Deputies Bust Aryan Brotherhood Chop Shop

CLEVELAND, TX — Five members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were arrested after a multi-agency auto theft task force raided a compound in the in rural San Jacinto County on Feb. 2.

Matthew Follis, 38, Alexandria Holloway, 26, Shain Whitmire, 38, Everitt McAdams, 34, and Shasta Cole, 33, were all arrested and face multiple charges for vehicle theft, narcotics possession, and felons in possession of firearms.

Dressed in tactical gear, members of the Montgomery County Auto Theft Task Force, the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office and the Liberty County Precinct 6 Constables Office raided the compounded surrounded with mounds of discarded tires and a sheet metal gate that warned away trespassers.

Inside the compound, which was littered with thousands of car parts, deputies recovered at least nine stolen vehicles, as well as varying amounts of narcotics, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin, oxycontin, and firearms, the Houston Chronicle reported.

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