Aryan Brotherhood prison gang members go on trial for allegedly ordering seven L.A. murders
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Defendants Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement, and Johnson Stinson are already in state prison serving life sentences. Three California inmates allegedly tied to the white supremacist Aryan Brotherhood prison gang ordered seven Los Angeles-area murders in recent years, according to federal prosecutors.
![[California inmate Johnson Stinson, along with alleged associates Kenneth Johnson and Francis Clement, are accused of ordering scores of murders connected to the Aryan Brotherhood white supremacist prison gang]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/16/20/Screenshot-2025-01-16-at-12.02.51%E2%80%AFPM.jpg)
They all pleaded not guilty and have denied being gang members. The murders took place around the Los Angeles area and occurred both on the streets and behind bars. The victims include Allan Roshanski and Ruslan Magomedgadzhiev, who were fatally shot in Lomita in October 2020, allegedly on orders from Clement and Johnson.
The killings reportedly came as the Aryan Brotherhood sought to intervene in a dispute between an Israeli organized crime figure and a Las Vegas businessman. The shooter reportedly said near an informant that he had been promised membership in the Brotherhood if he “got those two Russian guys.”.
Another incident under scrutiny is a 2022 shooting, in which James Yagle, Jr., and Ronnie Ennis, Jr., alleged members of the Public Enemy Number 1 white supremacist gang, were killed by fellow gang members, allegedly on orders from Clement. A separate killing in February 2022, an execution-style shooting of Michael Brizendine in Lancaster, is also named in the case.
Prosecutors allege the men facilitated killings inside prison, too, including the 2016 stabbing death of Brandon Lowrey at Kern Valley State Prison, allegedly over drug debts, and the 2020 stabbing of Robert Hargrave as payback for allegedly attacking one of Stinson’s co-conspirators in an alleged scheme to defraud a state employment agency during Covid.
