A man who federal prosecutors said is part of a nationwide “sprawling criminal enterprise” called the Almighty Vice Lords Nation was convicted Monday of an attack in the aid of racketeering at a Michigan prison.
Anthony Zigler, a member of the Conservative Vice Lords branch of the Almighty Vice Lords Nation, could face up to 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of violent crime in aid of racketeering, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors said that Zigler, who is known in the gang as “Footz” and “Vampire,” stabbed an inmate 15 times at a Michigan prison in 2017 to maintain or promote his status within the vice lords gang…