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Claxton KKK member sentenced
Prosecutor: Illegal gun sales would have supported new hate-group branch
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A Claxton man authorities said is a Ku Klux Klan member was recently sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of providing a firearm to a convicted felon. United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said Michael Lee Fullmore, 30, of Claxton, was sentenced to imprisonment for four years, four months in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia after pleading guilty to two counts of providing a firearm to a convicted felon on Dec. 19. Fullmore also planned acts of violence against a Claxton Catholic church because of its connection to the Hispanic community and hoped to use money from illegal gun sales to fund a "subgroup" of the KKK that would target minorities, Heaphy said.
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