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France Paralyzed By Protesting Bikers: Despite pouring rain,
nearly 100,000 angry motorcyclists brought every major city in
France to a standstill in protest of unfair proposals including
requiring every rider to wear a fluorescent yellow high visibility
vest, banning traffic filtering (lane splitting), & increasing the size
of motorcycle registration plates. Organized by the Federation
Francaise des Motards en Colere (FFMC – French Federation of
Angry Bikers) through its highly efficient network of regional &
local offices, Paris alone saw more than 15,000 bikers blocking
the heart of the capital, with thousands more paralyzing dozens of
cities across the country for hours with demonstrations against the
French Gov’t & interior minister Claude Guéant for their antimotorcycle
policies & proposals. “Bikers in France are just fed
up with Guéant’s stupid proposals & his ‘I can’t see you, I can’t
hear you’ attitude, to the extent that almost 100,000 of them have
today stood up against their Gov’t & paralyzed the whole nation,”
reported www.ukfrancebikers.com ... In response to the largest
motorcycle protest in France’s history, road safety director
Michèle Merli said on national radio that bikers misunderstood
the proposed obligation to wear a high visibility vest but would
rather propose to riders that they wear a little yellow strap around
their arm so that they can be better seen by motorists. UK France
bikers.com says they believe that “it is not the bikers who have
misunderstood the latest Govt’s proposals but rather the French
Gov’t who continue to severely misunderstand & under-estimate
the safety of riders.”
Congress Considers Alcohol Prohibition: Recognizing that
higher levels of ethanol in gasoline can cause engine damage &
void warranties for motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles & many other
small gas-powered motors, U.S. Rep Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
has introduced H.R. 748 to prohibit the EPA from authorizing the
use of gasoline containing greater than 10% ethanol. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency recently approved E15,
gasoline containing 15% alcohol, for use in 2001 or newer cars &
light duty trucks, though most on- or off-highway motorcycles &
all ATVs are not approved for its use, & using the hotter-burning
fuel could void the manufacturer’s warranty. Motorcyclists
should be concerned about the availability of compatible fuel
supplies if gas stations primarily provide E15 gasoline for the
majority of their customers, & riders are urged to contact their
Congressional Representative to support H.R. 748.
Federal Efforts To Halt “Lead Law”: Congressman Denny
Rehberg (R-MT) successfully inserted language into an
appropriations bill on June 17 to prevent the Gov’t from using Fed
funds to enforce a ban on the sale of kids’ dirtbikes & ATVs due
to the lead content of certain components. A so-called “Lead
Law” was passed by Congress in 2008 to protect children from
the toxic metal typically contained in cheap imported toys, but the
sales ban has also been enforced by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission against youth-sized cycles which contain lead in
certain components like batteries & brakes. If passed with the
Rehberg language intact, the Fed funding measure would prohibit
the CPSC from using money to enforce lead-content limits on offhighway
vehicles intended for sale to children 12 & under. In
other developments in opposition to the “lead law”, a key
Congressional subcommittee has approved a bill to exempt
dirtbike & ATV battery terminals & other lead-content parts from
the CPSC enforcement, voting on May 12 to send the Enhancing
CPSC Authority & Discretion Act on to the full Committee on
Energy & Commerce for further consideration.
North Carolina Prohibits Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints: “HB
381 an Act to Prevent Law Enforcement Agencies from
establishing patterns for vehicle stops at checking stations based
on a particular type of vehicle is now Session Law 2011-216,”
reports Doc Ski, legislative director for CBA/ABATE of North
Carolina & a member of the National Coalition of Motorcyclists
Legislative Task Force (NCOM-LTF). The legislation passed
unanimously through both houses of the legislature, & was signed
into law on June 23 by Governor Beverly Perdue, making North
Carolina the second state in a month behind New Hampshire to
enact such laws in response to NHTSA funding of motorcycleonly
checkpoints to stop motorcyclists en route to major biker
events to check equipment & paperwork. This bill, sponsored by
Rep. John A. Torbett (R-Stanley), provides that a vehicle
checkpoint pattern designated by a law enforcement agency shall
not be based on a particular vehicle type & must include all types
of vehicles, but does not restrict any other type of checkpoint or
roadblock which is otherwise lawful. In addition to preventing
motorcycle-only roadblocks, Governor Perdue also signed HB
113 to increase the minimum penalties for violating the right of
way of a motorcyclist. The previous fine for this infraction was a
mere $25, but this bill sponsored by Rep. Ric Killian (R-Raleigh)
calls for a $200 fine for a driver who causes a motorcyclist to
leave his travel lane. The fine is increased to $500 if there is
property damage or personal injury sustained from this violation.
States Green-Light Red-Light Laws: Motorcyclists in a growing
number of states are being allowed to go through red lights when
sensors aren’t able to detect they are there. Effective July 1,
Virginia became the tenth state since 2002 to give motorcyclists
license to proceed with caution after stopping when the device
that causes the light to change from red to green doesn’t activate,
while a similar bill in Illinois sits on the governor’s desk awaiting
his signature. HB 1981 by Virginia State Delegate Thomas A.
Greason (R-Potomac Falls) allows riders of motorcycles, mopeds
& bicycles to treat red lights as stop signs provided they come to a
complete stop for 2 cycles of the light before proceeding with due
care when safe to do so. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has until
August 29 to sign or veto HB 2860 by Rep. Dan Beiser (D-Alton)
which would permit motorcycle operators to proceed through a
steady red signal that fails to change to green within a “reasonable
period of time”. In order to garner support for the measure, the
city of Chicago was exempted from the proposed new law.
Kansas also recently passed a “dead red” law that allows
motorcyclists to run inoperable red lights without risking a ticket,
& similar legislation has passed in Minnesota (2002), Tennessee
(2003), Arkansas (2005), Idaho (2006), Wisconsin (2006), North
Carolina (2007), South Carolina (2008), & Missouri (2008).
Texas & California have addressed the problem by passing laws
to require stoplights to be fitted with sensors that can detect
motorcycles.
Pennsylvania Okays Sunday Bike Sales: Governor Tom Corbett
marked the midpoint of the 2011 legislative session in July by
signing dozens of new laws, including legislation allowing
Sunday sales for motorcycle dealers. Effective in sixty days,
licensed Pennsylvania motorcycle dealers will be allowed to sell,
buy or trade bikes on Sunday. Current law allows the sale of

motorcycle parts & other merchandise on Sunday, but not bikes.
SB 419 is designed to give Pennsylvania dealers a level playing
field with neighboring states that allow Sunday sales. Supporters
have said sales have fallen in southeast Pennsylvania stores &
have grown in New Jersey & Maryland since Sunday sales began
recently in those states.
H-D Automobile License Plate Debuts in Wisconsin: The firstever
Harley-Davidson license plate for automobiles is now
available to Wisconsin drivers to help fund safety initiatives. The
new license plate is the first & only H-D branded plate available
anywhere in the United States, & it is only being offered in
Wisconsin -- the birthplace of H-D. H-D Motor Company is
partnering with the Wisconsin Dept of Transportation to make the
H-D/Share the Road plates available for automobiles, light trucks
& motor homes as of April 13, 2011. The cost of the plates will
include a $15 issuance fee, & an annual $25 donation that will
help support safety initiatives throughout the state. The car-size
license plate was designed in collaboration with the H-D Motor
Company Styling Team. The words “Share the Road” are
displayed to emphasize the importance of motorcycle safety.
