Five Plead Guilty To Assault And Robbery Charges

On February 24, 2008, five people were arrested by rangers and special agents for assaulting and robbing two men on a beach near Kingman Wash on the Arizona side of the park. Both victims suffered serious head and facial trauma and other injuries. Each of the five people arrested – Jared Alvord, Jason Alvord, Jon Bilbay, Ajia Greco, and Scott Morris – had blood on his or her clothing and hands; each also had $500 in his or her possession, with blood on a number of the bills. Special agents collected physical evidence from the suspects and the crime scene, then interviewed them and a child witness. A special agent later identified and located a sixth suspect, William Keck, who’d fled from the scene. He confessed and was arrested. A search warrant was obtained for the suspects’ vehicles, where more blood evidence and information pertaining to the victims was found. Overwhelming DNA evidence connected each of the six assailants to the victims. Keck was arrested for homicide while he was awaiting trial and is currently incarcerated in Las Vegas. The Alvords and Morris have been identified as being affiliated with the Hammerskins, a violent white supremacist gang associated with the skinhead movement.  Special agents and rangers continue to work with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in ongoing gang investigations. Jared Alvord, Jason Alvord, Jon Bilbay, Ajia Greco, and Scott Morris pled guilty on felony counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and robbery; the defendants are awaiting sentencing.