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2 More Indicted In Alleged White Supremacy Slayings

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By ELAINE SILVESTRINI

The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 25, 2008

TAMPA - Two more men were indicted Tuesday in the fatal beatings of two homeless men 10 years ago in the name of white supremacy.

James Robertson, 28, and Corey Hulse, 34, were charged in a federal indictment with two counts of murder in furtherance of a racketeering enterprise.

Robertson, who is serving a federal prison term for murder, pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning before U.S. Magistrate Thomas Wilson. Hulse remains a fugitive, said Steve Cole, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office.

Two other men have pleaded guilty in the 1998 slayings. Charles Marovskis, 29, formerly of Tampa, pleaded guilty in May, and Kenneth Hoover, 35, pleaded guilty in March 2007 to the same charges brought Tuesday against Robertson and Hulse. The defendants face up to life in prison.

Robertson told Wilson on Tuesday that he cannot afford to hire a lawyer. "I've been in prison," he said. Asked if he had read the indictment, Robertson said, "I'm very familiar with what's being said here, sir."

Federal officials say all four men were members of Tampa Blood and Honour, a white supremacy group that planned to participate in a race war and kill people deemed inferior.

On Sept. 12, 1998, an unidentified homeless man was attacked by skinheads under an Interstate 275 overpass at Bird Street, but he escaped, court records state.

The next day, Alfred Williams and Richard Arseneau were killed. The body of Williams, 62, was found under a Selmon Crosstown Expressway overpass. He had been beaten and stabbed in the eye with a tire iron. Arseneau, 44, was found in a wooded area near I-275 and Fletcher Avenue. He was killed with a small ax, court documents state.

Hoover, Marovskis and other members of the supremacy group participated in the two killings, according to a written statement from the U.S. attorney's office.

Reporter Elaine Silvestrini can be reached at (813) 259-7837 or esilvestrini@tampatrib.com.

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