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Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment in 2003 Killing of Inmate at Leavenworth

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 06, 2009
  • District of Kansas (316) 269-6481

KANSAS CITY, KS—Michael White, 30, who is in custody in the Administrative Maximum facility at the Florence Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colo., is charged with the murder of a fellow inmate, Michael McAnulty, while they were both in custody at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. The crime is alleged to have occurred Dec. 31, 2003.

At the time of his death, McAnulty was serving life for assault with a deadly weapon on a mail custodian in connection with a 1997 armed robbery in Charlotte, N.C.

If convicted, White faces a penalty of not less than life and a fine of up to $250,000. The Federal Bureau of Investigation worked on the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Rask and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri McCracken are prosecuting.

Other Indictments

A federal grand jury meeting in Kansas City, Kan., also returned the following indictments:

Kenneth Rayford, 58, Kansas City, Mo., Paul G. Rayford, 32, Kansas City, Mo., and Claude White, 54, Kansas City, Mo., are charged with one count of attempted bank robbery, one count of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Each of them also is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction.

The indictment alleges that on Oct. 22, 2009, the defendants were armed when they attempted to rob the Interstate Federal Savings and Loan in Kansas City, Kan. On Oct. 23, 2009, they were charged in a federal criminal complaint that stated FBI agents were present at the time of the crime and prevented the defendants from robbing the bank.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the attempted bank robbery charge, not less than five years consecutive to other sentences and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and a maximum penalty of 10 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the charge of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department, the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department, the Independence Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service assisted in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Oakley is prosecuting.

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