Delaware Governor Vetoes Helmet Law Repeal: Governor Jack
Markell has vetoed HB 95 which would have repealed the
requirement that persons operating a motorcycle in Delaware
carry a safety helmet. Since 1978 when the state repealed their
mandatory helmet law, Delaware has one of the most unique
helmet laws on the books by requiring riders to have a helmet in
their possession on the bike, but not requiring those over 18 to
actually wear one. Even as Delaware riders hear of their
governor’s decision, all eyes are on Michigan where a bill to
repeal their 42-year old helmet law appears destined for their
governor’s desk, where its fate is no more certain. The Michigan
Senate recently voted 24-14 to approve a measure that would
allow motorcyclists 21 or older to go lidless if they have been
licensed to operate a motorcycle for at least 2 years or have
passed a safety course, though ABATE of Michigan opposes an
amendment requiring $100,000.00 in medical coverage to ride
without a helmet, calling it excessive & noting that many
insurance companies don’t offer such coverage, & if they did the
cost would be prohibitive. ABATE says they will fight to have
the insurance requirement removed as the bill moves through the
house, but though republican Gov Rick Snyder remains
noncommittal he has hinted to the Detroit News that he’s willing
to consider the elimination of Michigan’s motorcycle helmet law
in the context of general auto insurance reforms that he’s
preparing to propose to lawmakers. 3 previous attempts to repeal
the helmet law have been vetoed by prior govs, twice by Snyder’s
immediate predecessor democratic gov Jennifer Granholm.
Judge Upholds Patch-Holders Rights: “A Fed judge has rejected
an unprecedented bid by the U.S. Gov’t to seek control of a
gang’s name & its identity - via its logo - through a court order in
a case involving the notorious Mongols motorcycle club,”
according to the Associated Press report regarding an eight-page
ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Otis Wright, II who wrote on
June 28, 2011 that he must “regrettably” rule in favor of the
Mongols because the group itself was not named in a 2008
racketeering indictment. To summarize the Court’s findings, Aid
to Injured Motorcyclists Atty Boyd Spencer of Pennsylvania
wrote: Since the Mongols NC was never indicted, much less ever
convicted of any criminal act, then the criminal forfeiture of the
trademark owned by the Mongols Nation was in total error. The
Mongols MC, or Mongol Nation, owned the trademark of the club
colors since 1969. Any assignment made by any member of the
club to himself or any other individual was void. This is because
the trademark was a collective membership mark which can only
be owned by the organization for which the Mark stands. Only the
Mongols Club, or Mongols Nation could have a property interest
or own the patch, colors, or trademark for the patch or colors.
Since the Mongols were not indicted in the criminal action, the
property of anyone other than the defendants in a criminal action,
cannot have their personal property forfeited. This order, & the
prior litigation that led up to this order, is a victory for the rights
of motorcycle clubs to own, display, & fly their colors, without
forfeiture by the Govt.
Quotable Quote: “What lies behind us & what lies before us are
tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” - Ralph Waldo
Emerson (1803-1882) American Poet & Philosopher
It’s Brotherhood
Written by: I.H.M.C. hangaround Repeat L.E.C.I. Ohio
It’s Brotherhood
What is given but cannot be Bought?
Fools may seek it, but in vain it’s Sought
Some can’t give it, cause they didn’t have the Heart too.
It’s Brotherhood
If you are needed you are There
You come because you Care
Your Brother’s burden to take a Share
It’s Brotherhood
The Symbol of this Love we Share
We Proudly show because we Dare
It’s the Colors on our backs We Wear
It’s Brotherhood
You’ve got your Patch, you’re a Member Now
But you still have along way to Go
In Order to Remain a Brother
You have to be one you Know
It’s Brotherhood
The Rules are Strict and a little Tough
And we all have to Toe the Line
We all went through what’s ahead of You
And we all made it through just Fine
It’s Brotherhood
If you’re ever called upon for Help
Or if a Brother needs a Hand
You better Rise and Volunteer
And don’t be the Last to Stand
Without your Brothers, you have Nothing
It’s Brotherhood
When all is said and Done
The only way to have those Brothers
Is just by merely being One
To show Respect, Loyalty, Honor, Love
It’s our Lifestyle, our Rules, our Way, our Brothers
It’s Brotherhood
After experiencing the discomfort & embarrassment of a
prostate test on the National Health Service, a guy decided to have
his next test carried out while visiting in San Francisco where the
beautiful nurses are more gentle & accommodating. He lay
naked on his side on the table, & the nurse began the examination.
“Don’t worry, at this stage of the procedure it’s quite normal to
get an erection,” said the nurse. “I haven’t got an erection,” said
the man. “No, but I have.” replied the nurse.
Moral: Don’t have this procedure done in San Francisco!

Editor’s Note: It is too hard to keep up with counts, But for your
info here are the Clubs that are getting the Brothers Behind Bars
Newsletter (62 Clubs): Avengers, Bandidos, Banshees, Barons,
Black Pistons, Boozefighters, BPM, Breed, Brother Speed,
Damned Deacon, Death Squad, Derelicts, Devils Diciples,
Diablos, El Forastero, Finks, Fly-In-Wheels, Forsaken Few, Free
Souls, Galloping Goose, Ghost Riders, Grim Reapers, Gypsy
Joker, Hells Angels, Hells Outcasts, Hermanos, Hessians,
Hidalgo’s, Highwaymen, In Country Vietnam, Iron Horsemen,
Invaders, Iron Wings, Iron Mustangs, Liberty Riders, Long
Riders, Misfits, Mohawk Valley Riders, Mongols, Nomads,
Outlaws, Pagan’s, Phantom’s, Pharoahs, Reapers, Renegades,
Sadistics, Sacramaniacs, Satans Soldiers, Scorpions, Set Free
Soldiers, Sons Of Silence, Sovereign, Sundowners, Thunderbirds,
Unforegiven, Vagos, Vietnam Vets / Legacy Vets, Y-Rohirrin,
Warlocks Pa, Warlocks, And Winos Crew… With newsletters
going to Australia, Canada, England, France, Finland, Germany,
Norway, Sweden, & Wales…
St. Louis indictment accuses motorcycle club members of
murder, other crimes – July 13, 2011 – Missouri – By Robert
Patrick; www.STLToday.com - Eighteen current or former
members of a national motorcycle gang have been indicted on Fed
racketeering charges & accused of a series of murders, drug sales
& other crimes. Three others face gun charges here & in Chicago,
& 18 of the 21 have been arrested, U.S. Attorney Richard
Callahan said Tuesday. The 40-page indictment unsealed here
Tuesday called the gang Wheels of Soul a “criminal organization”
& details a laundry list of crimes primarily spawned by feuds with
rival clubs such as Outkast, Sin City & Hell’s Lovers. Those
indicted with area ties are St. Louis chapter president Dominic
Henley, 33, of St. Louis; former chapter vice president Lawrence
Pinkston, 42; former chapter secretary Norman Vick, 44, of north
St. Louis County; club member Timothy Balle, 58, of St. Louis; &
Sean Jackson, 42, of St. Louis, described as a former enforcer.
