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UAB Associate Sentenced for Brutal Tattoo Removal
A brutal act of violence committed by an associate of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB) prison gang has landed a Tulsa man a 57-month prison sentence.
Robert Allen Paul Bryan, 41, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to committing violence in aid of racketeering in federal court on June 4, 2015, before U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
According to court documents, Bryan was part of a violent ‘whites only’ prison-based gang with members and associates operating inside and outside of state prisons throughout Oklahoma.
In May 2013, Bryan and other UAB members, operating on orders from the UAB’s governing body, restrained a former UAB member while other gang members used a heated knife to burn off the victim’s UAB neck tattoo.
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations; the Tulsa Police Department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations Division; the FBI; the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections investigated the case.
Prosecutors, including Trial Attorney John C. Hanley of the Criminal Division’s Organized Crime and Gang Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Allen Litchfield and Jan Reincke of the Northern District of Oklahoma, worked tirelessly to bring Bryan to justice.
The sentence is a reminder that the UAB and its associates will be held accountable for their violent actions.
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Violent Crime|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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