LOS ANGELES : Skinhead Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
A 17-year-old member of the Fourth Reich Skinheads pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy charges stemming from an arson attempt on a Westminster synagogue, a planned pipe bomb attack on the First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles and the bombing of a Lakewood home.
Carl Daniel Boese made the plea as part of an agreement that will lead to the dismissal of a remaining count of using a bomb in the arson attempt.
Boese had been ready to enter a guilty plea in court Monday, but U.S. District Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. rejected the underlying plea agreement because it prohibited Boese from appealing his sentence if it is within the recommended range. Prosecutors have recommended that his prison term be between 51 and 60 months. Byrne accepted the agreement Tuesday but said he still was not happy that Boese’s right to appeal was limited.
Christopher Fisher, the skinhead group’s leader, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy and other charges. Fisher and Boese are scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 13.
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