Jason Todd Ready (February 17, 1973[1][2] – May 2, 2012) was an American marine, founder and leader of a border militia group[3] and a member of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement[4] who sought the elected office of sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona.
[7] While Ready was in high school at age 18, he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and criminal mischief for swinging a baseball bat at a car driven by a teenager whom he had an altercation with at a party.
Because of his weight and a knee injury sustained from a PT football game, he did not serve aboard the USS Anchorage when Bravo Company left with the 15th MEU in November 1995.
[9] The revelation of this history caused him to be removed as the master of ceremonies for a Mesa, Arizona, Veterans' Day parade in 2006.
[16] Gilbert police had responded to a domestic-violence call at the Mederos home once before in February 2012, and a Scottsdale woman had filed an order of protection against Ready in 2009.
[8][18] Several Republicans attempted to have him expelled from his position in the party in Maricopa County due to his controversial views.
Senator Robert Byrd (in the 1940s) and Alabama Governor George Wallace (later independent presidential candidate), as well as stating his opinion that there was no difference between the Republican and Democratic parties, and that in a non-partisan position such as sheriff, political affiliation did not matter.
[20][25] Alongside the local police, the incident and premises were investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, the FBI and the ATF, who found firearms, including two AR-15 style rifles and approximately two dozen military ordnance/40 mm grenades inside the garage, as well as Nazi flags, and police and Nazi uniforms.