三名雅利安兄弟会成员审判中被定罪：狱中下令多起谋杀成立
2025年2月18日，美国司法部东加州区联邦检察官办公室宣布，三名监狱帮派「雅利安兄弟会」（Aryan Brotherhood）成员在位于加利福尼亚州弗雷斯诺县弗雷斯诺市的联邦法院经陪审团审判被定罪。58岁的 Francis Clement 被判犯有勒索共谋（RICO共谋）以及五项以推进勒索活动为目的的谋杀罪；63岁的 Kenneth Johnson 被判犯有勒索共谋以及两项同类谋杀罪；70岁的 John Stinson 被判犯有一项勒索共谋罪。三人定于2025年5月19日量刑。
Clement 的五项谋杀罪涉及五名受害者：Allan Roshanski、Ruslan Magomedgadzhiev、Michael Brizendine、James Yagle 与 Ronnie Ennis。司法部称，这五起谋杀都是在 Clement 服加州州监狱刑期期间由他下令实施的。Johnson 的两项谋杀罪涉及 Roshanski 与 Magomedgadzhiev 两名受害者。
根据法庭文件与审判中出示的证据，2016年至2023年间，雅利安兄弟会成员及同伙从事了包括谋杀、谋杀共谋、欺诈、抢劫与贩毒在内的勒索活动。Clement 与 Johnson 在帮派中担任领导角色，使用走私进监狱的手机，指挥帮派成员在监狱内外实施犯罪。凭其在帮派中的地位，Clement 从该帮派实施的非法毒品销售与诈骗计划中抽成分成。审判证词显示，该帮派长期把包括甲基苯丙胺在内的毒品走私进加州监狱系统的各处监狱，再由被告及其他帮派成员卖给在押人员。
审判证实，2020年10月，Johnson 与 Clement 共同下令杀害 Roshanski，Magomedgadzhiev 在执行这一谋杀的过程中一并被杀。Johnson 与 Clement 还下令杀害 Brandon Lowery，Lowery 其后被杀。
审判还证实，2022年2月，Clement 下令杀害 Brizendine；次月，即2022年3月，Clement 下令杀害 Ennis 与 Yagle。司法部称，每一起谋杀的下令原因，都是被告认为受害者违反了帮派规矩，或是欠了帮派的钱。
根据法庭文件与审判证据，Stinson 是雅利安兄弟会的高层首领，对该组织拥有重大权力，包括批准多名人员加入成为成员、调解成员之间的纠纷，以及批准杀害现成员与前成员。调查期间，Stinson 在其监舍内使用一部违禁手机处理雅利安兄弟会事务，陪审团听取了经法庭授权监听录得的部分通话。证据还显示，Stinson 参与贩毒，并凭其在帮派中的地位，从监狱内与街头发生的非法毒品销售中抽成分成。
本案起诉书共起诉11名被告，罪名包括勒索共谋及其他罪行。本案由烟酒枪炮及爆炸物管理局（ATF）主导开展广泛调查，并得到加州惩教与改造部惩教安全办公室、美国法警局、洛杉矶县警长局、波莫纳警察局、托伦斯警察局、圣迭戈警察局、圣迭戈县警长局、洛杉矶县地区检察官办公室与克恩县地区检察官办公室的协助。本案属于「有组织犯罪毒品执法特别行动」（OCDETF）的一部分。
（来源：美国司法部）
Three Aryan Brotherhood Members Convicted at Trial: Prison-Ordered Murders Proven
On February 18, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced that three members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were convicted by a federal jury at trial in federal court in Fresno, a city in Fresno County, California. Francis Clement, 58, was found guilty of racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and five separate counts of murder in aid of racketeering; Kenneth Johnson, 63, was found guilty of RICO conspiracy and two counts of murder in aid of racketeering; and John Stinson, 70, was found guilty of one count of RICO conspiracy. The three were scheduled to be sentenced on May 19, 2025.
Clement's five murder counts covered five victims: Allan Roshanski, Ruslan Magomedgadzhiev, Michael Brizendine, James Yagle, and Ronnie Ennis. The Justice Department said each of those murders was committed while Clement was in state prison, on his orders. Johnson's two murder counts covered Roshanski and Magomedgadzhiev.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between 2016 and 2023, Aryan Brotherhood members and associates engaged in racketeering activity including murder, conspiracy to murder, fraud, robbery, and drug trafficking. Clement and Johnson, who both held leadership roles in the gang, directed crimes committed by Aryan Brotherhood members both inside and outside of prison using cellphones that had been smuggled into prison. Because of his rank in the gang, Clement received a cut from the illegal drug sales and fraud schemes the Aryan Brotherhood committed. According to trial testimony, the Aryan Brotherhood regularly smuggled drugs, including methamphetamine, into prisons throughout the California prison system, which defendants and other gang members then sold to inmates.
It was proven at trial that in October 2020, Johnson and Clement together ordered the murder of Roshanski, during the execution of which Magomedgadzhiev was also killed. Johnson and Clement also ordered the murder of Brandon Lowery, who was subsequently killed.
It was further proven at trial that in February 2022, Clement ordered the murder of Michael Brizendine. The following month, in March 2022, Clement ordered the murders of Ronnie Ennis and James Yagle. For each murder, the Justice Department said, the killings were ordered because the defendants believed the victims either violated gang rules or owed the gang money.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Stinson was a high-ranking leader of the Aryan Brotherhood and had substantial authority over the enterprise, including sponsoring multiple individuals for membership, resolving disputes among members, and approving the murder of current and former members. During the investigation, Stinson used a contraband cellphone within his prison cell to conduct business on behalf of the Aryan Brotherhood, and the jury heard some of those communications through court-authorized wiretapped conversations. Evidence was also presented that Stinson engaged in drug trafficking and, given his position within the gang, received a cut of illegal drug sales that took place in prison and out on the street.
The indictment in this case charged 11 defendants with RICO conspiracy and other crimes. The case was the product of an extensive investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), with assistance from the Office of Correctional Safety of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Pomona Police Department, the Torrance Police Department, the San Diego Police Department, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and the Kern County District Attorney's Office. The case was investigated under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) program.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于弗雷斯诺的罗伯特·E·科伊尔美国联邦法院大楼，本案在该院经陪审团审判定罪（照片：Justin Loyear／Cadking3，CC BY-SA 3.0，Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: The Robert E. Coyle United States Courthouse in Fresno, where the defendants were convicted at trial (photo: Justin Loyear/Cadking3, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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