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Rayden Coleman, 18, a resident of St. Helens, Oregon, was arrested on February 4, 2026, in connection with an alleged plot to carry out violent attacks against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
A manifesto found during his arrest, for a group called ‘Cascadia Rangers Coalition’, described intentions of beheading agents to use as ‘trophies.’
According to multiple news reports and court documents from early February 2026, prosecutors allege that Coleman planned to kill ICE agents, behead them, and use the heads as proof to recruit others on the Warm Springs reservation in an effort to start a separatist movement or civil war.
Oregon Live reports that Coleman is facing multiple charges, including one count of second-degree attempted assault (or attempt to commit a felony), and six counts each of unlawful manufacture and possession of a destructive device.
Authorities discovered the plot after roommates and acquaintances reported his statements and manifesto, which expressed anger over ICE actions during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. He allegedly told acquaintances about his violent plans, bought an assault rifle, and started making Molotov cocktails.
He was arrested during a high-risk traffic stop in the parking lot of an assisted living facility where he worked. Authorities found Molotov cocktail materials, weapons, surveillance gear, and evidence of payments for an AR-style rifle in his car.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The manifesto, written following the actions by federal agents in Minneapolis, allegedly launched plans to form a separatist state of “Cascadia,” according to prosecutors.
Per Oregon Live:
Coleman also allegedly began to assemble an arsenal, including Molotov cocktails and an assault rife, and to try to recruit people to join him.
Two of the people he attempted to recruit went to the police because they were concerned about what he was saying, prosecutors say. One person allegedly told police that “Rayden was not himself” and that he viewed his separatist group as a “jumping off point for a civil war.”
Coleman told people he intended to kill ICE agents, cut off their heads and take the heads to the Warm Springs reservation to prove his seriousness to would-be recruits there, prosecutors say in court documents.
A judge has ordered Coleman held on $400,000 bail.
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