ARIZONA
A federal judge Wednesday sentenced three members of Red Skin Kingz, also known as RSK, to prison following their respective guilty pleas to RICO conspiracy for their participation in violent criminal street gang violence, according to officials.
All defendants were sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell in Arizona.
Devan Edward Leonard, 28, of Lukachukai, Arizona, the leader of RSK, was sentenced to 50 years in prison
Kyle Filbert Gray, 26, of Lukachukai, Arizona, was sentenced to 30 years in prisona
Lucille Jean Leonard, 48, of Lukachukai, Arizona, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
As detailed in their three plea agreements, Devan Leonard, Kyle Gray, and Lucille Leonard are members of the RSK. RSK operated on the eastern side of the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
RSK was responsible for at least three murders, attempted murder, aggravated assaults, kidnappings, and drug trafficking, amongst other crimes.
On or between Dec. 12 and Dec. 13, 2014, Devan Leonard and another RSK member shot and killed two men, in Lukachukai, Arizona on the Navajo Indian Reservation, where the bodies were dismembered, burned and buried, to conceal the killings, according to authorities.
On Dec. 16, 2014, Kyle Gray and Devan Leonard shot and killed another victim immediately following a drug trafficking transaction.
Later, Devan Leonard and Kyle Gray transported the victim’s body to a remote sheep camp on the reservation, where they dismembered and burned the victim’s body, officials said.
Lucille Leonard held a leadership role in RSK, mostly participating in and overseeing RSK’s drug trafficking organization, including the collection of debts owed to RSK.