Jacob Kovar, and his friend Lee “Foxler” Miller, founder of the Furry Raiders
New court records continue the story of nazi furries and their gang-like crimes.
In 2017, Dogpatch Press broke news that made national headlines. (Rolling Stone: Does the Furry Community Have a Nazi Problem? — Newsweek: Neo-Nazi Furries are Trump’s Latest and Most Puzzling Alt-Right Supporters.)
The first report covered the Colorado-based Furry Raiders, a group with around 200 online members at this time. They gained notoriety by trolling the community and Rocky Mountain Fur Con with nazi “dogwhistle” imagery, targeting kids and critics, and interfering with hotel room booking. This killed the convention in 2017 through mismanagement by some complicit board members (see timeline at bottom). There was threat behavior that appears again in this story.
Followup stories kept covering more infiltration by hate groups, and their crimes and coverups. The victims and scapegoats need vindication.
In 2019, Denver police arrested Furry Raiders founder Lee “Foxler” Miller. He was charged with sex crimes with a child. New evidence in 2021 shows how Miller’s inner circle tried to undermine the case by intimidating a witness.
Alleged activity by Miller/Foxler at Rocky Mountain Fur Con 2015
The witness would be lured in to a trap, framed for crime, doxed and harassed, extorted and pulled out of Miller’s case. Miller’s followers would bait Dogpatch Press into false reporting against the witness.
A repeat pattern
The intimidation plan proceeded until Dogpatch Press caught on. Investigation gathered evidence of the witness being harassed from internet profiles tied to someone with a con security position. Police were alerted and in late 2019 and early 2020, two Furry Raiders were arrested (with public news about them.)
Court records show that behind the scenes, police traced a threat to the witness sent by VOIP, and found it came from Furry Raiders. (Similar activity had helped to kill RMFC followed by attempts to kill other cons including Califur and Denfur.)
Police also received a forged document claiming to represent the witness in Miller’s case, asking to cancel prosecution against Miller. (It was a sham not unlike a 2017 Sovereign Citizen-style threat letter sent to a critic of the Furry Raiders — the first Dogpatch Press headline about them called it intimidation.)
The investigation led to 8 felony charges for Miller’s right-hand man and Furry Raiders admin: Jacob Kovar, known as Flare, Sneps, and several more names. Kovar used “Dodger” as head of security for a new con in Wyoming that dropped him as soon as Dogpatch Press contacted them with proof. Court records show Kovar used other Telegram account names to pose as 14 and 16 year old boys while trying to lure the witness.
Kovar was already on parole for sex offending while working out of Miller’s house in Fort Collins, CO.
In 2021, a Colorado court resolved charges for Kovar. Evidently a deal was reached, and he pled guilty for felony Attempt to Influence a Public Servant, and Invasion of Privacy for Sex Gratification. The D.A. dismissed charges for Witness/Victim Retaliation, Stalking, Extortion, and Criminal Impersonation.
Kovar was ordered to stay away from the victim, get a new sex offender evaluation, and faces years in jail for new penalties apart from parole violation. Sentencing is set for April 2021.
The charges are consistent with reporting about the Furry Raiders since 2017: they’re a threat to those who report them, they target children and teens, and use “Sovereign Citizen”-style sham documents and gang-like tactics.
Since mid-2020, Miller’s own charges appear to be dropped; but he did not prove innocence with acquittal. From a non-lawyer, the reasons could be (1) gathering evidence to re-file charges, (2) reducing court work during a pandemic, or (3) resting with Kovar’s case and avoiding taking a chance on another one. Miller has not shown an official statement from a judge.
There’s a key rebuttal to claims that the Furry Raiders reputation suffers from false reporting, or “both sides are to blame”. Miller’s 2019 charges had an offense date coinciding with RMFC 2015, long before his group was known by Dogpatch Press, and the crime report wasn’t known here until after his arrest. Police learned from private sources (the witness was protected as a crime target.) And here’s the big question:
If the Furry Raiders and Miller are innocent of targeting children (as they claim) — why would they need a sex offender to frame a witness?
