02-04-2025
More defendants in Marion County motorcycle gang murder sentenced
FAIRMONT, (WBOY) — Sentencing hearings for more defendants in the murder case involving a motorcycle gang continued Tuesday in Fairmont.
In 2022, Henry Silver was gunned down at a Carolina apartment building by members of the Pagan Motorcycle Club. Six men have been charged in connection with the murder and Tuesday, Derek Clem, 30, received his sentence.
After his defense attorney, Tom Dyer, made a Rule 29 motion that the verdict be set aside and both sides argued for about 45 minutes, Marion County Circuit Judge Matthew Delligatti denied Dyer's motion.
Delligatti then sentenced Clem to life in prison, with mercy, on a first degree murder charge and one to five years for conspiracy. His sentences will run concurrently and he will be eligible for parole after 15 years.
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Dyer said that he plans to file a motion for a new trial.
Also on Tuesday, another defendant, Dane Hull, 29, was sentenced for his role in Silver's death. Hull's counsel filed the same Rule 29 motion as Dyer and it too was denied by Judge Delligatti. Hull was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a firearm charge and one to 5 years for conspiracy.
Delligatti ordered that Hull's sentences be served consecutively. Hull's attorney has filed a motion for a new trial. Hull is currently serving a sentence at Mount Olive Correctional Center for an unrelated conviction out of Ritchie County.
On Monday, co-defendant Austin Mullins was also sentenced in the case.
The man believed to have ordered Silver's death, John Wolfe, was sentenced to life behind bars last June.
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