The man in control of the Utah-based rightwing militia Oath Keepers USA, a recent spinoff of the national organization first established by Stewart Rhodes in 2009, is a former Las Vegas metropolitan police department (LVMPD) homicide detective who left the force in acrimony after advocating “race war”.
The same records indicate Kinch acquired the property from John Ducas, another former Las Vegas police detective, in 2018.
And Kinch’s links to the Oath Keepers, a key group that fomented the January 6 insurrection, are not to be taken lightly.
Another series of photos capture a blank Oath Keepers Utah membership certificate with a space for a signature at the bottom right with “Bobby Kinch, state leader” printed underneath.
That company, in turn, has held the trademarks for Oath Keepers USA since May 2023, according to US Patent and Trademark Office records.
Kinch’s last brush with notoriety happened a decade ago when his career as a veteran LVMPD detective went off the rails.
According to reporting from the Las Vegas Sun, KNPR and Raw Story, Kinch had been serving in the department’s elite repeat offenders program (ROP) since 2009. »
