Tearful friend of Dylann Roof apologizes at sentencing
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The only person with whom Dylann Roof shared his plans to massacre worshippers at a South Carolina church has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for concealing a crime and lying to the FBI.
Joey Meek apologized Tuesday at sentencing in connection with Roof's plans for a shooting attack that killed nine worshippers in June 2015 at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel 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.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Meek has said Roof told the outlines of his plan as they drank vodka and snorted cocaine a week before the killings.
Federal prosecutors say Meek had lied to the FBI about knowing of Roof's plot.