Alleged Skinhead Recruiter Sentenced

Tuesday, January 9th 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â€” A purported skinhead recruiter charged with drawing swastikas and racial epithets on the doors of a predominantly black church has been sentenced to three years and four months in federal prison.

In U.S. District Court on Monday, Christopher David Kuykendall, 22, also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay $100 restitution.

Kuykendall pleaded guilty in September to a charge of conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate members of the New Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church.

The indictment also accused Kuykendall and a juvenile of shouting racial slurs at the church on Aug. 28, 1999.

Prosecutors said Kuykendall was a recruiter for Confederate Hammerskin, a skinhead organization whose members advocate white supremacy.

Defense attorney Kim Tollison had requested the minimum term of three years and one month in prison, saying Kuykendall was ready to pay for his mistake. The maximum penalty allowed was three years and 10 months.