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Police Seek White Supremacist Gang Members Who Fled Parole

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two paroled members of a white supremacist prison gang who removed their ankle monitoring bracelets.

Colorado prisons spokeswoman Laurie Kilpatrick said Friday that 36-year-old Dennis Simonton and 31-year-old Wesley Jones, of the Denver area, are being sought nationally as parole absconders. Kilpatrick says they are considered armed and dangerous and could be traveling together.

Dennis Simonton and Wesley Jones
Dennis Simonton and Wesley Jones (credit: Colorado Department of Corrections)

The men are members of the 211 Crew. The man who killed Colorado's prisons chief three years ago was also a paroled member of the gang who had removed his ankle bracelet. Authorities questioned other 211 Crew members after the killing, though none was charged.

Kilpatrick says there is no indication of a link between that case and the latest absconders.

William Wasilkowski
William Wasilkowski (credit: Colorado Department of Corrections)

Separately, corrections officials are also seeking 46-year-old William Wasilkowski, who is not a member of the gang.

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