Final Defendant in East L.A. Street Gang Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Stemming From Firebombing of African-American Residences

The lead defendant in a federal hate crimes indictment pleaded guilty yesterday to five charges and admitted he organized a group of street gang members who firebombed African-American residences inside the Ramona Gardens Housing Development “in order to force the African-American victims to move from the [development].”