As dozens of officers surrounding the U-Haul, the men were escorted out at gunpoint. Police pulled the truck over before it could get to the park. Smoke grenades, shin guards and shields were found in the U-Haul van. Police said the group was planning on rioting.
The group of 31 Patriot Front members, wearing riot gear, were arrested in the back of a U-Haul truck near a park in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday afternoon.Ī tipster told police he saw the group of men, who looked like a “little army,” get into the U-Haul in a hotel parking lot. Johnson now lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.Īlso among the 31 arrested Saturday was Dylan Carter Corio, 21, who, according to the police report, resides in Cheyenne. James Michael Johnson, 40, who worked as a senior auditor for the Wyoming Department of Audit as of late 2020, was charged with conspiracy to riot along with 30 other members of the group “Patriot Front.” ***For All Things Wyoming, Sign-Up For Our Daily Newsletter***Ī former Wyoming Department of Audit employee is the second person with Wyoming connections to be arrested as part of a white supremacist group on Saturday accused of conspiring to riot at a gay Pride event in Idaho, law enforcement authorities said.
