Jonathan Charles Koch is a white supremacist who was identified as the person who put up “It’s OK to be white” stickers on a pedestrian mall near MERGE, a co-working place. He is also a convicted sex offender.
He was originally arrested in 2007 for illegal gambling. When investigators were cataloging evidence they stumbled on child sex abuse material and added possessing CSAM to his charges. He appealed, arguing that finding something related to a crime that wasn’t what they were investigating is an illegal search and must be excluded. He lost his appeal. He was sentenced to 78 months and then put on the sex offender registry after his release.
- Little Village: Man who put up pro-white stickers on the Ped Mall identified
- Justia: United States v. Jonathan Koch, No. 10-1789 (8th Cir. 2010)
