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DOJ: Multiple White Supremacist Gang Members among 54 Defendants Charged in RICO Indictment
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Feds announce indictment of 54 in probe of white supremacists
Feds announce indictment of 54 in probe of white supremacists
Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM
Max Brantley
U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland will join others in Russellville this afternoon to announce details of a 54-count indictment involving a white supremacist group, New Aryan Empire, for a conspiracy said to include solicitation of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and maiming.
was the name of an Arkansas-based prison gang named in a 2017 indictment on drug (methamphetamine) and gun crime charges. That bust also centered on Russellville, but officials acknowledged the activities had spread.
UPDATE: Hiland said today's indictment is an extension of the earlier work and includes numerous violent acts as well as distribution of meth. He said it marked the office's intention to make greater use of RICO in criminal investigations.
The NAE was described as a highly organized group that got its start in prison, but has moved to neighborhoods, with thousands of members. Officers made arrests across Arkansas today. It's "reprehensible" for veneration of Naziism, one official said, but the crimes are of even greater concern.
A suspected informant's face was burned with a heated knife, said Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Rybicki.
Hiland said officials believed the effort had done "significant damage" to the organization. One of the leaders had been indicted in 2017 and his trial recently was postponed until later this year. There's no indication on the record if that signals cooperation in the latest developments
A number of those named were already in custody. A few remain at large. The activities of the group were concentrated in Pope and Yell Counties.
The defendants:
Here's the government's full news release.
And, finally, here's the full indictment.
Feds announce indictment of 54 in probe of white supremacists
Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:39 AM
Max Brantley
U.S. Attorney Cody Hiland will join others in Russellville this afternoon to announce details of a 54-count indictment involving a white supremacist group, New Aryan Empire, for a conspiracy said to include solicitation of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping and maiming.
was the name of an Arkansas-based prison gang named in a 2017 indictment on drug (methamphetamine) and gun crime charges. That bust also centered on Russellville, but officials acknowledged the activities had spread.
UPDATE: Hiland said today's indictment is an extension of the earlier work and includes numerous violent acts as well as distribution of meth. He said it marked the office's intention to make greater use of RICO in criminal investigations.
The NAE was described as a highly organized group that got its start in prison, but has moved to neighborhoods, with thousands of members. Officers made arrests across Arkansas today. It's "reprehensible" for veneration of Naziism, one official said, but the crimes are of even greater concern.
A suspected informant's face was burned with a heated knife, said Deputy Assistant Attorney General David Rybicki.
Hiland said officials believed the effort had done "significant damage" to the organization. One of the leaders had been indicted in 2017 and his trial recently was postponed until later this year. There's no indication on the record if that signals cooperation in the latest developments
A number of those named were already in custody. A few remain at large. The activities of the group were concentrated in Pope and Yell Counties.
The defendants:
Here's the government's full news release.
And, finally, here's the full indictment.
It's crazy how California gangs influenced so much of the country. Not just B's and C's, but even prison gangs like the California AB which pretty much influenced every other white prison based gang across the country.
