William "Billy Blitzkrieg" Burkhart ( b. 1967) was a member of the Chatsworth Eights, a resident of Los Angeles, and a one-time neighbor of Sam Weiss. Burkhart was arrested on 26 January 1988 for vandalizing a synagogue and served five months at Wayside Honor Rancho Prison. Richard Ross was also involved in the hate crime but he avoided prosecution due to a backroom deal engineered by Irvin Irving. Burkhart took the fall alone. He was released on 1 July 1988 and served five years of probation, remaining clean from 1989 onward.