8 people indicted in white supremacist gang member's killing
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:48 pm, Tuesday, March 20, 2018
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Eight alleged members or associates of a white supremacist prison gang called the Aryan Circle have been indicted in Louisiana on federal charges in the 2016 killing of a fellow alleged member of the gang.
An indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Jeremy Wade Jordan, 38, of Orange, Texas, with "violent crimes in aid of racketeering" in the murder of Clifton Hallmark in Evangeline Parish.
Seven other people — residents of Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma or Arkansas — are charged separately with being accessories after the fact to the slaying. The two-page indictment, handed up last Thursday under seal, says they helped Jordan "in order to hinder and prevent his apprehension, trial and punishment."
KLFY-TV has reported that Hallmark, a Shreveport resident, was shot and killed on July 1, 2016, during an argument at a Turkey Creek home. The indictment doesn't say whether the suspects were in or out of prison when Hallmark was killed.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/8-people-indicted-in-white-supremacist-gang-12768338.php
Jeremy Wade Jordan
Earlier story:
Leader of Aryan Circle Motorcycle Club Arrested
July 21, 2016
The leader of the Aryan Circle Motorcycle Club (MC), David Wayne Williams (aka Big Dave) of Mamou, Louisiana, has been arrested along with seven other Aryan Circle members and associates for their alleged roles in the shooting death of Clifton Hallmark.
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's office has charged Anissa Hallmark, Michael Auxilien, Elizabeth Auxilien, David Wayne Williams, Christa Williams, Heather Tate, Jeremey Wade Jorden, and Brian Elliot Granger with accessory after the fact to 2nd degree murder. Two additional Aryan Circle members, Richard Smith and Leland Hamm, are wanted on charges related to the murder.
Richard Smith and Leland Hamm
On July 1, 2016, Anissa Hallmark and another woman called 911 from a local gas station alleging Clifton had been shot there during a robbery. Responding deputies found Clifton Hallmark outside the gas station with a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported the hospital, but later died. The following murder investigation found discrepancies in the robbery story told by the women and revealed that Hallmark was actually shot during an altercation at a nearby pre-July 4th party.
The Aryan Circle MC, previously called the Iron Circle, is a subgroup of the Aryan Circle, a racist prison gang.
https://www.adl.org/blog/leader-of-aryan-circle-motorcycle-club-arrested
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Submitted by Jennifer Johnson on March 20, 2018 - 3:14pm
Three Southeast Texas men are included in an eight-person indictment alleging their connection to the Aryan Circle white supremacy group as well as a Louisiana murder.
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas on Tuesday, March 20:
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“According to the indictment, the AC is a powerful race-based, multi-state organization that operates inside and outside of state and federal prisons throughout Texas, Louisiana, and the United States. The AC was established in the mid-1980s within the Texas prison system (TDCJ). Recently, the AC’s structure and influence expanded to rural and suburban areas throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Missouri. The AC emerged as an independent organization during a period of turmoil within the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT). The AC was relatively small in comparison to other prison-based gangs, but grew in stature and influence within TDCJ in the 1990s, largely through violent conflict with other gangs, white and non-white alike.
“The indictment further alleges that the AC enforces its rules and promotes discipline among its members, prospects and associates through murder, attempted murder, assault, robbery and threats against those who violate the rules or pose a threat to the organization. Members, and oftentimes, associates, are required to follow the orders of higher-ranking members without question.
More:
http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/orange-man-charged-racketeering-murder-through-hate-group-affiliation
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