reported<\/a>.<\/p>\nJason DeSimas, of Tacoma, will serve four years. Under a plea agreement, prosecutors and the defense recommended just over three years. Jason Stanley, of Boise, Idaho, had the same plea deal. Jones sentenced him to four years, as well.<\/p>\n
Randy Smith, of Eugene, Oregon, got 3\u00bd years in prison. And Daniel Dorson, of Corvallis Oregon, got 2\u2153 years.<\/p>\n
All four were previously convicted of committing a hate crime and making false statements. The man they attacked, Tyrone Smith, said outside the courthouse Friday that his life is forever changed.<\/p>\n
The judge also ordered the defendants to pay nearly $171,000 in restitution to cover lost wages and medical bills. He called the attack that of a \u201cmodern day unhooded KKK.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Smith said the defendants\u2019 actions changed him from an outgoing person who DJ\u2019ed for his friends for fun, to someone who struggles with anxiety and uses a cane.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we can all see, it\u2019s been a long road for me,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBut I had enough courage to come down and make sure this process was handled and justice was actually served.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Dec. 7, 2018, DeSimas and others traveled to Lynnwood on the way to visiting the site of a Whidbey Island cabin where Robert Jay Mathews, the neo-Nazi leader of the violent hate group The Order, died in a gunfight with federal agents on Dec. 8, 1984. It has become a far-right holiday, known as Martyr\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n
That night, DeSimas attended a gathering with other white supremacist sympathizers, prosecutors said. Shortly after midnight, about a dozen of them went to the Rec Room Bar and Grill. Some wore jackets with patches indicating their white supremacist beliefs and some had similar tattoos, including some depicting swastikas, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n
At some point, Stanley messed with Smith’s DJ equipment. Smith pushed him away. In response, DeSimas and others surrounded Smith, using racist slurs while kicking, punching and stomping on Smith, prosecutors said. Witnesses who tried to intervene were also attacked.<\/p>\n
The men then left the bar and went to Whidbey Island, where they attended the Martyr\u2019s Day event.<\/p>\n
Federal prosecutors indicted the men in December 2020. Citing insufficient evidence, Snohomish County prosecutors declined to charge six other men who were at the tavern the night of the attack.<\/p>\n
DeSimas wrote in a letter to the judge that he was \u201cashamed\u201d of his actions, saying he no longer shared the views he previously held.<\/p>\n
Dorson wrote in a similar letter that he was \u201cdisgusted by the fear I took part in creating.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nick Brown, the U.S. Attorney for Western Washington, said seeking consequences for the attack was a high priority for the Justice Department and the FBI.<\/p>\n
Rick Collodi, the FBI\u2019s special agent in charge of Seattle\u2019s field office, said the defendants tried to conceal their actions, but the truth came out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe four defendants admitted to being members of a white supremacist group,\u201d Collodi said. \u201cWhile they have the right to believe what they want, they do not have the right to commit a crime.\u201d<\/p>\n
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