- Five members of the violent white supremacist gang “The 1488s” were convicted in Alaska by a federal jury of RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, kidnapping, and assault.
- The group’s leader, Timothy Lobdell, 45, founded and led The 1488 gang from inside Alaska’s maximum-security prison, where he is serving a 19-year sentence for the attempted murder of an Alaska State Trooper. Lobdell ordered members of the gang to commit violent kidnappings and assaults in the “free world” outside of prison.
- All five defendants face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for the murder. Read More
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