( CNN ) -- A member of American Front , a white supremacist group , has pleaded guilty in Florida to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and will serve three years in prison , prosecutors said . Christopher Brooks , 27 , was one of 14 people charged this year in connection to an investigation into the group . In exchange for his plea , prosecutors dropped two other felony counts -- participating in paramilitary training and conspiracy to shoot into an occupied dwelling -- according to Osceola County State Attorney 's Office spokesman Bernie Presha . Brooks , who pleaded guilty Wednesday , is the first of the 14 to resolve his case . The alleged ringleader of the group , Marcus Faella , is scheduled to go on trial this month . According to police , Faella was planning to stage provocative disruptions at 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 . 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 . 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 . '' According to police , Faella 's group watched videos training them in fighting and the use of AK-47s and other weapons at a compound in Saint Cloud , Florida , 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 allegedly making body armor and sniper suits and stocking up on supplies in preparation . The charges came on the heels of a two-year investigation based on the reports of a confidential informant who had to flee the fortified compound after Faella nearly discovered secret recordings the informant had made of training exercises , according to the arrest affidavit . In Session 's Aletse Mellado contributed to this report .
Bernie Presha pleaded guilty to 14 count of possession of a firearm . He will serve 27 in prison . American Front was one of one people charged in the case of American Front .