Ex-Bury Your Dead guitarist receives 20 year jail sentence
Former Bury Your Dead guitarist Eric Ellis has reportedly received a 20-year jail sentence due to his involvement in a gang called the ‘Guardians’.Ellis, who played with the band between 2004-2008 was convicted recently, with part of a statement on the FBI website reading:“U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced five members of the Guardians gang last Friday to federal prison terms. Maynard Kenneth Godwin (33, Jacksonville), Andrew Chase Wilkie (31, Callahan), and Eric Steven Ellis (28, Atlantic Beach) were convicted of conspiracy and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.”“Ellis and Hart were associates of the Guardians. The gang committed a series of violent felonies and crimes, including an extortion that left one man nearly dead; the choking of a young woman until she passed out; armed bank robberies; armed home invasions; daily cocaine and opiate sales; and theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise from local stores.”
Former Bury Your Dead guitarist Eric Ellis has reportedly received a 20-year jail sentence due to his involvement in a gang called the ‘Guardians’.
Ellis, who played with the band between 2004-2008 was convicted recently, with part of a statement on the FBI website reading:
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“U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced five members of the Guardians gang last Friday to federal prison terms. Maynard Kenneth Godwin (33, Jacksonville), Andrew Chase Wilkie (31, Callahan), and Eric Steven Ellis (28, Atlantic Beach) were convicted of conspiracy and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act.”
“Ellis and Hart were associates of the Guardians. The gang committed a series of violent felonies and crimes, including an extortion that left one man nearly dead; the choking of a young woman until she passed out; armed bank robberies; armed home invasions; daily cocaine and opiate sales; and theft of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise from local stores.”
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