As Kevin Alfred Strom waited in U.S. District Court, he glanced over his shoulder around the courtroom—a meek smile girding his face—and nodded to whomever he made eye contact with. His demeanor noticeably changed when he was asked at the April 12 hearing how he would plead to the seven counts against him, which include possession of child pornography and trying to entice a 10-year-old to engage in sexual activity.
“The charges are outrageously false,” he stated. “I plead not guilty.”
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Strom was arrested on January 4 and initially charged with two counts of possession of child porn and witness tampering. Of course, Strom is also known for his affiliation with White Supremacy groups and has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “a major American neo-Nazi leader for almost 20 years.” He is not, however, on trial for his racist views.
 Kevin Strom, an Earlysville resident and leader of the white supremacy organization National Vanguard, says kiddie-sex charges against him are “outrageously false.” |
Currently being held in Charlottesville’s local jail, Strom is barred from seeing his own children, as a sex-related charge mandates such exclusion. After he pled, the court was asked to set aside the rule so that his children can visit him.
“Custodial issues are not within the purview of this court,” Judge James H. Michael, Jr. told U.S. Attorney William Gould. “If the jail doesn’t care, it’s not up to the court.” With that, he remanded Strom to the U.S. Marshal.
For previous C-VILLE coverage of this story see Grand jury indicts White supremacist and Neo-Nazi arrested for child porn
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