A Porterville man accused of belonging to a violent extremist group has been indicted on multiple federal charges, including animal crushing, sexual exploitation of a minor, cyberstalking and making interstate threats, federal prosecutors said in a statement Monday.

A federal grand jury in Fresno returned a six-count indictment against Tony Christopher Long, 19, also known online as Inactive, Inactivee0 and inactivecvx.

Prosecutors allege Long was a member of 764, a network of far-right nihilistic violent extremists, or NVEs, who aim to “sow chaos and destabilize society” through violence and exploitation, the statement said.

According to the indictment, Long engaged in animal abuse, sexually exploited a juvenile in Washington state, and made online threats against another juvenile in K

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