Skinheads Gang Member Convicted of Drug Charges

A jury convicted a Sacramento Skinheads street gang member of two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, transporting methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine for sale to benefit or in association of the street gang. 

Charles Gilbert Demar, III was arrested in 2011 after Citrus Heights Police held an undercover stakeout. 

Just before his arrest, Demar allegedly threw 1.4 ounces of methamphetamine, packaging and a scale out his passenger-side window, according to a Sacramento County District Attorney news release. 

During the investigation, officers found a video on Demar's cell phone of himself and another person manufacturing methamphetamine in his apartment, according to the release. 

Demar faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. His sentencing is set for 9 a.m. May 28. 

The full release from the Sacramento County District Attorney office is below:

District Attorney Jan Scully announced today that Charles Gilbert Demar was convicted by jury of two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, transporting methamphetamine and possessing methamphetamine for sale.

The jury also found true the allegation that the crimes were committed for the benefit of or in association with the Sacramento Skinheads street gang and that Demar had four prior convictions. 

Demar was a known validated member of the Skinhead criminal street gang.

In March 2011, he was the subject of a surveillance by undercover Citrus Heights police officers. When Demar drove away in his truck, Citrus Heights police requested the assistance of Sacramento County Sheriff’s patrol units to make a traffic stop of Demar on Highway 50.

Once the deputy activated his patrol car lights, Demar did not immediately yield and was then seen throwing an object out of the passenger window. This was captured by the patrol car’s in-car camera. The object was 1.4 ounces of methamphetamine, packaging and a scale. 

Subsequent searches of Demar’s apartment and garage revealed a large amount of Skinhead related signs and photos of Demar with other known validated Sacramento Skinheads. Pseudoephedrine, chemicals and apparatus used in the manufacture of methamphetamine were also found, along with several containers of methamphetamine in liquid form.

A search of Demar’s cell phone revealed a video he had made of himself and another person actively manufacturing methamphetamine in his apartment. 

Demar faces a possible maximum sentence of life in prison. Sentencing is set for May 28, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. before the Honorable Marjorie Koller. 

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