U.S. District Judge Philip Simon sentenced an alleged former Sin City Deciples leader Thursday to six years in one of the motorcycle gang’s RICO cases.
Romairal “Chinaman” Allen, 52, pleaded guilty in August in the U.S. District Court in Hammond to Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering Activity.
After prison, he will serve one year on supervised release.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Toth wrote in court filings that Allen joined the motorcycle gang in 2019 and quickly rose first to its Chicago chapter president in 2020, then to the regional leader overseeing Illinois and Indiana.
Defense lawyer Gregory Mitchell said in court his client was in reality “one of the soldiers,” not an actual leader. In documents, Mitchell argued Allen was only accused of wrongdoing starting in 2021.
“The title is not enough,” he said in court.
Toth responded that Allen called founder Kenneth “Sonny” McGhee in jail “to get orders.”
“He’s always in the room,” the prosecutor said, referring to Allen’s alleged involvement.
Toth asked for 12 years in prison.
“I didn’t do a lot of things they said,” Allen said in court. “The things I did, I admitted to.”
Toth wrote in court filings that Allen admitted he was there in Kokomo, Indiana in September 2021 when Sin City members drew guns and beat a Moville Groundshakers member.
In another incident, he helped beat another man who “was fined $500,” who ended up hospitalized with a couple broken ribs.
In one case, Allen allegedly put a gun in a different man’s mouth in 2021, telling him he couldn’t leave the gang, since he “knew too much,” Toth wrote in the sentencing memorandum.
When someone “shot at” McGhee’s car after a rape accusation in South Bend, Allen and others allegedly beat the man in the group’s Gary clubhouse, before McGhee shot the man in the leg, according to court filings.
Federal prosecutors also alleged Allen “sold cocaine” to members.
Simon later acknowledged the sentence was “substantially below” federal guidelines.
Allen’s indictment was part of a six-man case filed in 2023.
