Man gets prison term in racketeering, drug case
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Russellville man gets prison term in racketeering, drug case
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Updated: 5:41 PM CST February 3, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Ark State officials say 31-year-old Russellville man Wesley Gullett, was the president of a white-supremacist group called New Aryan Empire (NAE) and plead guilty for being involved in a racketeering and narcotics conspiracy Wednesday.
The Acting US District Attorney for Eastern Arkansas Jonathan Ross said in a statement that prosecutors allege from 2014 to 2016, Gullett and Marcus Millsap, another member of NAE, offered money repeatedly to other white supremacist group members to kill Bruce Hurley, who reportedly bought meth from Millsap.
NAE members believed that Hurley had given information to law enforcement about Millsap, and other NAE members carried out other retaliatory acts against those who they believed had provided information to law enforcement, according to the press release.
Photo: Wesley Gullett. Undated booking photo provided by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
LITTLE ROCK – A Russellville man pleaded guilty Wednesday to his involvement in a racketeering and narcotics conspiracy based on his role as president of a white supremacist organization. Wesley Gullett, 31, was president of New Aryan Empire (NAE), a white supremacist group founded by inmates in the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Gullett entered a guilty plea today before United States District Judge Brian S. Miller.
Prosecutors alleged that from 2014 to 2016, Gullett and NAE associate Marcus Millsap repeatedly offered money to other NAE associates to kill Bruce Wayne Hurley, an individual who had purchased methamphetamine from Millsap. According to the charging document, NAE members believed Hurley had provided information about Millsap to law enforcement, and NAE members allegedly carried out other retaliatory acts against those who they believed had provided information to la