John Subleski

Johnathon “John” Patrick Subleski is a white man who has lived in various parts of the United States including Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana and Ohio. Here are 10 more things about him:

1. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky. (a)
2. He previously lived in Mount Jackson, Virginia, in Jeffersonville, Indiana and in Toledo, Ohio. (b)
3. He is a member of the United Pharaoh’s Guard (UPG), a militia group whose members define themselves as Boogaloo Bois. (a)
4. In 2020, he acted as security for Breonna Taylor protesters in downtown Louisville, according to David Mour, a lawyer who previously represented UPG defendants. (c)
5. On July 25, 2020, he was one of the protesters who exercised their Second Amendment rights and marched in the streets of downtown Louisville. He said he was there to protect the community. (d)
6. Shortly after the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021, he incited a riot in Louisville through social media and other electronic communications. While inciting individuals to riot, he took to social media to say that it was “Time to storm LMPD.” He also fired his rifle at a vehicle that drove through one of his group’s barricades then fled the scene. (a)
7. On February 11, 2021, agents from the Louisville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided his apartment in downtown Louisville. They arrested him and his fellow Louisville resident Addam Turner that day. (a) (e)
8. He was 32 years old when he was arrested on February 11, 2021. (a)
9. For the crimes he committed on January 6, 2021, he was charged with using a facility of interstate commerce to incite a riot and committing an act of violence in furtherance of a riot. (a)
10. He is scheduled for a preliminary and detention hearing before a U.S. Magistrate Judge at 2:30 p.m. on February 17, 2021. (a)

(This is a developing story. More details are being added.)

SOURCES:

• a. U.S. Department of Justice
• b. Instant Checkmate
• c. Louisville Courier Journal 
• d. Spectrum News 1
• e. WAVE 3 News