A former member of a white supremacist gang was sentenced Wednesday to 28 months in prison for violently attacking a fellow gang member in 2013. Thomas B. Wilson, then 44, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis in March to one felony count of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering. He admitted directing and aiding in a Nov. 9, 2013, attack at George Winter Park in Fenton, on the banks of the Meramec River. Wilson, two other members of the Aryan Circle gang and one aspiring member built a bonfire at the park and brought the victim and his girlfriend there. They confronted him about “taking sides” within gang factions, and then Wilson co-defendant Thomas Tisher hit the victim from behind with a piece of wood, Wilson’s plea agreement said. Wilson, Tisher and two others dragged the man to the river bank and began beating him with rocks and sticks and their hands and feet, Wilson’s plea said. One man tried to burn the victim’s Aryan Circle tattoos off with a flaming piece of wood before they left him unconscious.
via stltoday: Ex-white supremacist gang member gets more than 2 years in prison for violent Fenton attack