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DETROIT<\/strong><\/div>\n
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A federal jury convicted two members of the violent Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club, one of whom also was a member of the Vice Lords street gang, for several felony crimes.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0The jury convicted t<\/strong>he defendants of the following offenses:<\/strong><\/div>\n
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  • Christopher Odum<\/strong> (aka Murder), 29, of Detroit, a member of the Detroit chapters of both the Phantoms and the Vice Lords, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering.<\/li>\n
  • William Frazier<\/strong> (aka Daytona), 37, of Auburn Hills, the Vice President of the Pontiac, Michigan, chapter of the Phantoms, was convicted of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and one count of using and carrying firearms during and in relation to a crime of violence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The evidence showed that the Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and its members were involved in a range of criminal activity including conspiracy to commit murder, shootings, robberies, extortion and the possession and sale of stolen vehicles and motorcycles.<\/p>\n

    Officials said members of the\u00a0Phantoms <\/strong>and \u00a0the Vice Lords<\/strong> helped and supported each other in committing various crimes, including attacking rival gang members, officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    \u201cThe dismantling of the Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club demonstrates how law enforcement authorities and community members can work hand-in-hand to combat gang violence across the nation,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell<\/strong>. \u201cIn this case, law enforcement unquestionably saved lives by making a wave of arrests to prevent a planned nationwide campaign of violence against a rival motorcycle gang. The verdict in this case holds violent gang members accountable for the destruction they inflicted and the havoc they intended to wreak.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
    Specifically, on Oct. 27, 2012, at the Columbus, Ohio clubhouse of the Toros Motorcycle Club, a fight took place between the Phantoms and the Zulus Motorcycle Club, a rival gang.<\/div>\n

    During the fight, William Frazier, a Phantom member, shot two men.<\/p>\n

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    In addition, officials said the trial also showed that, on Sept. 8, 2013, Antonio Johnson,<\/strong> who was both the National President of the Phantoms and the \u201cThree-Star General\u201d over the Vice Lords in Michigan, ordered numerous Phantoms, including Christopher Odum<\/strong>, to rob the Satan Sidekicks Motorcycle Club, a rival motorcycle club.<\/p>\n

    During the attempted robbery, a Phantom member, Bryan Sorrell<\/strong> (aka PC) shot a Satan Sidekick member in the face.\u00a0 A few days later, Odum and another Phantom violently assaulted a prospective member of the Satan Sidekicks during another attempted robbery at a gas station, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Here is addition evidence presented at trial:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    Johnson blamed the Hell Lovers Outlaw Motorcycle Club<\/strong> for a September 2013 murder of a Phantoms member, and ordered retaliatory murders that were to be carried out in three phases.<\/div>\n
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    1. In the first phase, the Phantoms were to murder at least three members of the Hell Lovers in Detroit in order to lure additional Hell Lovers to Michigan for the funeral.<\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0In the second phase, the Phantoms were to murder all members of the Hell Lovers who would be at the Hell Lovers\u2019 Detroit clubhouse following the funeral.<\/li>\n
    3. In the third phase, the Phantoms were to kill Hell Lovers in other cities throughout the country where the Phantoms had chapters.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      In October 2013, ATF and FBI agents disrupted the mass murder plot.<\/div>\n
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      At trial, the government presented evidence that, at the time that investigators disrupted the murder plot, the Phantoms were preparing for the first phase, including stockpiling firearms, conducting research and surveillance of their intended victims, and assigning Phantom members and Vice Lords members to stalk and murder the intended victims.<\/div>\n
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      Odum participated in the murder plot.<\/div>\n
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      This was the second of two recent trials in the prosecution of the Phantoms.<\/strong><\/p>\n

      On March 16, 2015, a jury convicted six leaders and members of the Phantoms, many of whom also were leaders and members of the Vice Lords, for various crimes, including the September \u2013 October 2013 murder plot against the Hell Lovers and the September 2013 shooting of the Satan Sidekicks member.<\/p>\n

      Among those six convicted defendants were Johnson and Marvin Nicholson, who was both the National Enforcer of the Phantoms and a member of the Vice Lords.<\/p>\n

      The charges included RICO conspiracy involving murder, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, firearms offenses, and assault on federal officers.<\/p>\n

      In addition, four defendants previously have pleaded guilty to charges, including RICO conspiracy and assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and await sentencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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