Here’s 28 pages of legal docs for Kovar’s case. (Witness ID is redacted). The arrest warrant shows police recognizing the furry community.
The bizarre forged document sent to mislead police is worth a look, and might entertain lawyers.
The intimidation scheme did not influence the witness to retract claims. Furry Raiders have claimed he is a liar and Miller/Foxler supposedly won his innocence by proving the witness lied. That did not happen. Kovar’s conviction can tell you who to believe.
News review timeline:
- April 2016 — Furry Raiders grab a block of rooms for RMFC before the official opening, like hoarding pizza at a party and doling it out to friends.
- Through 2016 — Furry Raiders provoke controversy with nazi dogwhistle activity, including appeals to alt-right leader Richard Spencer.
- January 2017 — on Twitter, anti-nazi critic (DeoTasDevil) references a big headline that week: Richard Spencer getting punched.
- The same day — RMFC bans “offensive imagery”, but Deo gets blamed for causing the problem with her tweet.
- February 2017 — VICE gives early mainstream notice to furries opposing nazis and the Furry Raiders.
- March 2017 — Controversy leads to RMFC’s hotel giving notice that the con has to add expensive security due to threats from unknown sources.
- Soon after — Deo gets SovCit-style threat from RMFC’s CEO (Kahuki,) written by his board member friend (Scorch, now an active Furry Raider.)
- April 2017 — Dogpatch Press publishes the letter with “intimidation” headline, and evidence that CEO Kahuki is a registered sex offender.
- The same day — RMFC is canceled, and mainstream news reports nazi ties; but Deo is scapegoated for years after in the fandom.
- In an interview, RMFC’s Chair says threats kept coming from unknown sources. (They were before and after Deo’s tweet.)
- RMFC owed taxes not paid for years; Kahuki had stepped down as chair 8 years earlier due to being a sex offender, but stayed CEO.
- Followup finds complicity between CEO Kahuki, board member Scorch, and Foxler/Furry Raiders, with suspicious activity regarding kids and sex.
- RETALIATION: May 2017 — Califur convention targeted with “swatting” calls to their hotel by nazi furries.
- Through 2017 — Nazi furries are active with alt-right organizing, including Richard Spencer’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.
- More interference with events by Nazi furries, Furry Raiders are banned from events, Denfur convention is planned to take RMFC’s place.
- RETALIATION: Late 2017 — Denfur is targeted with a scheme to falsely book rooms so the con will fail; Denfur restarts room booking.
- An ex-Furry Raider comes out about Foxler leading the scheme to cost Denfur $40,000 with stolen credit cards and ID’s (possibly from RMFC).
- Early 2018 — Discord bans nazi servers where Unite the Right was planned and sweeps out members, Nazi furries are banned with them.
- March 2018 — a prominent alt-right troll (Weev) joins Furry Raiders with hopes to bring Foxler to Richard Spencer events.
- May 2018 — FurAffinity bans numerous nazi-furry accounts with a new policy against promoting hate groups.
- August 2018 — Denfur breaks attendance records, security marches Foxler out.
- April 2019 — Foxler arrested for child sex offense coinciding with RMFC 2015, previously unknown here.
- RETALIATION: Fall 2019 — Furry Raiders team up with a prominent alt-right troll (Milo Yiannopoulos) to troll Midwest Furfest.
- Followup finds ties between nazi furries and a violent gang (the Proud Boys); Milo wanted street fights at MFF, but he was stopped from going.
- RETALIATION: Late 2019 — Dogpatch Press targeted with intimidation scheme, reports to police lead to 2 arrests of Furry Raiders.
- Through 2020 — Dogpatch Press story about violent threats by nazi furries collects the most evidence yet. There’s ties in FBI reports of swatting schemes, violent hate groups recruiting kids, and murders in Charlottesville and Texas.
2019: Kovar and Milo plan for MFF.
Keep your eyes open for these groups. They chase power even with constant consequences for being toxic. More than ever, furries can point to this story as evidence for how to handle them the first time they show up.
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