Saturday, September 18, 2010
Pagans Member Sentenced
WEST VIRGINIA....
David A. Cremeans, 49, a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison. In February, Cremeans, a former treasurer of the Pagans' Charleston chapter, admitted he acted as a go-between between Michael Lloyd Stevens of Huntington, a guard at the federal prison in Ashland, Ky., and a ranking member of the Pagans, Ron "Pagan Ronnie" Howerton as they planned an assault against imprisoned Pagan, Vincent "Hot Rod" Morris, who had cooperated with federal investigators. Cremeans later testified for the prosecution in the prison guard's trials. Cremeans also admitted that, in November 2004, he traveled to Portsmouth, Ohio, armed and prepared to use force if necessary, to help the Pagans shut down a smaller, affiliated club, the Road Disciples Motorcycle Club. Cremeans, the third defendant to be sentenced, has spent almost a year in custody, and will receive credit for time served.