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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty-one members and associates of white supremacy organizations in Utah are facing charges over gun and drug distribution.
The indictments came after an investigation that started in June 2019 that focused on the Soldiers of Aryan Culture, Silent Aryan Warriors and Noble Elect Thugs.
“SAC and SAW are highly volatile, dangerous criminal enterprises,” Mike Schoenfeld, director of the Salt Lake Area Gang Project, said Friday. “These gangs have their roots right here in the Utah prison system. It’s not something to be proud of. But they also have very strong ties nationwide to other violent white supremacy groups.”
The indictments unsealed Friday include charges for distributing heroin and methamphetamine, possessing a firearm while selling drugs and having a gun as a felon, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Officials said many of the men and women charged have lengthy criminal histories in Utah.
“These targets were violent, they’re criminals, and they’re the worst in our communities,” said Matt Harris, U.S. marshal for the District of Utah.
The following individuals were arrested as a result of this investigation:
*Jordan Anderson, aka Bones, Age: 26, West Valley City
*Justin William “Hollywood” Austin, Age: 34, residence unknown
*James William Broadhead, Age 43, Rose Park/Salt Lake City
*Jared Loren Brown, aka Jared Loren Simiskey, Age 31, West Jordan
*Michael Byrd, aka Cheeto, Age 44, Sandy
*Jerrad Luis Colvin, Age: 35, residence unknown
**Timothy Cox, age 40, Ogden
*Amanda Lee Graham, aka Amanda Lee Bates, Age 37, Salt Lake City
*Jesse Harris, age 34, Roy
*Heather Brooke Hebdon, aka Heather Ortegon, Maiden Hebdon, Hymie Sativa Hepdon, Heatther *Holiday, Heather Kuikendall, Married Obermiller, age 45, Clearfield
*Brian Christopher Jenson, age 29, Garland
**Timothy Daniel Jepsen, aka Special K, age 34, Riverdale
*Bret Miller, age 41, Ogden
*Johnathan Dale Miller, age 35, Plain City
*Thomas James Radford, age 45, Idaho/Salt Lake City
*Tyler William Riding, age 27, Ogden
*Chance Robinson, aka “HK”, age 39, Provo
*Richard Francis Ryan, age 53, Salt Lake City
*Clinton Dean Spencer. 42, Cedar Hills
*Steven Mack Swena, age 43, West Valley City
*Cody Kelly Wright, age 34, residence unknown
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