Former prison guard convicted in Pagan's case

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former prison guard convicted of plotting against a Pagan's Motorcycle Club member will be sentenced in November.

A federal jury convicted 38-year-old Michael Lloyd Stevens of retaliating against a witness last week in a retrial. The Huntington man's first trial ended in a mistrial.

Prosecutors said Stevens conspired with members of the Pagan's and a support club to have Vincent Morris assaulted at a federal prison. Morris had been branded a snitch for helping the FBI investigate a 2004 bank robbery.

Stevens is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 17.

He's one of 55 members and associates of the club named in a federal indictment last fall. One died of natural causes and all but two others have resolved their cases.