Aryan Warriors meth cook gets 11 years

By Amanda Finnegan

Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 | 12:55 p.m.

A member of the Aryan Warriors was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to manufacturing methamphetamine on behalf of the gang.

Kory Allen Crossman, who goes by the nickname “Lobes,” was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kent J. Dawson to 140 months in prison and five years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada said.

Dawson ordered the sentence be served at the same time as another federal sentence Crossman is serving for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Crossman, 35, was indicted in July 2007 and pleaded guilty in July 2008 to one count of drug conspiracy.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Crossman entered the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections in July 2001 and became associated with the Aryan Warriors while in prison.

He continued his association with the Aryan Warriors by manufacturing and distributing meth when he was released from prison four years later.

In August 2005, investigators said Crossman sold 3 ounces of meth to an undercover informant for $2,200. The next month he sold 7 ounces of meth to the same undercover informant for $3,900.

Authorities said members of the Aryan Warriors gang, made up of white men, distribute narcotics, extort money from people through threats and violence, run illegal gambling operations and assault other inmates. The organization, which operates in Las Vegas and elsewhere in the state, wants to control the Nevada prison system, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

The federal case against the Aryan Warriors includes 12 other defendants, 11 of whom are awaiting trial on violent crime, racketeering and drug charges.

Daniel Joseph Egan pleaded guilty and was sentenced in September to more than 16 years in prison after investigators say he admitted to stabbing an inmate to become a member of the Aryan Warriors. As a gang leader he ordered assaults on other inmates, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.