Leonard Kilgore

CLINTON - It was an internal gang-related, vicious beating - an enforcement lesson - by members of the white supremacist Aryan Nations group, and it left a man with serious injuries.

After a lengthy investigation, three people have been arrested and charged with attempted murder and conspiracy in connection with the December 2013 incident, Anderson County Sheriff Paul White said.

A 31-year-old Briceville man was savagely beaten in the episode, which occurred on Dennis Lane in Anderson County's Claxton community, the sheriff said.

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