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The five people were sentenced for various crimes made on behalf of New Aryan Empire, a white supremacist gang. Another five people were sentenced to prison for their involvement in crimes committed by the New Aryan Empire, a white supremacist gang that operated in Arkansas. According to reports, each of the defendants had previously pleaded guilty to a number of crimes that were committed under the New Aryan Empire association.  Authorities said that the following people were charged in connection to the organization’s crimes:  35-year-old Russell Robinson: 204 months in prison for racketeering, which included kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.  38-year-old Jeffrey Howell: 188 months in prison for intent to possess and distribute of meth.  42-year-old Richard Hampton: 96 months in prison for intent to possess and distribute of meth.  42-year-old Tiffany Parker: 96 months in prison for intent to possess and distribute of meth.  40-year-old April Teeter: 90 months in prison for intent to possess and distribute of meth. (…) The investigation yielded violent findings as well, with authorities discovering that New Aryan Empire members kidnapped two people that they suspected were cooperating with law enforcement, which violated rules of the organization.  Those victims were beaten, stabbed, and held against their will. Authorities would later go on to arrest 40-year-old Amanda Rapp for her involvement in the kidnapping.

via thv11: Five white supremacist gang members sentenced to prison

On Thursday, federal authorities announced the conviction of a Texas man and a Missouri man in a federal RICO case against members of Neo-Nazi prison gang the Aryan Circle. The indictment describes crimes attributed to the gang that include murder, stabbings, kidnappings, and burning off one another’s gang tattoos with flaming logs and hot metal pipes. “Today’s verdicts keep two violent white supremacists from wreaking havoc and hate on the streets of America,” said Fred Milanowski, the special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Houston, in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Texas. The convictions stem from an indictment originally filed in October 2020 that named a dozen alleged Aryan Circle members with nicknames like Turbo, Bear, Big Kev, and Aryan Prodigy. Several of the original defendants took plea deals; some even turned State’s witnesses. In the end, only two defendants faced the jury. William Glenn Chunn, also known as “Big Head,” 39 — who the Justice Department described in a press release as one of the nation’s top Aryan Circle leaders — and Jesse Paul Blankenship, or “JP,” 38, were both found guilty of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise. The jury added an enhanced penalty for Chunn for an attempted murder, and convicted Blankenship on two additional counts of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. (…) In one instance, described in the indictment, a 2016 “church” meeting in Louisiana took a violent turn when one Neo-Nazi shot another at point blank range and killed him in an argument over whether members were permitted to contact someone who had been kicked out from the gang. The gang members present moved the body and called the cops, trying to stage a botched robbery. One allegedly later traveled to the area to help with “clean up” in the crime and “taunted” investigators who were working on the case.

via yahoo: Throat-Stabbing and Tattoo Removal by ‘Flaming Log’: Two White Supremacist Gang Members Convicted in Federal RICO Case

Sixteen members of a white supremacist gang called Unforgiven have been charged in a 12-count racketeering indictment and are accused of being involved in acts of extreme violence, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The men utilized “corrupt law enforcement officers and state employees” to gather information and smuggle contraband to inmates, the indictment says. The men are also accused of murder, kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and other criminal offenses. (…) One man, David Howell, 39, was also previously charged with assaulting protestors of “Peace Walk for Black Lives” with a deadly weapon last June following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officer. Another member of the group, Michael Curzio, pleaded guilty Monday for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to WVSN 7 News. Curzio was sentenced to 6 months in prison but is intended to be released this week for his time already served. To join the gang, members are required to study “Aryan Philosophy” and carry out extreme acts of violence, the indictment says, according to NBC news.

via thehill: Sixteen members of Florida white supremacist group indicted on kidnapping, assault charges

siehe auch: ‘The Unforgiven’: New indictment charges 16 in a white supremacist gang of murder and kidnapping. In the United States, the threat of White supremacist violence not only comes from national organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and the Aryan Nations, but also, from local groups. In Florida, according to NBC News reporter Tom Winter, 16 members of a White supremacist gang called The Unforgiven are facing a federal “12-count racketeering indictment accusing them of engaging in acts of murder, kidnapping and other offenses.” One of the Unforgiven members named in the indictment, Winter reports, is 39-year-old David Howell, who is accused of assaulting protesters at a demonstration in June that was billed as the “Peace Walk for Black Lives.” Other members in the indictment include Joshua “Chain Gang” Wilson, George “Shrek” Andrews and Brandon “Scumbag” Welch. Route 21 is the name of The Unforgiven’s political branch.

The leader of a violent white supremacist gang that began in Arkansas’ prisons was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a racketeering and drug conspiracy. Leader of the New Aryan Empire (NAE) Wesley Gullett pleaded guilty in federal court in February to conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. In his plea agreement, Gullett also admitted to solicitation to commit murder and attempted murder along with other violent acts. United States (US) District Judge Brian Miller on Wednesday also sentenced Gullett to five years of supervised release. Prosecutors said the NAE began as a prison gang in the 1990s and later engaged in narcotics trafficking, witness intimidation and violent acts. Indictments originally returned in 2017 accused 44 gang members of drug and gun crimes, but additional members were accused in 2019 of involvement in violent crimes committed by the group.

via borneobulletin: White supremacist leader sentenced to 35 years in prison

siehe auch: White Supremacist President Sentenced to 35 Years in Violent Racketeering Case. Wesley Gullett, the president of a white supremacist organization which sold multiple kilograms of methamphetamine and committed numerous violent acts—including attempted murder—will spend the more than three decades in federal prison.       On Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Brian S. Miller sentenced Gullett, 31, of Russellville, to 35 years imprisonment, with five years of supervised release to follow, for Gullett’s leadership role in a violent drug conspiracy. There is no parole in the federal system. Gullett was president of New Aryan Empire (NAE), a white supremacist group founded by inmates in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Gullett was originally charged in October 2017, and a federal grand jury charged him along with 51 other defendants in a Second Superseding Indictment in September 2019. On February 3, 2021, Gullett pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute. In his plea agreement, Gullett admitted to solicitation to commit murder and attempted murder, among other violent acts.
At Wednesday’s hearing, before imposing the sentence, Judge Miller heard details of how Gullett attempted to murder Bruce Wayne Hurley, an individual who had purchased methamphetamine from NAE associates. Gullett attempted to murder Hurley because he believed Hurley was acting as an informant for law enforcement. Gullett also solicited other NAE members to murder Hurley. In addition, the NAE, under the direction of Gullett, carried out other retaliatory acts against those who they believed had provided information to law enforcement. Members of NAE retaliated against one alleged witness by kidnapping him, having people take turns beating him, branding his face with a hot knife, and having a dog bite him. Another alleged witness was kidnapped twice, beaten, and stabbed. For violating NAE’s code, the organization physically assaulted and battered, “X’ed” them out (also referred to as taking their patch), or killed violating members.  “This defendant used his corrupt white supremacist organization to commit heinous crimes of violence,” said Jonathan D. Ross, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. “These despicable acts, which included trying to murder a witness, will now appropriately be punished with 35 years in prison, where this defendant can no longer wreak havoc and poison our community.”