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Former Union Official Sentenced for Violent Extortion Details Written by Justice Department Indianapolis, Indiana - An Indiana man and former business agent of Iron Workers Local 395 was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison for conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion. Thomas Williamson Sr., 70, of Schererville, pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2020. According to court documents, Williamson organized and led an assault on a group of non-union ironworkers as part of an attempt to obtain a contract to perform construction work on the Plum Creek Christian Aca...

Herald Democrat One member of the Aryan Circle pleaded guilty today to his role in a violent assault of a man in October 2016, as well as conspiring to sell firearms to a convicted felon, and a Mexican national pleaded guilty on Monday, April 19, to conspiring with members of the AC and others to sell methamphetamine, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei for the Eastern District of Texas and Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division today. Rodney Shane Holt, aka “Turbo,” 48, of Tyler pleaded guilty to assault resul...

May 7, 2021 A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise by murdering a suspected rival gang member and attempting to murder two other victims, in connection with his MS-13 gang activities. According to his plea agreement and other court documents, from March 2016, Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales, aka Sicopita, 23, of Annapolis, was a member and associate of MS-13, and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that included assaults, murder, attempted murder, robbery, and drug trafficking. Specifically, Reyes-Canales admitted that he participated i...

Ortiz, 41, is a fugitive. Hall has been moved from custody in Pueblo to federal custody in Denver. The indictment alleges that the Ace gang "is a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in narcotics distribution and acts of violence, including acts involving murder."  It goes on to allege that "the gang, including its leadership, membership, and associates, constituted an enterprise ... engaged in racketeering activity, namely, acts involving murder in violation of Colorado law and offenses involving the felonious manufacture, importation, receiving, concealment, buying,...

Thomas Williamson Sr., 70, of Schererville, pleaded guilty on Jan. 24, 2020 . According to court documents, Williamson organized and led an assault on a group of non-union ironworkers as part of an attempt to obtain a contract to perform construction work on the Plum Creek Christian Academy, a school affiliated with the Dyer Baptist Church in Dyer, Indiana. In January 2016, Williamson learned that a non-union ironworking company was performing work for the Dyer Baptist Church, which he considered to be in Local 395’s “territory.” On Jan. 6, 2016, Williamson visited the construction sit...