Louisiana Briefs: Initial hearings held for Klan slaying suspects

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Source: Shreveport Times

COVINGTON — Initial court hearings have been held for all eight suspects arrested in connection with the death of an Oklahoma woman who allegedly was killed after a disagreement at a Ku Klux Klan initiation.

Shane Foster, 20, and Frank Stafford, 21, went before a judge Friday. They and five other suspects, whose hearings were held Tuesday, are charged with obstruction of justice in the case. All five are being held on bonds of $500,000 each.

An eighth man, Raymond "Chuck" Foster, is being held without bond. The alleged leader of a Washington Parish KKK group is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Cynthia Lynch, 43, of Tulsa. Authorities say she was recruited to join the group but was killed when she decided to leave the ritual Sunday ...

Read more: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20081115/NEWS03/811150323/1062

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Group: Murder suspect has long history with Klan

COVINGTON, Louisiana (CNN) -- The suspect in the shooting of a woman killed during a Ku Klux Klan initiation has at least a seven-year history of Klan activity, according to an organization that tracks hate groups nationwide.

Raymond "Chuck" Foster, 44, was the founding Imperial Wizard, or national leader, of the Southern White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a Klan faction formed January 1, 2001, in Watson, Louisiana, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

"During the next three years, the group developed chapters in three other states while maintaining a low profile," the Montgomery, Alabama-based center said on its Web site.

By 2004, the Southern White Knights had chapters in Savannah, Georgia; Homosassa Springs, Florida; and Marion, Ohio. Its founding chapter relocated to Denham Springs, Louisiana. The group disbanded in early 2005, the center said ...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.slaying/

Livingston activity tied to Foster
Accused has long history of arrests
By BOB ANDERSON AND DAVID J. MITCHELL
Advocate Florida parishes bureau
Published: Nov 15, 2008 - Page: 1B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

... Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputies said KKK activity in the Denham Springs area dried up after they arrested and booked Foster with forgery in 2001.

Chief Criminal Deputy Jason Ard said he hasn’t been aware of any further Klan activity in the parish since that time.

“We went in and dealt with them,” Ard said. “Once we got in there and put on the pressure, there were no problems after that.”

Stan Carpenter, the chief of detectives for the Sheriff’s Office, said he arrested Foster and another man on forgery warrants in July 2001 ...

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/34502689.html

FBI Searches Accused KKK Leader's Home
Court Hearings Held For Accused Accomplices
POSTED: 4:36 pm CST November 14, 2008
UPDATED: 5:37 pm CST November 14, 2008

... The sun was barely up Friday morning when FBI agents descended on the compound at 1616 Louisiana Ave .... that suspected KKK leader and accused killer Raymond "Chuck" Foster, 44, had rented for the past five years ...

A number of boxes and envelopes were loaded up, and agents left the house with what appeared to be an oven in the back of a pickup truck. From there, they sat down with the Bogalusa police chief ...

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1. "Louisiana Briefs: "

What about Alabama boxers? Go 'bama! Roll Tide!

Ok, on edit : Puns aside, I hope these guys get thrown under the jail forever.

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