Clifford D. Johnson, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana
Richard White, a 57-year-old resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 204 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release. The sentencing was handed down by United States District Court Judge Philip P. Simon after White was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy. This announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Tina L. Nommay.
The Sin City Deciples, the organization involved in this case, is an outlaw motorcycle group formed in 1967 in Gary, Indiana. Members and associates have been implicated in violent acts, extortion, and narcotics distribution across the Northern District of Indiana and other locations. Between 2009 and 2021, White conspired with other members to engage in racketeering activities while serving as the club’s National Head Enforcer. His criminal actions included attempted murder and violent assaults within the organization.
Multiple law enforcement agencies participated in this prosecution effort. These include the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; East Chicago Police Department; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Gary Police Department; Griffith Police Department; Hammond Police Department; Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division; Lake County Sheriff’s Department; Indiana High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area officers and agents; Merrillville Police Department; Munster Police Department; Schererville Police Department; Pittsburgh (PA) Police Department and Allegheny County (PA) Sheriff’s Department. Additional support came from several U.S. Attorney’s Offices across different districts.
Assistant United States Attorneys David J. Nozick and Michael J. Toth prosecuted the case alongside former Assistant United States Attorney Kimberly L. Schultz.
This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation aimed at dismantling high-level criminal organizations through a collaborative approach involving multiple agencies at various levels.
Additionally, this case fell under Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which seeks to reduce violent crime through community collaboration and strategic enforcement priorities set forth by the program's recent enhancements announced on May 26, 2021.
