The man who spearheaded the conspiracy to set fire to multiple Walmarts in Alabama and Mississippi was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison Tuesday -- double the sentence recommended by prosecutors.
A blocked entrance to the Walmart Supercenter in Tillmans Corner in Mobile, Ala. The store remained closed on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, following a suspected arson a few days prior on Friday, May 28, 2021. .
Sikes pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to maliciously destroy by fire real and personal property used in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce. Prosecutors had recommended the nine-year sentence for Sikes, but as noted in court documents, those recommendations are non-binding and federal penalties allow for a sentence of 5-20 years.
Initially, each of the defendants pleaded not guilty, but would later change their plea to guilty. Two of Jeffrey Sikes’ co-conspirators -- the Olson brothers -- are also scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday, with sentencing for the remainder to come later. Some of those calls include a “burner phone” used to take pictures of a six-page manifesto titled “Declaration of War and Demands for the People” which the indictment says was “Supposedly written by a group called ‘The Veterans Order.’”
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