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Prospect man posts bail over riot charge in Idaho By Les Zaitz Updated: Jun 14, 2022 05:35 PM A A Norman Lawrence A. Norman, 32, of Prospect, among 31 men charged with conspiracy to riot after they were arrested Saturday on their way to a community celebration in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, posted $300 bail and was released from the Kootenai County Jail. Norman could not be reached, but Oregon court records show he lived in Lynnwood, Washington, at the time in 2015 when he was cited for speeding in Central Oregon. Prospect is 45 miles east of Medford. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported that its only contacts with Norman were during a traffic stop and when he reported a theft. Norman and the others were arrested Saturday after a citizen tipped off police about men climbing into the back of a U-Haul van. Lee White, Coeur D’Alene police chief, said in a news conference Saturday, June 11, that men all attired alike were taken out of the van without incident. He said police recovered shields and one smoke grenade. White said the men were affiliated with Patriot Front, a national white supremacist group. The group’s founder and leader, Thomas Rousseau of Grapevine, Texas, was among those arrested in Idaho. They allegedly intended to disrupt Pride in the Park, a gathering of LGBTQ community members and their supporters. “They came to riot downtown,” White said. Those arrested listed addresses in several states, including Washington, Utah, Colorado, Alabama, South Dakota and Texas. The Patriot Front last December used U-Haul vans in Washington, D.C., as they gathered for a protest at the Lincoln Memorial, according to the Daily Mail.