West Virginia - CHARLESTON, Ex-Pagan's president gets 30-month prison sentence

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by The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The former national president of the Pagan's Motorcycle Club has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on weapons and racketeering charges.
Court records show federal Judge Thomas Johnston sentenced 50-year-old David Keith Barbeito on Monday. Barbeito was the lead defendant in a sweeping racketeering case brought against 56 members and associates of the club in October 2009.
Like most of the defendants, Barbeito pleaded guilty. He admitted last July to two racketeering charges stemming from illegal motorcycle raffles and two weapons charges for illegal firearms found by federal agents searching his Myersville, Md., home in 2009.
Prosecutors say Barbeito left the club's top spot after his arrest.