Adam Radogna/Cuyahoga County Jail
One of President Donald Trump's "Front Row Joe" superfans has been indicted on 10 felony charges related to alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.
A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Adam Radogna, 37, owner of Adamo’s Italian Restaurant in Brook Park, Ohio, on Wednesday for allegedly possessing dozens of files containing child sexual abuse material, reported WEWS-TV.
He faces two counts of illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance and seven counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor or impaired person, all second-degree felonies, along with one fifth-degree felony count of possessing criminal tools.
Members of the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force searched Radogna’s home on Oct. 22. Prosecutors say they found multiple files of child sexual abuse material on his devices.
He was released on a $75,000 bond, ordered into home detention and told to surrender his passports, and he will be arraigned at a later date.
Radogna, one of the so-called “Front Row Joes” who travels around the country attending the president's rallies, was outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and a “Special Guest” at Mar-a-Lago when Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 election.
He built up a large following on TikTok by performing viral stunts, such as wearing a mask that read "Let’s Go Brandon FJB" on board a Spirit Airlines flight and refusing to take it off when asked by a flight attendant who found the message offensive.
His Facebook page features photos from Trump rallies and pictures of him with Republican figures, including the president himself, and last August, he posted video of Trump arriving in Cleveland for the Patriot Games.
Radogna was quoted by NBC News in June 2024, when Trump pledged revenge shortly after conviction in the New York hush money case, as expressing support for the threats.
“I agree with him,” Radogna told the network. “Obviously nothing, you know, against the law. But he’s just saying, ‘Hey, we are going to go after you because you’re going after me.’”
Radogna also took part in a voter panel discussion hosted by NewsNation posted online the week before his arrest.
In an Oct. 24 Facebook post, Adamo’s said it remains open “as our attorney fights baseless and false allegations levied against our owner.”
News 5 reached out to Radogna at his restaurant and home on Wednesday. An employee said he wasn’t at the restaurant, and no one answered at his home.
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