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US far-right podcaster charged after machine guns found in basement

Joseph Paul Berger and his father, Joseph Raymond Berger, arrested last week and charged with multiple firearms offenses

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Joseph Paul Berger and his father, Joseph Raymond Berger, arrested last week and charged with multiple firearms offenses

Highlights

  • Joseph Paul Berger, 32, and Joseph Raymond Berger, 67, charged with multiple firearms offenses.
  • Federal prosecutors claim they found cache of weapons in locked basement at home in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
  • Prosecutors claim he espouses strong anti-government and anti-law enforcement views.
  • Joseph Berger goes by the moniker “GlockDoctor1488” – 1488 being a popular coded signal among neo-Nazi neo-Nazis, with “14” referencing the slogan “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children” and “Heil Hitler” in the Alt-Right Armory podcast.
  • They were arrested after agents with Customs and Border Protection intercepted three firearms silencers.