Sunday, May 29, 2011

Klan leader sentenced for drug trafficking

The founder of the Imperial Klans of America, which has been active in rural Western Kentucky, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison after being convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine and painkillers. Ron Edwards will have three years of supervised release after his prison term. His girlfriend, Christina Ann Gillette, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison and a year of supervised release, Erin Schmitt of the Madisonville Messenger reported. (Subscription required) Early this year, an appeals court overturned Edwards' conviction related to a racially motivated assault at the Meade County Fair.

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