Soldiers Based in Georgia Charged with Arson and Attempting to Rob Drug Dealers
Several soldiers stationed at Camp Frank D. Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia, have been indicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Sandeo Pablo Dyson, an Army Ranger, pled guilty last Thursday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to burning down Club Onyx, an adult entertainment establishment on Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta. Dyson worked as director for security for Platinum 21, another adult club, which began to experience competition from Onyx for African-American clientele. Platinum 21’s management allegedly formulated a plan to burn down Onyx. He faces 5 years in prison.
However, federal authorities’ investigation of the matter greatly expanded when Dyson told a confidential information that four other soldiers from Camp Merrill, some of whom, coincidentally, also worked security at Platinum 32, would be willing to rob a Mexican “stash house” for a cut of cocaine. This prompted an undercover Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agent to meet with Army Rangers Carlos Lopez, David Ray White and Randy Spivy, and Army medic Stefan Andre Champagne, and laid out a fictitious plan to hold up drug deals at a house in Atlanta and steal 25 kilograms of cocaine. The soldiers were arrested when they showed up at the house with their weapons, and face pending charges.
