NewsDecember 18, 2012 1:45 PM ET20,418 views

Ex-Bury Your Dead member gets 20 years in prison

You may recall that in March we reported that former Bury Your Dead guitarist Eric Ellis was on trial in Florida for violating federal racketeering laws. Well, Ellis and four members of a gang he was associated with, dubbed the "Guardians," have now been sentenced, and it doesn't appear that Ellis will be seeing the light of day anytime soon. Last week a federal judge in Jacksonville sentenced Ellis, 28 years-old, to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The gang, headed by Maynard Kenneth Godwin of Jacksonville, was reportedly involved in robberies, home invasions, thefts, etc. that resulted in losses of nearly $2 million to their victims. Ellis parted ways with Bury Your Dead in August 2008 as a result of "medical reasons and personality differences."

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anonymous 12/18/2012 10:49:01 AM

Obey the Brave is stoked.

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:49:04 AM

hahaha THIS BAND SUCKED AND ALWAYS WILL fckING SUCK. stupid white kid douches trying to act hard with their gang. fcking pathetic. enjoy the daily ass poundings

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:49:20 AM

lol what a low life

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:52:02 AM

lolololol This is what happens when you take Sons of Anarchy too srs

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:53:18 AM

gayshit. Get beatd until you die, fckhead

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:55:11 AM

oklahoma city thunder sucks

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:57:14 AM

Tony Brummel was the prosecuting attorney.

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:57:40 AM

What are the current whereabouts of the sack of jewels?

LoydChristmas 12/18/2012 10:58:14 AM

lol Sons of Anarchy doesn't seem so cool now does it you dweeb.

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:00:54 AM

BAG OF JEWELS

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:02:43 AM

See kids, stealing bag of jewels will get you nowhere.

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:02:58 AM

Now we'll see if he ever watched Prison Break.

xjimmer_fredettex 12/18/2012 11:04:13 AM

butter your fckin bread

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:04:18 AM

^ hahahaha

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:16:44 AM

xjimmer_fredettex 11 minutes ago butter your fckin bread this wins. thread over

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:17:11 AM

Florida: kid killing good, extortion bad.

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:28:52 AM

its sad knowing that the Terror-hat-wearing c-ckfcks we'll see this and say "That's bullshit" you gay wannabe gangbangers will all end up like this douchebag. good riddance too. fck all of you

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:31:54 AM

They stripped me naked and lifted their ballsack up so I could lick underneath it, and then had me bend over and spread my asscheeks apart so they could fun inside my jerk

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:36:26 AM

Fleece Johnson be stoked. BOOTAY.

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:41:33 AM

"I see your weak" says the three men waiting in the showers

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:42:56 AM

He better cover his tracks.

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:44:15 AM

Defonced

ineedsalt 12/18/2012 11:45:08 AM

anonymous25 minutes ago xjimmer_fredettex 11 minutes ago butter your fckin bread this wins. thread over been said on LG for years. maybe he'll get pounded out for years and get parole for good flavor

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:51:56 AM

LOL this is amazing. What a way to fck up your life

anonymous 12/18/2012 11:58:23 AM

anonymous 9 minutes ago "I see your weak" says the three men waiting in the showers DEAD AT THAT ONE ^

anonymous 12/18/2012 12:11:09 PM

GIVE BUBBA SOME fckING HEAD! DUNDUNDUN

Snoopy2 12/18/2012 12:41:49 PM

N11ggers are stoked

anonymous 12/18/2012 12:53:18 PM

They are barely a band at this point anyway. Dude was a straight dingus.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:02:16 PM

WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN LIFE

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:06:33 PM

jailflip.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:11:57 PM

Just because I robbed a home, dosent mean I won't get boned. I'm tired of crying, tired of a sore butthole. If missionary is how you want it then I am moving on.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:17:27 PM

You crossed the line, from______________ to ______________ the day you _______________.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:18:54 PM

He should get another 20 years for being in such an awful band.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:23:31 PM

Stupid black kid douche cause you have these tough gangs where you hide behind guns.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:25:42 PM

Looks like he didn't cover his tracks... ;)

Snoopy2 12/18/2012 1:29:43 PM

25 Ta Life is only 80% stoked

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:34:50 PM

anonymous25 minutes ago xjimmer_fredettex 11 minutes ago butter your fckin bread this wins. thread over been said on LG for years. maybe he'll get pounded out for years and get parole for good flavor THE FACT you have been here for years enough to know that is fcking pathetic

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:51:05 PM

Bury Your fcking c-ck in my ass....they should re do that shitty breakdown just for him.