Callahan said that 6 defendants were arrested in Chicago, 3 in
Youngstown, Ohio, 3 in Denver, one in Milwaukee & one in
Philadelphia, where the club is based. It has hundreds of members
in 20 chapters nationwide, authorities said. Callahan said that the
investigation started in the St. Louis area, then “got legs & the
legs took us around the country.” Prosecutors quote frequently,
& explicitly, from club meetings in St. Louis & elsewhere,
suggesting that investigators either had inside information or were
recording those meetings. In one meeting in May 2009, members
were told to be armed at all times & that they should retaliate for a
threat by robbing rivals of their “colors,” meaning the patch
identifying their club affiliation, by “any means necessary.”
Wheels of Soul members wear a patch featuring a winged wheel.
In a July 2009 meeting, members were told that it was “open
season” on rival clubs the Sin City Desciples & the Sin City
Titans, & the chapter president told a recently disciplined member
that he could earn back his colors by killing the head of the
Desciples, the indictment says. The next month, 2 Wheels of Soul
members, Balle & Henley, robbed 2 members of the STL Riders
club of their colors at gunpoint, the indictment says. (Riders is
spelled in other court documents as Ryderz.) Five days later
Balle, Henley & Pinkston were involved in a shooting in which a
Sin City Titans member was killed, the indictment said. That
incident appears to match the killing of Kelvin Berry, 35, of the
8800 block of Blewett Avenue in St. Louis, about 2:30 a.m.
outside a club in the 7800 block of North Broadway. Police said 2
other men, 31, & 56, were wounded. At an Oct. 3, 2009, meeting,
Midwest regional president Myron Farris talked to members about
the need to raise money for members facing criminal charges. “Do
you know how many (expletive) murders we have on our hands?”
Farris asked, according to the indictment. Farris was later fatally
shot in Chicago. Callahan would not comment on whether
investigators used wiretaps, recording devices or informants to
make the case. But he did acknowledge that law enforcement
prevented planned attacks. The indictment says that 6 Wheels of
Soul members planned to shoot & kill members of a rival bike
gang, Outkast, at a dance in East St. Louis but called it off when
they spotted local & Fed law enforcement nearby. A Wheels of
Soul member was apparently overheard telling another in Feb that
he was headed to Chicago with a “present.” That present, the
indictment says, was a pipe bomb meant for the Hell’s Lovers
gang, but the member was caught by police 3 days later with
explosives & a stolen pistol. The indictment also accuses
members of drug sales, a murder & another shooting in Chicago, a
shooting in Gary, Ind., a drive-by shooting at a Hell’s Lovers
property in Denver & a shooting at a party in Marion, Ohio, in
March that wounded three. Balle & Henley face robbery & armed
criminal action charges in St. Louis stemming from the 2009
incident with the STL Riders. Balle’s public defender declined to
comment on the case. Henley’s did not return a call seeking
comment. The others do not appear to yet have attorneys,
according to court documents.
Featured In Film: Randall Wilson, a documentary filmmaker
from Los Angeles, spent 8 weeks in Philadelphia with the Wheels
of Soul filming a documentary about them. Wilson said he wasn’t
surprised by the indictment, although he didn’t know any of the
men charged. “It’s a hard & violent world they live in,” Wilson
said. “I’ve never seen an outlaw like that shy away from
anything.” Wilson’s documentary, which aired in 2005 on PBS,
offered this description of the club: “These bikers do not push
drugs, terrorize small towns or lie in wait for little old ladies.
Instead, they terrorize pushers, pimps & gang members who
plague their inner city neighborhoods.” The club is also described
as the only racially mixed outlaw motorcycle club. He said the
group had been praised by some local police officers for
maintaining control in bad neighborhoods. “They were old
school,” Wilson said. “It was in the worst part of Phily you could
imagine. They were really concerned about their neighborhood.”
A young couple returns for a date, he is dropping her off at
home they walk to the porch, as he gives her a goodnight kiss. He
leans over her & puts his hand on the wall & asks her “baby, how
about a blow job” she replies No my folks are home we will get
caught he says come on baby, everybody is in bed, we won’t get
caught come on darling give me some head...she still refuses by
saying No Somebody Might Catch us! But He ain’t giving up on
come on baby Please, We won’t get caught I’ll keep watch Come
on... ...this go back & forth for about 5 minutes all of the sudden
the porch light comes on, The Front Door opens & the little sister
comes walking out on the porch, With a Very annoyed look on
her Face eyes half open Hair all messed up from sleeping, &
says... “Dad Sent me out here to blow him”...the older sister says
What on Earth Do you Mean? The little sister says Look Dad
came & woke me up & says either “You Blow the man, I Blow
him or Mom has to come out here & blow him He doesn’t Give A
fuck Who Just Somebody Give The Man A Fucking Blow Job..
And by the way Dad Also says when He gets one of us to give
you a Blow Job... To take your God Damn hand off the Fucking
Intercom Button & go home so He can get back to Sleep!
We were sent here to drain the swamp, not to get along with the
alligators. - Ronald Reagan

Hells Angels considered buying strip club – July 13, 2011 –
Canada – By www.CBC.ca - The Hells Angels biker gang was
interested in purchasing a Fredericton strip club before the city
decided to buy it this week, according to a counselor. Coun.
Stephen Chase, the chairman of the city’s development
committee, said on Wed the police informed city council of the
biker gang’s interest in the North Star Sports Bar. “They may
already own property here, they or people like them, may already
own property. But to carry out the kinds of activities they might
have carried out in this location that is something we can control,”
Chase said. The city councillor said the police highlighted the
potential sale to the biker gang as a “potential problem.”
However, Chase said the idea of the Hells Angels buying the bar
was not the driving force behind the deal. “It is a factor but I
think the purchase stands on its own merits. The need to develop
that area. The Union Street area is in need of development,” he
said. The North Star Sports Bar was assessed at $364,900 by
Service New Brunswick, but the city is paying $500,000 for the
bar & some additional property. Chase said city staff are
confident the property, which currently generates $7,000 in tax
revenue, can be flipped to a new developer “in the very near
future.” “We can easily generate 10 times that,” Chase said.
Chase said he is confident once the building is torn down
someone will want to buy the site to build new housing. The
city’s development plan calls for more residential units in that
area & a few developers have expressed interest. Ken Flinn, the
bar’s previous owner, died last fall. It was passed on to 5 of his
children. Krystal Dawson-Wedge, a daughter of the former
owner, said the family was content to sell.
Man who wore gang colours to bar pleads to cocaine charge –
July 15, 2011 – Canada – By www.BrandonSun.com - A
Brandon man who wore Hells Angels attire to a city bar has
earned a lecture from a provincial court judge. Defence lawyer
Philip Sieklicki told court that his client, Tyler Daniel Collette,
considers the Hells Angels a motorcycle club.
Bikers Continue to Defy Stereotypes – July 16, 2011 – Oregon
– By Tim King; http://Salem-News.com - Thousands of
Americans returning home from World War Two, who fought for
their own lives & those of others; men who won the war of all
wars... found life in the U.S. sluggish after being in such a violent
event. A large number suffered from advanced cases of what we
now know as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) & that
created myriad problems for individuals trying to reintegrate into
a society that is very, very different from what they came to know
in Europe & the islands of the South Pacific. Clark Gable, the
actor, is one example of the men who turned to H-D after WWII.
