Meet Charles Dyer. He is a former marine and a member of the Oath Keepers militia. On top of that he is a ‘hero’ to the tea party movement and was a featured speaker at the Oklahoma tea party on July 4th of last year. Here is video of his appearance:

Dyer is not in some serious legal trouble:

Police said that when they served a search warrant, they uncovered evidence that now has federal officials looking into the case.

An ex-military man has been arrested on charges of rape of a child and forcible sodomy.

Charles Alan Dyer, 29, of Marlow, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Stephens County Sheriff’s deputies, said Sheriff Wayne McKinney. Dyer served in the United States Marines in Iraq.

McKinney said charges included first degree rape and two counts of forcible sodomy. It is expected the charges will be formally presented in Stephens County District Court today, McKinney said.

Dyer’s problems don’t stop there though. He is also facing some serious federal charges:

During the search the sheriff’s deputies noted several firearms and a device believed to be a Colt M-203, 40-millimeter grenade launcher, a complaint filed in the United States District Court of Western Oklahoma by Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco Special Agent Brett Williams said.

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Deputies searched the National Crime Information Center database, according to the complaint, and found that the grenade launcher was one stolen from Fort Irwin, Calif., in 2006. The NCIC also indicated that there were two other grenade launchers stolen from Fort Irwin as they were being transported to Iraq.

According to Gossip-Boy, right wing extremists have already started circling their wagons around Dyer:

Despite the paranoid belief by the Patriot Movement that Dyer has been set up by the federal government, who they claim have had a programmed child make false accusations against their movement’s hero, Gossip Boy has learned that the alleged victim is a close family member of Dyer’s. [To protect the child from retaliation by militia members, we are not going to provide specific details that will identify the little girl.]

And with all this the media is remaining silent this morning. God forbid they have to say anything negative about the tea party or one of its heroes, no matter how horrible the crimes or the danger some individuals pose against our country. Instead John Edwards baby is the most important subject of the day.

So there you have it – a veteran who has become a very dangerous right wing extremist. If only our government could have warned us about this through some kind of report or something. And if only they could put that report out and not cave to screams of right wingers, who have had their feelings hurt (including people like Joe Scarborough). Yeah – only if.