Posted on 04/07/2010 12:52:08 PM PDT by SmithL
OAKLAND -- A member of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery could face up to life in prison after being convicted today of charges that he kidnapped a mother and daughter in East Oakland in 2007 and tortured the daughter so she would reveal the location of a drug dealer's cash.
Richard Lewis, 26, took off his glasses, put his hands over his face and then shook his head as he was found guilty of three counts of kidnapping, two counts of carjacking and one count of torture in Alameda County Superior Court.
Lewis faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole when he is sentenced June 4 by Judge Thomas Reardon in Oakland.
Lewis is the first of several members of the bakery to face trial in the case, which stems from an incident on May 17, 2007.
A woman identified as Jane Doe, who had left an East Oakland bingo parlor with her mother, was pulled over on Interstate 580 by someone in a car with flashing lights, prosecutors said. It appeared to be an undercover police car, but in fact was a decommissioned police cruiser.
Authorities said the kidnappers included Lewis and bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV, who were intent on getting money to help pay the bakery's debts.
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These are the same people that executed journalist Chauncey Bailey.
Can RICO be used against this hate group?
Prison is a walk in the park for these guys. They have so many Muslim friends in there with them that it’s like old home week/
Why could this story not end in an honor killing?
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