Prosecutors Say Steele Is Flight Risk
- Edgar Steele murder-for-hire case reset for today /Alison Boggs, SR
Federal
prosecutors want Edgar J. Steele held without bail before his trial on murder-for-hire charges. Steele, 64, was charged Friday - the same day prosecutors say he wanted an acquaintance to kill his wife and mother-in-law in a car crash meant to look like an accident. Steele is well-known from his work for hate groups such as the Aryan Nations and other high-profile clients, including the McGuckin family, who held off police during a 2001 Idaho standoff. He’s also known for vocal anti-Semitic and racist rants on the Internet. Steele unsuccessfully defended the Aryan Nations and its founder, Richard Butler, in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought against them in 2000. That loss ultimately bankrupted the Aryan Nations/
Kathleen Kreller
, Idaho Statesman.
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Question: Who do you think took the worse jail mug shot — Steele, above, or condiment vandal Joy Cassidy, just below?
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