Thursday, May 06, 1999
Plea agreement reached with white separatist
BY EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
White separatist Kale Kelly has agreed to plead guilty to a federal weapons charge and to cooperate with an investigation into anti-government activities.
The formal plea is to come at a hearing Friday before U.S. District Judge Herman Weber, said Ralph Kohnen, an assistant U.S. attorney. The deal requires Mr. Kelly, 38, of Warren County, to plead guilty to a charge of possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
The maximum sentence for the offense is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, but prosecutors will request leniency if Mr. Kelly provides “substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution of others who have committed offenses,” the plea agreement states.
In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors have agreed not to charge Mr. Kelly with other offenses related to his April 14 arrest.
Mr. Kelly is being held at the Hamilton County Justice Center. Richard Smith-Monahan, Mr. Kelly's assistant federal public defender, could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
An affidavit from a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firemans (ATF) had said that Mr. Kelly, a member of the white separatist group Aryan Nations, was trying to organize an anti-government movement when arrested.
The affidavit said an informant told the ATF that Mr. Kelly, who was arrested at a Clearcreek Township construction site where he worked, met with Ku Klux Klan members in Greenville, Ky., on March 20 to gather guns and PVC pipes.
Mr. Kelly, who had a history of drug trafficking and weapons charges, pleaded guilty in Clinton County to a charge of carrying a concealed .38-caliber revolver. He was released from prison April 30, 1998, after a conviction for distributing marijuana.
Police, public vent anger in City Hall
Amateur chef discovers true joy of cooking
Fountain's fixing is uncertain
UC drops controversial psychoses tests
Warren church rift behind sabotage?
7 firefighters injured
Family finds home taken by tornado
Mayor 2001: The race is on
Communications levy's defeat dismays officials
Parking bargains may be cut
Safe haven for children affected by AIDS
Water-taxi wait will take a year
Just 'one question' away from 'Jeopardy' fame
Miami students try to avoid trouble
Vaccine requirement stays
Registry would track cancer trends
School board considers four to fill vacant seat
School board objects to new spending
Nun helps disabled mesh lives
GET TO IT
Area congressmen ask for smog level upgrade
Bell's just the thing for new millennium, city decides
Boone planners to consider two housing developments
Casino is bait; center is hook
Cincinnati council dumps beauty-school plan
County debates budget
Defeat crushes school officials
Error forces Ohio Lottery offline briefly
Foundry site is likely for Butler jail
House OKs $18.2B for schools
Madeira allows fitness center
Madison hails win, polishes plan
Plea agreement reached with white separatist
Police and schools plan together to avoid crises like Littleton's
Police pick off pot patch early
Reward rises for leads in Mason rapes
Rooftop hop ends with return to jail
SWAT teams sharpen skills
top school jobs open
TRISTATE DIGEST
