Two of the five final defendants up for sentencing on drug conspiracy charges in a wide-ranging and long-running drug and racketeering conspiracy prosecution that targeted members and associates of a notorious white supremacist group out of Pope County were sentenced in federal court this week.
One of the last defendants in a 2017 drug trafficking and racketeering case was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in a brutal assault directed by members of a white supremacist gang against two people suspected of providing information to law enforcement.
Four Pope County residents indicted as part of a drug trafficking ring directed by a violent white supremacist gang were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from 65 months to 15 years for their parts in the conspiracy.
LITTLE ROCK A ranking member of the New Aryan Empire, a Pope County-based white supremacist group that ran a violent drug-trafficking operation, was sentenced to 33 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty nearly one year ago to racketeering and drug trafficking charges brought by the federal government.
LITTLE ROCK A ranking member of the New Aryan Empire, a Pope County-based white supremacist group that ran a violent drug-trafficking operation, was sentenced to 33 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty nearly one year ago to racketeering and drug trafficking charges brought by the federal government.