This is the basis of the American biker movement, & don’t let
anyone tell you otherwise. In Oregon, like other places, clubs
exist & constantly absorb grief from police & authorities, even
business owners. I contend that if most of these individuals knew
the bikers they discriminate against, they would feel differently
about it. A large percentage of club members have never been
arrested in their entire lives. Almost every club today has mutual
association with other clubs. This is where the dividing line comes
into play. Police & anti-biker types in other aspects of Gov’t,
cannot stand biker unity. I’m not sure if the acceptance of peace
among clubs threatens their job security or just what it is, but it is
the case. There are officers & deputies & troopers who treat
bikers with respect, but there are not enough. Those who seek to
ban motorcycle club membership & restrict the rights of riders,
suggest, with the media frequently parroting their lines, that clubs
are ‘rivals’ & pose danger toward one another & consequently,
the public. While there is truth to this if you go out of your way
& look for it, it amounts to very little. Police agencies have
rivalries too & when their egos get in the way the public, who
expect police to serve them, suffers. In my time as a reporter
which is well more than 20 years, I have never covered a story
where a biker threatened or assaulted a member of the public, or
police for that matter. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, or hasn’t
happened, but I have covered every type of story from LA to
Baghdad & I’ve yet to see it. With the reputation bikers have
inadvertently earned, there does seem to be a conspicuously
missing trail of bodies. Instead you find things like Christmas Toy
Runs to benefit kids, & if you really pay attention, you might
know about the time last year when members from several clubs
simultaenously responded to a house fire, calling 911, evacuating
residents, & actually battling the fire to the point that it was
mostly out when fire teams arrived. Media doesn’t report this,
(we did) & they also overlook the fact that one of the supposedly
‘dreaded’ & bar-banned clubs has 100% firefighter membership.
It is the public who loses, because most would love the positive
stories about bikers that the newspapers & TV stations overlook.
In order to vilify one local MC club, police cite a murder from the
1960’s. I have news for you, there isn’t a group or culture or club
in existence that hasn’t run awry of the law. There is however, a
history of police harassment, prejudice & legal discrimination that
needs to end. Bonnie & I have been honored not once recently,
but twice by the biker community. The first instance was
receiving the Oregon Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs
November 2010 ‘Excellence in Journalism Award’ in Portland in
November, 2010. Then in May, we were flown to Albuquerque,
New Mexico where we received the 2011 Silver Spoke Media
award at the National Coalition of Motorcyclists Convention.
Then this week, we were honored again by the gathering of local
clubs during a special event during which the main photo above,
was taken. For those who don’t know, this team of reporters at
Salem-News.com has a strong military veteran presence, & one of
the subjects we have covered consistently since going online in
2004, is PTSD. The importance of dealing with this war-induced
condition cannot be overstated. I wish people in this country could
grasp the connection. Not all bikers are veterans but most are.
Some clubs are exclusively for veterans, while others have
veterans comprising 80% or more of their membership.
Considering how bike clubs started after a great world conflict, all
over the world for that matter, it isn’t surprising that their unity
today is a major tool in helping members live with & deal with
this associated post traumatic disorder of war. We should be glad
for this support system & in turn, offer our support toward these
fellow Americans who are often the most solid individuals any of
us are likely to meet. Remember ‘Support the Troops’, well this
is an extension of that same thinking. It is not illegal to ride a
motorcycle, it is not illegal to be part of a club, & above all it is
un-American to judge a group at large for the acts of a few.
Salem-News.com is recognized again for our fair position toward
motorcyclists & clubs.
The man said to the dentist, “Doc, I’m in one heck of a deer
hunter hurry. I have 2 buddies sitting out in my truck waiting for
us to go deer hunting, so forget about the anesthetic, I don’t have
time for the gums to get numb. I just want you to pull the tooth, &
be done with it! We have our feeders set to go off in thirty
minutes. I don’t have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!’
The dentist thought to himself, “My goodness, this is surely a very
brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything
to kill the pain.” So the dentist asks him, “Which tooth is it sir?”
The man turned to his wife & said, “Open your mouth Honey, &
show him.”

Barbed biker bunker passes muster – July 16, 2011 – Ontario,
Canada – By Matthew Van Dongen; www.TheSpec.com - The
new Hells Angels clubhouse doesn’t run afoul of Hamilton’s so
called “motorcycle gang headquarters bylaw.” Bylaw
enforcement officers toured the converted tavern at 105 Beach
Rd. at the end of June to determine if the new biker hangout was
“overly fortified,” said building inspections manager John Lane.
The city’s new fortifications bylaw forbids homeowners from
installing security infrastructure heavy enough to keep fire, police
& paramedics at bay during an emergency. “There are no
violations,” Lane said. “We kept the (investigation) file open for a
little while to observe, but the file is now closed.” The former
Gage Tavern does boast a tall, barbed-wire fence & gate, &
surveillance cameras. But Lane said those security measures are
permitted under zoning bylaws in that part of the city. The
findings match up with what Hells Angels members told The
Spectator in June, a week or so after the controversial biker club
moved into the building. James (Bubbs) Sherwood called the
cameras & bricked-in windows “pre-existing” building features.
He also noted the clubhouse isn’t the only nearby building with
security fences & barred windows. The fortifications bylaw was
passed on the heels of a late-2009 police raid on the club’s former
home at 269 Lottridge St. That bunker-like fortress featured
remote-controlled surveillance cameras, concrete pillars, barbedwire
fencing & bricked-up windows. Police got in by blowing a
hole in the side of the building with explosives. The Lottridge
property was seized by police & has since been put up for sale, &
the city had planned a June property standards investigation for
the building. City spokesperson Debbie Spence said Thursday no
investigation update was available.
Laconia chapter slated to host Hells Angels World Run this
month – July 17, 2011 – New Hampshire - By Paula Tracy;
www.UnionLeader.com - The center of the world for the Hells
Angels MC will be at 65 Fillmore Road from July 27 to 31, when
members from 29 countries are expected at the World Run. P.
Scott Bratton, attorney for the New Hampshire chapters of the
Hells Angels, said about 2,000 bikers are expected to come with
their families to stay by the lake. City officials said a loud
speaker permit has been obtained for the Laconia chapter’s
headquarters at the end of Fillmore Road, a dead-end off White
Oaks Road & not far from the beach. A permit for use of public
property has not been sought, officials said. Laconia Police Chief
Christopher A. Adams said the World Run was held in Laconia in
2003 without incident. “It was uneventful,” he said, adding that
it was a particularly wet & cold week. Adams doesn’t expect
members of different motorcycle clubs to try to crash the
upcoming party. “It would be pretty silly, but you never know.
We have operations in place & help of Fed & state authorities”
who have intelligence on the criminal aspect of the club, its rivals
& outside threats. Police Capt. Steve Clarke is in charge of
keeping tabs on the World Run. He has many years’ experience
dealing with the Hells Angels clubs, which have recognized
chapters in Manchester & Laconia. The Dept has been in touch
with Bratton — a longtime attorney for the club with offices in
Nashua & Lowell, Mass. — & has let the organization know what
is expected. “I believe in open communication & have let them
know in advance what we would like to see, & I don’t anticipate it
as a problem,” Adams said. Adams was recently sworn in as the
city’s chief, but has been a member of the Dept since 1994.
