Crime & Safety
'Satan's Disciple' Gang Chief Indicted by Colorado Grand Jury
A Mesa Co. Grand Jury indicted Christopher Wilson on 24 new charges including racketeering, robbery and arson.
GRAND JUNCTION, CO -- The Mesa County District Attorney's Office announced that a grand jury indicted the alleged head of the Satan Disciples gang in Grand Junction with 24 counts for a string of crimes allegedly committed by gang members in Grand Junction.
The indictment affidavit describes how Christopher Wilson, also known as "Chris Fafejta," "Foul" or "Fabel" oversaw a group of gang members with nicknames such as "Shaggy," "Little D" and "Whispers" in a series of crimes, many committed as initiation rituals.
The indictment includes charges that Wilson ordered the November, 2016, armed robbery of a Mexican restaurant where alleged gang members allegedly threatened a female employee with a handgun, beat her with the gun and then stole $150 from the register.
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Wilson is also charged with tampering with evidence in a December, 2016 homicide investigation where Caleb Fettig was killed after being stabbed in the A & W Mobile Home Park. Wilson is accused of disposing of bloody clothing and the murder weapon from his alleged gang associate Terrance Richardson.
Wilson allegedly also orchestrated the armed robbery of a Grand Junction food store in December 2016, where a clerk was held up at gunpoint and forced to hand over money from the register.
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The indictment also describes an unsuccessful April, 2017, burglary of a pawn shop, allegedly to steal guns for the umbrella gang in Chicago.
The indictment also charges Wilson with allegedly directing his subordinates in the gang to burglarize and set fire to the home of his landlord across the street in the 2800 block of Mesa Street in June, 2017. Men broke into the home, stole valuables, then tries to set the house on fire with molotov cocktails, the affidavit alleges. They also broke the window of a classic car belonging to the landlord and set fire to the interior of the car and a trailer parked next to it.
Wilson has been held in the Mesa Co. jail since his arrest for arson.
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