The man who didn't tell law enforcement that he knew about a massacre plot at a historically black South Carolina church before the crime was committed and lied to the FBI about it was sentenced to 27 months in prison Tuesday.
Joey Meek was a friend of Dylann Roof, the man convicted and sentenced to death for killing nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston in June 2015.
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, who also presided over Roof's trial, said he wanted Meek to spend time in prison as a deterrent for anyone in the future who knows about something so serious and fails to report it.
Meek admitted that Roof had told him he'd been planning the attack for months, and intended to commit suicide after the killings were complete. Meek also said Roof had told him he had a gun fanny pack to carry extra ammunition.
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