According to the its website, the club was founded in 1948. Its
motto is: “What we do right, nobody remembers. What we do
wrong, nobody forgets.” Most members own & ride H-D
motorcycles. The club has more than 100 chapters, including 34
in Canada. There are more members per capita in Canada than in
the United States, which has 20 chapters. Countries expected to
be represented at the event include Germany, England, the
Netherlands & Australia. Many have come to the Lakes Region
in years past for Bike Week, which is considered a Hells Angels
event, where rivals of the group are not welcome wearing their
“colors” or insignias. Hells Angels members, however, do wear
their “colors,” with rockers identifying their chapter or
nationality. There has been no trouble with Hells Angels
members at recent Bike Week events, with the various chapters
having their own vending booths & selling T-shirts & other gifts
& collectibles to fellow bikers. In a statement, Bratton
emphasized the World Run is about tourism & that it will have a
positive financial impact on the region.
Hells Angels party without incident – July 17, 2011 – British
Columbia, Canada – By www.CastaNet.net - Despite a large
number of Hells Angels in the neighborhood, it has been a quiet
weekend in Kelowna. The motorcycle gang was reportedly
celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Kelowna Chapter. Under
the watchful eye of the RCMP, the bikers partied at the Chinook
& Oasis Motels on Gordon Drive. Any vantage point which
might have offered a glimpse into their party headquarters was
swaddled in tarps & all entrances were closely monitored.
“Everything has gone as they typically do - without major
incident,” says Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Sgt
Shinder Kirk. “Nothing untoward has been reported to me.” The
CFSEU oversees the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Enforcement &
Intelligence Unit & the Uniformed Gang Task Force.
Hells Angels bikie Samir Jouayde marries long-time love
Susie Arida – July 17, 2011 – Australia – By Jesse Phillips;
www.DailyTelegraph.com.au - He came close to spending his
special day behind bars - but an 11th-hour reprieve saw Hells
Angels biker Samir Jouayde celebrate his wedding with his longtime
lover Susie Arida. Dressed in his bikie gang colours but with
a Nomads logo on the front, Jouayde danced the night away with
his bride at a lavish bash in Lidcombe - featuring hip-hop artists, a
magician & a Lebanese rock band. “It’s party time,” said
Jouayde, flanked by members of the Parramatta chapter of the
Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. But his celebration last
night with 300 guests almost didn’t happen. Jouayde & 4 of his
Hells Angels associates were arrested last week & charged over
the alleged theft of 4 luxury cars & an attempt to extort $120,000
from Terry Mullens, owner of a luxury Burwood car dealership.
The cars were taken on Thu, July 7, but in a bizarre turn of events
were returned undamaged 26 hours later. The gangs squad
arrested Jouayde & 4 others last Monday. Initially refused bail,
& set to miss his $32,000 wedding, Jouayde’s barrister made a
successful last-ditch appeal on Friday which saw the bikie
released under strict curfew. He said sitting in a cell thinking he
was going to miss his wedding “was a bit nerve-racking”. His
bail condition means he is under house arrest between 8pm & 8am
but last night was allowed out until 2am for his wedding. Jouayde
granted The Sunday Telegraph exclusive access to the event at the
New Westella Reception Centre, Lidcombe “Just make sure you
write good things & tell people how nice we are,” Jouayde said.
He laughed when asked what he thought of his barrister, George
Thomas, who said: “What I can’t understand is why a fellow
would want to get out of jail to get married, which is like a life
sentence anyway.” “He’s funny like that, always joking around,”
he said. “It’s a life sentence I’m happy to serve.” The bride said
she was nervous the wedding would not go ahead.
Dream like you’ll live forever... Live like you’ll die tomorrow!!

Hells Angels ‘well behaved’ – July 18, 2011 – Ontario, Canada
– By Kristie Pearce; www.WindsorStar.com - Major police
presence for biker party… It was Hells Angels on one side of
the street & police on the other, with stone-cold glares directed
across the asphalt. The bikers were in the region on the weekend
to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their establishment in Ontario.
They convened at their Amherstburg clubhouse in the 7800 block
of Howard Avenue, just south of County Road 8. About 8
leather-clad bikers sat at a wooden picnic table Saturday on the
edge of the driveway. They were guarding the entrance to the
party which was surrounded by a black cloth-covered fence. A
dozen police stood across the road, occasionally snapping photos
of party goers who entered or exited. “If we weren’t here we
don’t know what these guys would be up to,” said Det. Sgt. Len
Isnor of the OPP’s Biker Enforcement Unit, which had a police
command post & OPP helicopter located close to the biker
compound. As part of a joint forces effort, officers from the Biker
Enforcement Unit, Essex County OPP & Windsor, Amherstburg
& LaSalle police services joined to patrol downtown Windsor &
hotels the bikers were staying. Officers took turns monitoring the
clubhouse over the weekend. “The Hells Angels are a criminal
organization, we’ve proved that in courts many times,” Isnor said.
“We have lots of evidence to back that up & our presence here is
to keep the community safe.” Ray, a neighbour to the clubhouse
who didn’t want his full name published, said in the 10 years the
bikers have been there he’s never had a problem. “They’ve got a
bad rep as far as I’m concerned,” Ray said. “They all work just
like you & me.” Ray said some of the bikers he’s got to know
are millwrights & work in construction. Ray sat in his backyard
Friday night drinking a beer & said he enjoyed the loud music
blasting from the clubhouse. “They’re good neighbours,” Ray
said. “I always got along with them.” When approached, Hells
Angels members declined to coment. Police set up outside of the
clubhouse Thursday afternoon & stayed until Sunday evening
when they felt most of the Hells Angels had left the city, Isnor
said. Isnor said there are about 7 Hells Angels members who live
in Windsor & estimated more than 160 members from across
Canada attended the event. Though the main priority of the heavy
surveillance is public safety, Isnor said the police use the event as
an opportunity to collect intelligence. Isnor said the bikers were
“well behaved” over the weekend, which ended without any
major incidents. However, police laid several charges under the
Highway Traffic Act for vehicle permits & unsafe motor
equipment, such as bike handlebars that were too high.
Hells Angels leader accused of traffic assault against fellow
member - July 19, 2011 – Colorado - By Sharon Dunn;
www.GreeleyTribune.com - An apparent dispute over an
Evergreen man’s wish to drop his affiliation with the Hells Angels
MC came close to becoming deadly last week. A Denver man is
now facing felony menacing charges after an arrest for allegations
that he tried to run down a member of his motorcycle gang with a
truck for quitting the group. Todd Allan Zahn, 37, of Denver, &
the apparent president of the Nomads/Hells Angels chapter,
posted a $20,000 bond to get out of jail after his July 12 arrest in
which fellow club member Donald Dilling, 52, accused the man
of trying to run him down. “Dilling believes that the motivation
for this action is that Zahn was going to attempt to forcibly
remove a Hells Angels’ tattoo on his chest & then murder him,”
the affidavit stated. An Erie police officer driving on Colo. 66
near Weld County Road 17 west of Platteville said he saw a black
truck blocking westbound traffic & a man on a motorcycle who
appeared to be trying to get away from the truck. The officer
stopped to determine the problem. Dilling, according to a Weld
Sheriff’s Office affidavit, told the officer Zahn was trying to
assault him with his truck, & Zahn sped off. The officer stopped
him & waited for a Weld sheriff’s deputy to arrive. Dilling said
he was driving his motorcycle west on Colo. 66 when Zahn pulled
up alongside him & began shouting at him. “Zahn is the Pres of
the local Nomads/Hells Angels chapter & is upset at Dilling
because he has decided to leave the Hells Angels MC,” the
affidavit states. “Dilling said Zahn attempted to ‘force him off the
road.’” Dilling told the officers he avoided a collision by running
into weeds on the side of the road. Zahn has a long history of
driving infractions & was convicted in 2006 for being a previous
offender in possession of a weapon. He received 18 months
probation & 120 hours of community service. Zahn & Dilling
both were part of a group of Hells Angels motorcycle members
who in 2007 sued the Mountain View P.D., as well as the city &
county of Denver, for an unlawful traffic stop in 2005. A
Mountain View officer stopped the group of 11 motorcyclists as
they rode in formation in Denver, according to the group’s
lawsuit. The group was held at gunpoint & handcuffed during the
stop, in which dozens of officers participated, including the
Denver SWAT team & a police helicopter. The lawsuit was
eventually dismissed when the parties settled out of court.
