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| Jury Finds 5 Guilty in Prison Gang Case |
| By google.com/hostednews |
| Published: 07/07/2009 |
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Jury finds 5 guilty in Nev. prison gang case LAS VEGAS (AP) — Five men accused of being members of a white supremacist gang were found guilty Monday on federal racketeering, drug and firearms charges stemming from what prosecutors called a reign of intimidation and violence in Nevada prisons. A jury convicted James Wallis, Robert Young, Kenneth Krum and Charles Gensemer on racketeering conspiracy charges allegedly related to the prison gang Aryan Warriors. Krum, Gensemer and Michael Wayne Yost were also convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Wallis and Gensemer were convicted of firearms charges, authorities said. A sixth defendant, Ronnie Lee Jones, was found not guilty on all charges. Prosecutors allege the Aryan Warriors gang was a criminal enterprise that assaulted inmates, dealt drugs, bribed prison guards and ran gambling operations in several state prisons and detention centers. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Nevada, aided by the Nevada division of the FBI, initially charged 14 men in an indictment unsealed nearly two years ago. Seven have pleaded guilty. Another, Ronald Sellers, is awaiting trial. Along with the operations in prison, authorities accused the men of operating a "street program" in Las Vegas, Reno and Pahrump. The men used members and associates to steal identities and credit cards, and to smuggle drugs in prisons, prosecutors said. Defense attorneys argued the men weren't part of a coordinated conspiracy, but merely associated with other white inmates because Nevada prisons are effectively segregated by race. Read more. |
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