KKK unit founder gets 12-year term

A Harrison man who incorporated The Ku Klux Klan LLC in Arkansas was sentenced earlier this month to 12 years in prison for manufacturing a controlled substance, second-degree sexual assault and being a felon in possession of firearms.

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Floyd Melton Lewis, now 62, pleaded guilty in Boone County Circuit Court on Dec. 17 and was sentenced by Circuit Judge Gordon Webb.

Deputy prosecutor Chris Carter said he believed Lewis had split from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which was founded by Thom Robb of rural Boone County.

"Those two had a falling out," said Carter.

"Floyd Lewis was not affiliated with us in any way, nor I with him," Robb said via email. "In fact when he was arrested I provided Michigan court documents to the Boone County Sheriff's Department regarding an earlier conviction he had for child molestation in which he served time. I provided this to the sheriff's department with the hopes it would help secure a conviction and a sentence from which he could not walk away. I am quite happy that this man has been taken off the streets."

According to the Arkansas secretary of state's office, Lewis incorporated both The Ku Klux Klan LLC and Christian Identity Ministries Inc. in 2003.

Investigators from the Boone County sheriff's office were notified in February that a 13-year-old girl had been sexually assaulted. Carter described the second-degree assault as "inappropriate touching."

When officers arrived at Lewis' residence near Zinc on Feb. 21 to interrogate him, they found a large marijuana plant growing in the living room, said Carter. They also found seven firearms.

NW News on 12/31/2014

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