With the arrest of a suspected gang member -- Dead Man Inc. -- Anne Arundel County police have acknowledged that a gang dispute was at the heart of an attack in the May death of 14-year-old Christopher Jones.

The suspect, seen here, was identified as Jonathan Richard Myers, 22, charged with several arson counts and reckless endangerment.

While there is no evidence that Christopher was in a gang -- in fact his parents took him out of one school and put him in another to get him away from gangs that were harassing him -- it appears he was attacked anyway. Police say he was beaten while riding his bicycle and then fell and hit his head. Authorities have charged two in his death.

What is most disturbing about this case is that two rival gangs, whose members started out playing sports together, split and became criminal enterprises, may have been involved in Christoper's death, only to have that be avenged by yet another group, Dead Man Inc., a white-hate group that started in Maryland prisons and is now nationwide.

The History Channel's Gangland recently profiled the group in chilling detail. Anne Arundel Police said one member, who apparently has tried to get out of the gang, and others firebombed an Odenton townhouse they thought was owned by people connected to Christopher's death. Police say they got the wrong house.

It takes a long time for authorities to admit they have gangs, but this case solidifies it in Anne Arundel County. It's even more frightening that the gangs -- the New Threat and the Eastside Diamonds -- are now warring over a kid who wasn't even a part of them. And just when does a neighborhood group become a full-fledged gang?

Here is the statement from Anne Arundel County Police: