Thomas has claimed innocence until recently, but now faces 8 to 11 years in prison. Peter Langan and Scott Stedeford, who were convicted of armed robbery and other charges in the case, pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges and will be tried in the fall. Two of the South Carolina men who were members of the Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and burned two churches, were sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison. Gary Christopher Cox and Timothy Adron Welch pleaded guilty to four civil rights violations in connection with the fires that were set in June 1995. Children found a pipe bomb in the hallway of the Jewish Center in Jacksonville, Florida on February 22.
Police have no suspects.
The Center received a bomb threat on February 13 just before Shimon Peres spoke to 1,500 people. Investigators found no link between the threat and the bomb. Two skinheads pleaded guilty to beating an Hispanic man in Los Angeles in September 1995. Randy Rojas and Brent Toner are said to be associated with the Nazi Lowriders out of Antelope Valley. They could serve up to 2 years in prison.