Accessed: 14 July 2026).

'The Justice Department has indicted a former Navy sailor and four others for allegedly leading an online extortion group that authorities say later helped spawn the global extremist network known as ‘764’. An indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges that the earlier group, calling themselves ‘Greggy's Cult,’ engaged in a criminal enterprise that pushed young victims they found online to create child pornography.' Note: these are charges; the defendants are presumed innocent unless convicted.

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-brings-terrorism-charge-alleged-member-764-network/story?id=126990857 Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 abe626772dc76ef4b69672c78321c22c772e16ead45fb7c07172bb8b4b4fd919
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2026-07-20 · Preserved
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Source and tier basis
https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-charges-former-navy-petty-officer-4-alleged/story?id=128072704 Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 fc19c4c42954760321f7945787f2f4afaf3274f769d089b1052f82bddee82274
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2026-07-20 · Preserved
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