Another alleged Osceola hate group suspect arrested in Sarasota

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Another member of a suspected white supremacist group near Orlando has been arrested.

Sarasota deputies arrested John Wyczlinski on Friday and then transferred back to Osceola County.

Wyczlinski is accused of being part of a hate group that trained at a hidden compound and is believed to have been planning an attack on Orlando City Hall.

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Others who were charged include Marcus Faella, 39; Patricia Faella, 36; Paul Willard Jackson, 25; Verlin Lewis; Kent Ryan McLellan, 22; Diane Stephanie Stevens, 28; Mark McGowan Jr., 29; Jennifer McGowan, 25; Richard Adam Stockdale, 23; Dustin Ryan Perry, 20; and Christopher John Brooks, 26. All were charged with hate crimes.

According to the police affidavit, Marcus Faella is a member of a group called American Front (AF), a militia-styled, anti-Semitic, white supremacist, skinhead organization.

The arrests were made after investigators uncovered plots to create violent chaos in central Florida, including targets like Orlando City Hall, “so the media would report on it and bring new members."

The information came from an informant who had infiltrated the group for two years, reporting everything he saw back to the FBI.

The affidavit claims Faella “has been planning and preparing the AF for what he believes to be an inevitable race war.”

WFTV has learned the charges, which include paramilitary training with intent to cause a civil disorder and conspiracy, each carry a possible five-year sentence. The sentences can be even longer when a hate crime enhancer is added.

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