| abstract | - Roland "Wej" Mackey (b. July 1969; d. May 2005) was an employee of Tampa Towing, a resident of Chatsworth in Los Angeles, and a member of the Chatsworth Eights. He was considered the runt of the gang and was often teased about his dyslexia. His nickname stems from his misspelling of Jew in antisemitic graffiti. Mackey has an extensive record as both a juvenile and adult. He was arrested in August 1987 for car theft and served one year of probation. He was later arrested in September of that year for burglary and was sentenced to three years with time served and two years of probation. In 1988 he stole a gun from a home in Chatsworth and was not caught. He worked with Hillside Prep teacher Gordon Stoddard to earn his GED in August of 1988. He traded the stolen gun to Stoddard in exchange for passing grades. Mackey was arrested again in 1990 for breaking-and-entering into the Pacific Drive-in Theatre, and served 67 days in a Van Nuys jail with two years of probation, though he subsequently violated his probation when he was arrested for assualt. In 1997, he served six months at the Wayside Honor Rancho Prison for receiving stolen property, and was convicted of lewd and lascivious behavior in 2002. In 2005 he was living in a house on Mariano Street with his roommate, Bill Burkhart. In May of 2005, Roland was hit and killed by Stoddard on the Highway 118 entrance ramp.
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