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Another Local Gang Member Sentenced On Racketeering Charges

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 8, 2016 at 6:29 AM EDT
U.S. Attorney's Office

Another member of the Short North Posse gang will serve prison time. 30-year-old Thomas Coats will serve six years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering charges. Prosecutors say Coats was involved in drug deals, robberies and assaults. He's the only gang member being tried or already convicted who was not charged with murder.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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