West Virginia - ~Judge postpones first sentencing in Pagans racketeering case~
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judge on Thursday postponed what would have been the first sentencing in the racketeering case against members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, saying he wanted more time to review the factual basis for each guilty plea.
U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston said recent developments, including a defendant backing out of his plea earlier this week and another plea that was set aside, had caused him to question the legal foundations of other guilty pleas in the case.
"I am going to have to go back and scrutinize each factual basis with a fine-toothed comb," he said.
Steve Harlan "Creature" Stover, 50, of Proctorville, Ohio, pleaded guilty to one count of....
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