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:51:54 PM

Donnybrook is stoked

anonymous 12/18/2012 1:54:23 PM

So very badly wish his name was Barry now.

anonymous 12/18/2012 2:15:45 PM

Ellis parted ways with Bury Your Dead in August 2008 as a result of losing the treasured bag of jewels.

anonymous 12/18/2012 2:36:34 PM

Catalepsy aren't stoked.

anonymous 12/18/2012 2:37:42 PM

Harv Flanagan is stoked.

anonymous 12/18/2012 2:38:36 PM

Jail sages and bitches are stoked

anonymous 12/18/2012 2:41:05 PM

I will spend the next 20 years of my life locked in a building with only big, burly, tattooed men. Also, I am not a homosexual.

HiBuddywazup 12/18/2012 3:40:10 PM

Randy Blythe is next.

Mitt__Romney 12/18/2012 3:45:02 PM

MSNBC Lockup is stoked.

anonymous 12/18/2012 3:48:35 PM

jailflip? more like celltoss...

anonymous 12/18/2012 4:33:51 PM

Hes not going to regular prison, hes going to federal "pound me in the ass" prison.

Snoopy2 12/18/2012 5:01:52 PM

Hardcore kids never go anywhere in life

anonymous 12/18/2012 5:07:05 PM

Looks like his life is one big 'breakdown'.

big_metal_al 12/18/2012 5:10:42 PM

Michael Scoefield is not stoked.

anonymous 12/18/2012 5:54:33 PM

I heard this guy has a 2 inch full erection, hes definitely gonna be someones prison boy bitch

anonymous 12/18/2012 6:04:27 PM

Good. Keep that fcking shit out of the scene.

anonymous 12/18/2012 7:28:35 PM

There is no number for what I just did in my toilet.

anonymous 12/18/2012 7:47:13 PM

tossed salad man is stoked

anonymous 12/18/2012 8:02:12 PM

Joe Ellis is stoked that he might be able to bandhop to another band

anonymous 12/18/2012 9:06:41 PM

i heard joe ellis likes to have his butthole licked by bearded men and he likes to lick bearded jerks, hell get along just fine in prison

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:01:43 PM

"i heard joe ellis likes to have his butthole licked by bearded men and he likes to lick bearded jerks, hell get along just fine in prison" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:04:50 PM

They stripped me naked and lifted their ballsack up so I could look underneath it, and then had me bend over and spread my asscheeks apart so they could fun inside my jerk

anonymous 12/18/2012 10:13:56 PM

Don't you worry don't you worry chiiiiiild! See heavens got a plan for yooouuuuuu!

sadball 12/18/2012 10:19:44 PM

you gonna get beatd

marching_band_rules 12/19/2012 2:33:44 AM

Snoopy213 hours ago N11ggers are stoked lol

anonymous 12/19/2012 3:34:58 AM

"Come here prag! Now love me."

cokietheclown 12/19/2012 3:44:16 AM

anonymous 14 hours ago WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN LIFE Ok this is fckin funny

anonymous 12/19/2012 4:40:13 AM

He's a big dude, he'll be alright.

withoutashield 12/19/2012 6:55:11 AM

Looking forward to burying his head into another man's cinnamon ring.

anonymous 12/19/2012 7:34:24 AM

Sammy The Bull is definitely not stoked. Neither is Joe Pesci.

anonymous 12/19/2012 10:39:06 AM

he may be a big dude, but i can bet anything he is no taller than 5'7 like the rest of the hardcore/metalcore scene

anonymous 12/19/2012 11:54:02 AM

Prison mosh as a form of self defense guarantees you no survival

anonymous 12/19/2012 12:23:28 PM

"He's a big dude, he'll be alright" LOL I'm sure him being big will help him when the shank slides through his torso and neck. You fcking idiot. I'm sure being a big dude will really help him when he's extorted for money daily and beatd in the shower

anonymous 12/19/2012 12:43:29 PM

this is the same guy that got his ass beat during a gang initiation a few years ago.....he wanted to prove he was a better gangster i guess

anonymous 12/19/2012 12:56:26 PM

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anonymous 12/19/2012 2:49:34 PM

LOL @ his life being over.

ineedsalt 12/20/2012 6:21:24 AM

his jerk is going to look like a ot dog that explode in the microwave

anonymous 12/20/2012 9:00:40 AM

"Prison mosh as a form of self defense guarantees you no survival?" HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA

anonymous 12/20/2012 9:54:48 AM

"lol"- tony montana

Snoopy2 12/24/2012 8:46:11 AM

how about an extra count of death penalty for years of shitty music

bewbytwap 12/25/2012 7:35:00 PM

Thieves and pedophiles. This band is a class act.

anonymous 12/29/2012 11:02:10 PM

I am selling " Guardian " gang T-shirts at next 2Tough4UxMoreHXCthanUxURAF AG Fest

Snoopy2 1/6/2013 10:45:30 PM

*fart*




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