A member of the white supremacist group the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas was sentenced to 60 years in prison Wednesday for drugging, grooming and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, the Collin County District Attorney’s Office announced. Cody Wayne McCollom, 37, of Princeton, was found guilty of sexual assault of a child by a Collin County jury. McCollom is a repeat violent offender who served time for multiple aggravated robberies out of Bexar and Nueces counties, according to authorities. After being paroled in 2022, McCollom “reconnected” with the 14-year-old victim and began supplying her with illegal drugs, the Collin County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. (…) According to the release, during the punishment phase after McCollom was convicted, jurors learned he joined the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas while in prison and was an active member following his release in 2022. Due to his prior felony convictions, McCollom faced 25 years to life for the sexual assault of the 14-year-old victim. The jury sentenced McCollom to 60 years without the possibility of parole.
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siehe auch: Aryan Brotherhood of Texas member sentenced after repeated rape of child. A Collin County man has been sentenced to 60 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Cody Wayne McCollom, 37, is a confirmed member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. County officials say he groomed, drugged and repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl. A Collin County man who was convicted of “grooming, drugging, and repeatedly raping” a 14-year-old girl has been sentenced to 60 years in prison, according to the Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office. Aryan Brotherhood of Texas member sentenced The backstory: Cody Wayne McCollom, 37, of Princeton, is a “violent repeat offender and confirmed member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.” During the trial, jurors learned that McCollom had already served time for multiple aggravated robberies in Bexar and Nueces counties. He was paroled in the spring of 2022, and county officials say he reconnected with the 14-year-old victim, and began supplying her with illegal drugs. Court documents show that in January 2024, he sexually assaulted the child in Anna, Princeton, McKinney, and Melissa. Officials say in June 2024, the child told her mother about the abuse, who immediately contacted the McKinney police.