Jacob Laskey

A man viewed as a fixture in Oregon's white nationalist movement was arraigned Monday in Lane County after authorities say he stabbed an acquaintance.

Jacob Laskey, 37, faces second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and criminal trespassing charges in connection with a knife attack that wounded Devin Reid Wolfe, 41, court records show. He entered not guilty pleas.

The Lane County Sheriff's Office said the encounter occurred at a Creswell RV park Friday night and the two men knew each other. Sheriff's officials have provided few additional details.

Wolfe refused an ambulance but later took private transportation to an area hospital, said Sgt. Carrie Carver, a sheriff's spokeswoman. Laskey was booked into the Lane County Jail early Saturday, records show.

Laskey spent more than a decade in federal prison after he and several other members of Volksfront, a now-defunct neo-Nazi group, threw swastika-etched bricks through Eugene's Temple Beth Israel Synagogue in 2002.

He was released in 2015 and was on federal probation at the time of his arrest.

Laskey has maintained a public presence since he got out of prison. Books that he penned behind bars, including one that claims the Holocaust was a hoax, became available on Amazon in recent months.

Laskey also has become a prolific video blogger on YouTube, where he has delivered lengthy diatribes against antifascist activists, or antifa, and talked about his doubts that the Earth is round and whether the International Space Station is a Hollywood movie set.

In November, he publicly praised and defended Eugene cannabis entrepreneur Bethany Sherman after she was accused of participating in neo-Nazis activities.

Laskey and his family operate Wolfclan Armory, a military surplus store in Creswell, just south of Eugene.



He told The Oregonian/OregonLive last year that he's no longer involved in the white power movement or affiliated with any white supremacist groups. He added that he didn't renounce his past.

His next court date is scheduled for Jan. 29 in Eugene.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

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