( CNN ) -- More than a dozen alleged members of American Front , a down-on-its-luck white supremacist group , were charged Friday in Florida with participating in paramilitary training , prosecutors said . The alleged ringleader of the group , Marcus Faella , was also charged with directing the activities of a gang and teaching paramilitary training , they said . Nine members of the group , including Faella and his wife , Patricia Faella , were charged with conspiracy to shoot at , within or into a building . According to police , Faella was planning to stage provocative disruptions at the Orlando City Hall and at a Melbourne , Florida , anarchist gathering that included members of anti-racist skinhead groups . Faella , police documents say , wanted to stir up media attention to help gain new recruits for American Front , which hate-tracking groups says has been faltering since the death of its leader , David Lynch , in California . All but one of the 14 people accused in the investigation have been arrested , according to prosecutors . That person 's identity is being held pending arrest . `` Today , Central Floridians sent a strong message to our communities : the message that criminal behavior whose thesis is hate and intolerance will not be allowed to flourish in our neighborhoods , '' said Lawson Lamar , state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida . Nationally , American Front has had a long and violent history , including the beating death of a Salt Lake City man and a string of 1993 bombings in California , according to hate-tracking groups . The 25-year-old group enjoyed a resurgence in 2007 under Lynch , described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a charismatic leader who helped form it in 1987 . But Lynch was shot to death in his home in March 2011 , leaving the group with no clear leader , according to the Anti-Defamation League . It has shrunk significantly in the past year , according to the Southern Poverty Law Center . Most of the group 's 50 or so members appear to live in Florida , according to the ADL . `` Faella views himself and the other members of the AF as the protectors of the white race , '' investigators wrote in an affidavit , referring to the group by its initials . `` Faella has stated his intent during the race war is to kill Jews , immigrants and other minorities . '' Faella bonded out of jail on Saturday , according to Osceola County , Florida officials . His wife was released on Sunday , they said . According to police , Faella 's group watched videos training them in fighting and the use of AK-47s and other weapons at the compound , which the affidavit said is ringed with barbed wire and protected by pit bulls and firing positions facing the driveway . The property was meant to become a refuge for white supremacists after the fall of the U.S. government during a race war , investigators wrote . The group was making body armor and sniper suits and stocking up on supplies in preparation , according to police . On at least one occasion , a group member who also belonged to the National Guard provided training to American Front members that he had learned in the military , according to the affidavit . The arrests came on the heels of a two-year investigation based on the reports of a confidential informant who had to flee the fortified compound on April 28 , according to the arrest affidavit . At a meeting to plan the attack on rival skinheads that day , Faella nearly discovered secret recordings the informant had been making of training exercises , according to an affidavit released by police .
More than a dozen alleged members of American Front face charges . They are accused of participating in paramilitary training . Police documents say they were plotting disruptions in an effort to attract new members . They were also preparing for a race war , the documents say .