Former Santa Clara cop goes on trial in Fed court – July 19,
2011 – California - By Howard Mintz; www.MercuryNews.com -
For Clay Rojas, it has been a long, hard fall from being a Santa
Clara police officer & former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq
to a disgraced ex-cop tied to a Hells Angel with a rap sheet.
Starting Tuesday, the 37-year-old Rojas will begin the process of
finding out whether that fall will ultimately land him in a Fed
prison cell. Jury selection is set to begin in Fed court in San Jose
for Rojas’ trial on charges he illegally supplied confidential law
enforcement information to a member of the Hells Angels to pay
off a debt. Lawyers are expected to then move into opening
statements in U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh’s courtroom, where
the trial is scheduled to unfold over the next 2 weeks. A Fed
grand jury last year indicted Rojas on charges that he furnished
confidential law enforcement records, such as criminal histories &
DMV records, to William “Billy” Bettencourt, a suspected
member of the Hells Angels’ Santa Cruz chapter who also faces
related criminal charges in state & Fed court. Bettencourt, with
past convictions for witness intimidation & other violent crimes,
could wind up in prison for life under the Three Strikes Law if he
is convicted in the state case. Rojas, who has pleaded not guilty,
is being tried separately. He faces at least several years in prison if
convicted in what his lawyers say is an overblown case against an
officer who made a mistake & lost his job. “The quid pro quo
was confidential information in exchange for additional time to
repay a loan owed to Bettencourt,” prosecutors wrote. “By
providing this information to Bettencourt, Rojas breached the duty
of honest services he owed the Santa Clara P.D., as well as the
citizens of Santa Clara.” In addition to Bettencourt, Rojas also is
charged in one instance with supplying confidential information
to Vivian Rodriguez, a San Jose woman connected to the biker
who also has been indicted in the case. “They’ve overplayed the
hell out of this case,” said Jensen, who often represents police
officers in trouble. “You say the words ‘Hells Angel’ in law
enforcement & they think it’s a big conspiracy.”
Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old granddaughter,
Carolyn, I got a little wistful. ‘In ten years,’ I said, ‘you’ll want to
be with your friends & you won’t go walking, biking, &
swimming with me like you do now. Carolyn shrugged. ‘In ten
years you’ll be too old to do all those things anyway.’

Finks lay claim to Coast’s party precinct – July 19, 2011 –
Australia – By Robyn Wuth; www.GoldCoast.com.au - Outlaw
motorcycle gang the Finks has been rebranded -- adding the
rocker Surfers Paradise to the club’s colours, clearly claiming
ownership of the party precinct. The move has outraged civic
leaders who said the last thing the city needed was for Surfers
Paradise to be openly associated with the notorious outlaw gang.
The club has been weakened in recent years with many senior
members behind bars, leaving Surfers Paradise ripe for takeover
& the Rebels & the Bandidos making inroads. But as members
of the so-called `terror team’ are released from jail, police believe
the Finks are ready for a show of strength. Ballroom Blitz
enforcer Nick Forbes is back at the club & fellow Fink Shane
Bowden, who taunted police while on the run, is expected to be
released this month, police say. The addition to the club’s
colours was on show at the funeral of life member Maxwell John
“Promax” Merchant this month. Any change to the colours of an
outlaw motorcycle gangs is significant. The club patches always
remain property of the club itself, not the member, & only
members are allowed to wear the club’s patches. “The change to
a club’s colours is unusual, but not unheard of,’’ said a police
spokesman. ``Some clubs add various patches when members
commit certain crimes, & of course there’s the 1 per cent which
means they operate outside the laws of society.” The Finks have
also developed a feeder club known as the 66 Support Club. The
66 represents FF -- Finks Forever -- & hangers-on to the club
have been enlisted, although they are not full members.
Two St. Louis city employees among those indicted in gang
violence – July 20, 2011 - Missouri – By Robert Patrick;
www.STLToday.com - One of the men accused last week of
being part of a murderous “outlaw” biker gang called Wheels of
Soul was once the very opposite of outlaw. Norman James
“Justice” Vick was a police officer in Berkeley for 15 years, until
2008. At the time of his arrest, he was earning $13.50 an hour as
a part-time security officer for the St. Louis marshal’s office.
Vick was one of 2 city workers among the 21 people from around
the U.S. who were indicted. The other, Lawrence “Pac” Pinkston,
42, works part time as a utility worker in the city’s forestry
division, earning $13.20 an hour. Vick, 45, was hired by the city
in Feb, after he left the Wheels of Soul. He still holds a license as
a police officer in Missouri & a license to work in the security
business in Illinois, state records show. His lawyer, John Stobbs,
said that Vick’s other part-time job is performing background
checks for a private company. Stobbs said Vick was a Berkeley
officer from 1993 to 2008 & attained the rank of sergeant. During
a court hearing Friday held to decide if Vick, Pinkston & 2 others
would be held in jail until trial, St. Louis County police
intelligence unit Detective Andria Van Mierlo said that in June
2007, Vick was outside a motorcycle club in East St. Louis when
another biker asked Vick to move so that he could park. Vick
responded by putting on brass knuckles & punching the rider in
the helmet, breaking his face shield, Van Mierlo claimed. Vick &
members of the Sin City Desciples biker gang then began hitting
& stomping the man, she said. The alleged victim then
complained about the incident to Berkeley. Van Mierlo also said
that when investigators showed up to arrest Vick at 5 a.m. July 12,
he answered the door pointing a revolver at them. Sam Dotson,
City Hall operations director, said that Vick was responsible for
security at various locations in City Hall when full-time staff
members were off. He said that Vick would have been armed
while on duty, but had to provide his own firearm. Dotson said
that Vick was required to obtain a background check from both
the city & St. Louis County, & that there were no red flags in
those checks. Dotson & the city’s personnel Dept said they did
not know what, if anything, Berkeley shared about Vick’s tenure
there. Marshal Ron Hill did not return a message seeking
comment. Berkeley officials have not responded to phone calls
seeking more information about his tenure there, or a Sunshine
Law request seeking a copy of the 2007 complaint. Prosecutors
blame the Philadelphia-based Wheels on Soul for murders, arson,
drug dealing & other crimes. Lawyers for Vick & the 3 others
here who were indicted tried to distance their clients Friday from
the indictment’s allegations. The men, their lawyers said, are
husbands, fathers & hard workers. All have pleaded not guilty.
