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Feds: Florida-Georgia KKK Leader Gets 7 Years in Prison
Source: Associated Press
Feds: Florida-Georgia KKK Leader Gets 7 Years in Prison
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Oct 28, 2015, 10:27 AM ET
Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Florida and Georgia was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the northern district of Florida Christopher Canova said Tuesday that federal investigators found 38-year-old Jamie Vincent Ward of Bronson with a pistol and ammunition.
Ward was previously convicted in Georgia of theft, first-degree arson and possession of methamphetamine.
Canova says Ward was the grand dragon of the Florida-Georgia chapter of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Oct 28, 2015, 10:27 AM ET
Federal prosecutors say the leader of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Florida and Georgia was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun.
Acting U.S. Attorney for the northern district of Florida Christopher Canova said Tuesday that federal investigators found 38-year-old Jamie Vincent Ward of Bronson with a pistol and ammunition.
Ward was previously convicted in Georgia of theft, first-degree arson and possession of methamphetamine.
Canova says Ward was the grand dragon of the Florida-Georgia chapter of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/feds-florida-georgia-kkk-leader-years-prison-34792658
