Aryan Brotherhood sentencing offers glimpse at San Diego's White supremacist underworld
Briefly

The Aryan Brotherhood enforces violence against individuals falsely claiming membership. In December 2020, Michael Thumper Sean Trippe confronted Donald Cricket Denney, whom he believed was falsely claiming affiliation. Trippe stabbed Denney, causing significant injury but not fatal harm. After pleading guilty to a federal assault charge, Trippe received a sentence of two years and nine months in prison. This case illuminated the links between the Aryan Brotherhood and other criminal groups in San Diego and raised concerns regarding the severity of Trippe's charges.
On a December night in 2020, three men tied to the Aryan Brotherhood confronted an alleged false member, resulting in a violent stabbing at a park.
Michael Thumper Sean Trippe, the only Aryan Brotherhood member in San Diego County not in prison, stabbed Donald Cricket Denney for allegedly claiming membership.
Federal prosecutors characterized Trippe as a power player in the Aryan Brotherhood, but raised questions about the leniency of his charges and sentencing.
The sentencing of Trippe concluded a case that exemplified San Diego County's White supremacist networks and revealed connections between various gang factions.
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