The boasting about violent acts that was caught secretly on tape
was just bravado, suggested lawyers & relatives. In that hearing,
Stobbs pointed out that Vick was not charged in the alleged East
St. Louis incident. He has not been a Wheels member since his
marriage, & Stobbs called Vick’s pregnant wife to the stand to say
that they did not know that police were in the unmarked cars that
on July 12 pulled up & set the family’s 3 dogs barking. Pinkston,
the club’s former secretary & V.P., also has another part-time job,
his lawyer, Adam Fein, said in court. Fein would also later point
out to U.S. Magistrate Judge Frederick Buckles that Pinkston had
a family that had showed up in court to support him, that he did
not even have a motorcycle & that he had been kicked out of the
gang. If released from jail before trial, both Vick & Pinkston will
find a letter at home terminating their employment with the city,
Dotson said.
Hells Angels bikie court case dismissed, declared not a
criminal organization – July 20, 2011 – Canada – By AAP;
www.News.com.au - A New South Wales judge has dismissed a
bid by the state’s police commissioner to have the Hells Angels
Motorcycle Club declared a criminal organisation. Dr. James
Renwick, for the commissioner, told the judge today that as the
High Court had found the Crimes (Criminal Organisations
Control) Act invalid, the matter was at an end. Justice Peter
McClellan then dismissed the Supreme Court application, but the
issue of legal costs will be considered at a later date. Lawyers for
the club had sought their legal costs, but Justice McClellan said
his initial view was that he did not have the power to make such
an order. Using laws introduced to NSW parliament in 2009, the
commissioner had applied to the court to declare the Hells Angels
Motorcycle Club a criminal organization. The declaration would
have prevented members of the NSW chapter of the club from
contacting each other by any means. A breach would have
resulted in 2 years prison, a second breach extending the term to 5
years. In response to the move, Hells Angel member Derek
Wainohu went to the High Court, which last month declared the
Act invalid.
Biker rally in Jamul is peaceful, authorities still in area – July
22, 2011 – California – By Richard Allyn; www.760KFMB.com
- The San Diego Sheriff’s Dept says that a biker rally in the East
County is a peaceful one. Members of the Mongols MC started
rolling into Jamul Friday. They’re holding a rally at the Diamond
Jack RV Park this weekend. There were a couple of arrests
Friday. One was for an outstanding warrant. Otherwise Saturday,
there has been nothing bigger than a traffic stop, but authorities
are maintaining their presence there to keep the peace.
As I was nursing my baby, my cousin’s six-year-old daughter,
Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast
feed before, she was intrigued & full of all kinds of questions
about what I was doing. After mulling over my answers, she
remarked, ‘My mom has some of those, but I don’t think she
knows how to use them..’

Portland Police arrest 2 in biker gang fight – July 23, 2011 –
Maine – By www.WGME.com - A fight between 3 rival biker
gangs in Portland sends 2 to the hospital & 2 men to jail.
Jeffrey Vandermeiren has been charged with disorderly &
Thomas Glaude has been charged with failure to disperse during
the fight involving members from the Iron Horsemen, Saracens &
Exile gangs. Two more people were taken to the hospital with
facial injuries. No weapons were used & Portland Police had
their night shift report 2 hours early. There is no word on what
started the fight, & both men arrested have been released on
bail.Portland Police arrest 2 in biker gang fight
Biker in Bullhead City bar brawl sentenced – July 24, 2011 –
Arizona - By Jim Seckler; www.MohaveDailyNews.com - A
former member of a motorcycle club allegedly involved in a 2009
fight at a Bullhead City bar, was sentenced Friday to 21⁄2 years in
prison. George Edward Walters, 54, had been charged with
felony counts of riot & assisting in a criminal street gang. He
pleaded guilty last month to the same charges. He was charged
along with other Hells Angels club members with getting into a
fight with several rival motorcycle club members at Lazy Harry’s
Sunshine Saloon on June 11, 2009. Walters’ atty, Ron Gilleo,
said the riot was not really a riot. No chairs or property were
damaged & no weapons were displayed. His client’s participation
in the bar fight was also minimal. Gilleo also said Walters had no
violent felony convictions or drug or weapon convictions. The
defense atty also said his client left the Hells Angels MC & is now
probably in bad standing with the club. Because he has
dissociated with the club, he is fearful for his life & will likely be
on the run for the rest of his life. Walters also spoke in his
defense, saying he has turned his life around & would never again
put anyone else at risk. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Bob
Moon argued for an aggravating prison sentence, saying Walters
had accomplices. The prosecutor also said the bar fight had more
potential for violence than there actually was. Moon asked the
judge to send a message to outlaw bikers that they cannot terrorize
citizens in Mohave County. Judge Steven Conn said he had to
focus on Walters’ crimes, not send any messages to the Hells
Angels. The judge found more mitigating than aggravating factors
that Walters had a minimal criminal history & that there were few
details about the actual fight. Conn sentenced him to 2 1⁄2 years
in prison for the street gang charge & 9 months for the riot charge,
to be served concurrently, or at the same time as each other. At
Walters’ change of plea hearing, Moon told the judge that Walters
had been a member of the Hells Angels club, who was trying to
start a chapter in Mohave County. The club was reportedly
involved in a territorial dispute with the rival Vagos MC. Walters
was arrested in Georgia 2 months ago after he previously agreed
to another plea agreement. Six of Walters’ codefendants in the
alleged fight are still charged with the same crimes. Their trials
were postponed to Oct. The 6 codefendants were arrested in Dec
2009 following a 6-month investigation by law enforcement
officers from the Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu City &
Flagstaff police Depts, the Mohave & Coconino County sheriff’s
office & the Arizona Dept of Public Safety Gang Intelligence
Team Enforcement Mission.
Police protection plan for bikie – July 23, 2011 – Australia - By
Nicole Cox; www.PerthNow.com.au - Notorious Perth bikie Troy
Mercanti will be offered police protection from the moment he
steps out of prison, amid police claims he is a “dead man
walking”. Police say Mercanti, who is due for release from
Casuarina Prison on Aug 2, is a target in the feud between his
club, the Finks, & former gang the Coffin Cheaters. Assistant
Commissioner for specialist crime Nick Anticich would only
confirm that police considered the bikie a “potential victim” &
would “monitor” him, but The Sunday Times has learnt he will
also be offered police protection. “Some believe he is a dead man
walking,” a police insider told The Sunday Times. “Not only is
he at loggerheads with the Coffin Cheaters, but the problem has
got worse since he’s been in jail. He’s upset the Finks because
they’ve essentially lost their clubhouse. “How do you square the
ledger? It’s all about tit-for-tat retaliation.” Another source said
there was a good chance Mercanti would move interstate, possibly
to South Australia or Queensland, where there is a greater
presence of Finks bikies. Mercanti has been serving a 28-month
jail sentence after he was found guilty of assault causing grievous
bodily harm to Gregory Fistonich, by throwing a punch that broke
the victim’s jaw at Geisha Bar in Northbridge in May 2007. But
his sentence was extended after he refused to answer questions
from an Australian Crime Commission examiner as part of a
police investigation into the theft of thousands of dollars from
trust accounts for the daughters of murdered Coffin Cheater Mark
Chabriere & his associate Richard Vickers. Tensions between the
Coffin Cheaters & the Finks have been running high since 2008
when Mercanti was bashed & expelled from the Cheaters before
he turned to the Finks. Since then, fears have mounted that the
simmering bikie war could erupt into a full-scale showdown. In
Oct 2008, the war flared when a sniper shot Finks member
Stephen Wallace in the shoulder as he rode along Great Eastern
Highway, Wooroloo. Police believe the shooting was a bid to
harm Mercanti who was riding in the group. And last year, Coffin
Cheaters & Finks bikies clashed at the Kwinana Motorplex,
leaving Wallace with 3 severed fingers & another Fink, David
Marrapodi, shot in the leg. Anticich said police would speak to
Mercanti on his release but he would not comment on any
measures or protection that would be offered. “There is obviously
a history of conflict between him & various members & to date
that is unresolved,” Anticich said. “We are aware of his release &
obviously our concern is both with him being a potential victim &
a perpetrator. We are trying to monitor it as best we can.” Police
would continue to relentlessly track outlaw motorcycle gangs &
established criminal networks.
