Leader of Washington Extremist Group Sentenced to Several Years in Prison

(Seattle, WA) -- A Neo-Nazi group leader who targeted victims in Washington state, Arizona, and Florida will now serve seven years behind bars. 25-year-old Kaleb Cole, formerly of Everett, was sentenced after being convicted on five counts related to a plot to intimidate Jews and journalists with threatening posters.

According to the Justice Department, he repeatedly promoted violence, and stockpiled weapons as a leader of the extremist group AttomWaffen Division. Two other group members have also been sentenced in the conspiracy; 25-year-old Cameron Shea of Redmond was sentenced to three years in prison in August, and 21-year-old Arizona resident Johnny Roman Garza was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

A third member, 21-year-old Taylor Parker-Dipeppe, did not receive prison time after a judge ruled that he was a very low-level part of the plot, and had already suffered enough due to other circumstances.