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A police sergeant in Virginia was suspended Wednesday after he was identified as someone who is associated with white supremacy groups.

Virginia authorities were made aware of the allegations Wednesday morning after a group that describes itself as seeking “to fight fascists” in Richmond, Va., pointed out that Sergeant Robert Stamm, 36, has an “affinity with white nationalist groups.”

The group Antifascist of the Seven Hills published a blog post that included several pictures they said were pulled from Stamm’s social media accounts of tattoos, flags, and banners that it said showed symbols and images associated with Nazis and white supremacists.

The group said his Facebook page, and other social media accounts, appear to have been deleted.

Stamm was assigned at least two times in recent days to monitor protests related to Gov. Ralph Northam, who is facing calls to step down after a medical school yearbook photograph was discovered on his page that included a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan robe.

“[Stamm] has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of a review,” Col. Antony Pike, the chief of the Virginia Division of Capitol Police, said in a statement, according to the New York Times. “There is a review policy in place, and we will follow that policy.”

The anti-fascist group said in its blog post that Stamm came to its attention during the protests on Virginia Capitol grounds because he had a large Band-Aid covering his neck during one of the protests.