Ex-Nazi jailed for three more months

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ROANOKE, Va., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Imprisoned former neo-Nazi leader William A. White was given an additional sentence in a Virginia court Tuesday after reconsideration of the age of his victims.

After White had completed a 2 1/2 year prison term for making racially charged threats, a federal appeals court ruled in May Judge James Turk did not properly follow sentencing guidelines. White was re-sentenced by Turk Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, Va., to three more months in prison.

The re-sentencing stemmed from a federal appeals court ruling that considered the young age of some of the people targeted by White's rhetoric. White, formerly leader of a hate group called the American National Socialist Workers Party, was convicted in 2009 of sending intimidating letters to tenants of a Virginia Beach, Va., apartment complex. Since at least one of the tenants had young children, the appeals court ruled, Turk should have considered giving White an enhanced sentence for targeting especially vulnerable victims.

In September, Turk sentenced White to 10 additional months for violating his supervised release by fleeing to Mexico. White is currently in Roanoke, Va., City Jail, the Roanoke, Va., Times reported Tuesday.