COURT DOC: Federal Indictments Returned In Delaware And Maryland Charging Three Alleged Members Of The Violent Extremist Group “The Base” With Federal Firearms And Alien-Related Charges

Federal grand juries in Delaware and Maryland have returned indictments charging alleged members of the racially motivated violent extremist group ‘The Base’ with firearms and alien-related charges. Both federal indictments charge Brian Mark Lemley, Jr., age 33, of Elkton, Maryland, and Newark, Delaware; and Canadian national Patrik Jordan Mathews, age 27, currently of Newark, Delaware, with firearms and alien-related charges. A third alleged member of ‘The Base,’ William Garfield Bilbrough IV, age 19, of Denton, Maryland, is charged in the Maryland indictment for alien-related charges. The Delaware indictment also charges Lemley and Mathews with destroying their cellular telephones with intent to obstruct justice. The Maryland indictment was returned on January 27, 2020 and unsealed today. The Delaware grand jury returned its indictment today.

The six-count Delaware indictment alleges that Lemley transported an illegal alien, specifically Patrik Jordan Mathews, on November 4, 2019; and that from November 4, 2019 through January 16, 2020, Lemley harbored Mathews, knowing he was an illegal alien. Further, Lemley and Mathews are charged with being or aiding-and-abetting an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition from November 28, 2019 through January 4, 2020, and again on January 16, 2020; with illegal possession of a machinegun; with illegal possession of an unregistered machinegun; and with destroying their cellular telephones with the intent to obstruct justice, specifically an investigation conducted by the FBI.

The 12-count Maryland indictment charges Lemley and Bilbrough with conspiring to transport an alien from August 30 through 31, 2019, and with transporting an alien on August 31, 2019; with conspiring to transport and harbor an alien on November 2 and 3, 2019, and with transporting an alien and harboring an alien on November 3, 2019. Lemley is charged with transporting a machine gun in interstate commerce on January 2, 2020; and with disposing of a firearm and ammunition to an illegal alien on January 5, 2020 and January 11, 2020. Lemley and Mathews are charged with being or aiding-and-abetting an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition on January 5, 2020 and January 11, 2020; and with transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony on January 5, 2020 and on January 11, 2020. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)