A friend of the suspected gunman accused of slaying nine black parishioners in a 2015 attack on a South Carolina church pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to investigators and concealing knowledge of the plan, the Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston reported.
Joseph Meek, 21, appeared in court before U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel in Charleston. He had agreed in a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty to withholding information about a crime and making false statements to authorities investigating the massacre in Charleston, according to the documents filed earlier this week.
Under the agreement, he could be called to testify against his childhood friend Dylann Roof, 22, who has been accused of opening fire during a June 17 Bible class at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church.
Meek, who like Roof is white, is the only other person to be charged in connection with the shootings, which sparked intense debate about race relations and gun control laws in the United States.
By cooperating with authorities, Meek could be spared the maximum sentence of eight years in prison, four years of supervised release and more than $500,000 in fines.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-shooting-idUSKCN0XQ17N
“… pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to investigators and concealing knowledge of the plan,…”
He’s lying about lying.
POS!