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KKK group disbands after conviction of rogue member
Claxton man sentenced to prison for providing firearm to convicted felon
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People saying they are spokesmen for a Ku Klux Klan group said the division was dissolved Saturday after a Claxton man, whom authorities said was a member, was arrested on charges of selling guns illegally. 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, United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy said. 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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