Roden Shane Holt, Violent Assault and Firearms Conspiracy, Texas 2016

Member of White Supremacist Gang Pleads Guilty to Violent Assault and Firearms Conspiracy

A member of the Aryan Circle (AC), Roden Shane Holt, also known as Turbo, pleaded guilty on Thursday to his role in an October 2016 violent assault. Holt, 48, of Tyler, Texas, also pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell firearms to a convicted felon.

According to court documents, Holt planned and participated in the events surrounding a violent beating of another AC member who wanted to switch his gang affiliation. Holt and other AC members carried out the attack to remove the AC member from the gang, as joining another organization violated the AC’s rules. Holt also sold high-caliber firearms to convicted felons.

Holt faces maximum sentences of 20 years in prison for the assault in aid of racketeering and five years in prison for the firearms conspiracy. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

On the same day, another individual, Eulalio Torres-Cadenas, aka Yayo, 43, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to conspiring with members of the AC to sell methamphetamine. Torres-Cadenas supplied an AC member with multiple kilograms of methamphetamine in 2016, in the area of Houston, Texas. The AC member then went on to distribute the methamphetamine to buyers in Louisiana, including other AC members.

The AC is a violent, white supremacist organization that originated in the Texas Department of Corrections and operates in federal prisons across the country, as well as outside prisons in states including Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri. Members, and oftentimes associates, are required to follow the orders of higher-ranking members without question.

This case is being investigated by an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) consisting of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Texas Department of Public Safety; Houston Police Department-Gang Division; Montgomery County (TX) Precinct One Constable’s Office; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; Texas Department of Criminal Justice; New Jersey Department of Corrections-Special Investigations Division; Indiana State Police; Fort Smith (AR) Police Department; Arkansas Department of Corrections; Arnold (MO) Police Department; Jefferson County (MO) Sheriff’s Department; St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; St. Louis County (MO) Police Department; Indiana Department of Corrections; Carrollton (TX) Police Department; Montgomery County (TX) Sheriff’s Office; Travis County (TX) Sheriff’s Office; Tarrant County (TX) Sheriff’s Office; Evangeline Parish (LA) Sheriff’s Office; Smith County (TX) Sheriff’s Office; McCurtain County (OK) Sheriff’s Office; Montgomery County (TX) Sheriff’s Office.

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