Biker war brewing in Montreal – July 24, 2011 – Canada – By
Giuseppe Valiante; www.TorontoSun.com - Organized crime
experts say the resurfacing of the Rock Machine motorcycle gang
in Montreal last week is another sign of a power vacuum in the
city’s underworld that could lead to another biker war. Ten
individuals allegedly flaunting Rock Machine colours were
spotted in a downtown Montreal strip club on Thursday. Montreal
is considered territory of the notorious Hells Angels biker gang
which fought battled the Rock Machine between 1994 & 2002,
leaving 160 people dead. The Rock Machine’s Quebec presence
ended in the early 2000s after many of its members were killed &
its assets seized by police. Some Rock Machiners defected to the
Hells, others retired, but their presence in Montreal last week
lends credence to the fears that the gang is back. James Dubro &
Antonio Nicaso, 2 well-known organized crime experts, said the
spotting of the Rock Machine in Montreal is a sign that the Hells
are seen as weak. In April 2009, 130 members of the Hells
Angels & their supporters were arrested in a police operation
called SharQc. “If the Rock Machine resurfaced in Montreal, it’s
because they feel safe,” Nicaso, an award-winning journalist &
internationally recognized organized crime expert, said. Dubro,
also an award-winning crime author, said the Hells are probably
the weakest they’ve been since the end of the biker war in 2002.
The choice to show off in Montreal’s Chez Paree strip club is
symbolic. One of the Rock Machine’s leaders was savagely
beaten 10 years ago at the club by people tied to the Hells.

Montreal is the second city visited by the Rock Machine of late.
Recent arsons & gunfights in Winnipeg have been attributed to
fighting between the Rock Machine & a Hells-affiliated group.
The Winnipeg violence, coupled with the Montreal appearance, is
troubling, Nicaso said. “These are 2 clear indications that (the
Rock Machine is) trying to muscle in & regain control of the
territory they lost after the war with the Hells,” he said.
Montreal’s power vacuum extends to mafia circles as well. The
Rizzuto family, a reputed powerful organized crime force in
Montreal since the late 70s, has had much of its leadership
assassinated in the past 2 years. The bikers are just one of several
groups vying for influence in this strategically important port city,
Nicaso said. However, Dubro said a new biker war between the
Rock Machine & the Hells isn’t a certainty. If the Rock Machine
decides to sell softer drugs like marijuana or steroids, there likely
won’t be much resistance from competing groups because the
market is so large, he said. However, if the biker gang wants to
enter the highly lucrative cocaine market, the Hells will take
notice. “If you see the Rock Machine on the selling side (of
cocaine) then they become a threat to the Hells,” Dubro said.
“And that means there will be a violent elimination of it.”
However, the Rock Machine has publicly renounced illegal
activities & said it will focus on real estate, Dubro said
incredulously. “They will (get into drugs) & there will be
problems,” he said. “The fact that (the Rock Machine) publicly
flaunted their colors is a big deal. The police shouldn’t tolerate it
& the Hells won’t tolerate it.”
New theory emerging in 1974 murder of Hell’s Angel – July
25, 2011 – Massachusetts - By Robin Kaminski;
www.ItemLive.com - The door was perched open at the former
Lynn Tap bar in the early morning hours of April 23, 1974, where
4 reputed members of the Hell’s Angels sat drinking. Little did
they know that a man was lurking in the shadows, getting ready to
fire a barrage of bullets? Now 37 years later, the murder of
motorcycle gang member David Urban, 25, remains unsolved, but
a new theory is coming into play that the incident is one piece of a
much larger puzzle that left a trail of blood throughout the city.
According to Lynn Police Captain Mark O’Toole, there is
speculation that the murder stems from a stabbing at the former
Arena Cafe on April 7, 1974, where the owner, Thomas
Abernathy Jr.’s, son was allegedly stabbed by 2 Hell’s Angels.
The plot thickened after one of the men sentenced in the brawl
was released from prison just a few days before Abernathy Jr.
received a mysterious package on the porch of his Orchard St
home, which exploded in his face on March 24, 1975. He was
blinded by nails that pierced his eyes, lost his left arm & his right
hand in the explosion that blew out the window of his porch door.
“It was a big incident & we believe it was all connected,” O’Toole
said. On the night of Urban’s murder, O’Toole said the victim &
3 other Hell’s Angels walked into the 77 Marion St. bar together
around 11 p.m. Two of the men had recently been arrested in the
Arena Cafe incident & were out on bail. After sitting down at the
first 4 barstools, the men drank without any issues, according to
reports, until a few minutes after midnight, when the suspect
quietly crept toward the open door. Four shots rang out in the
quiet bar — 3 of which pierced 28-year-old Mark W. Veherbon’s
stomach & leg, with the fourth bullet ripping into Urban’s heart.
“He was shot under his left armpit & the bullet hit his heart,”
O’Toole said. “It was a clean shot & he died fairly quickly, there
wasn’t much that could have been done for him.” Urban, a
Buffalo, N.Y. native, & Veherbon, of Menlo Park, Calif., were
rushed to the former Lynn Hospital, where Veherbon recovered
from his injuries. Both victims were allegedly just visiting the
area & were staying at the Lynn chapter of the Hell’s Angels on
Mt. Hope Terrace. One of the gang members who was not injured
in the shootout gave a vague description of the suspect to police,
that he saw a man with black, fairly long hair & a mustache.
O’Toole said the firearm allegedly used in the shooting along with
a jacket were found in a parking lot behind the bar around 10:30
a.m. “There are probably a lot of people out there who at least
remember this incident,” O’Toole said. “We conducted a lot of
interviews, but there wasn’t a lot of cooperation, which was likely
out of fear.” Thumbing through a stack of old files, O’Toole
noted that a couple of hairs had been found with the gun & jacket,
which he said may now be able to be further analyzed due to
advances in technology.
Kidnapper to be sentenced Wed – July 25, 2011 – New Jersey /
Missouri – By Jeff Sistrunk; www.NJHerald.com - The Missouri
man who admitted to participating in the errant kidnapping of a
Newton business owner last year faces up to 18 years in prison
when he is sentenced on Wed. Andrew Wadel, 23, of Rich Hill,
Mo., pleaded guilty in March to first-degree kidnapping, seconddegree
offenses of conspiracy to commit kidnapping & unlawful
possession of a firearm & fourth-degree possession of a stun gun
for his role in the kidnapping of 60-year-old Frankford resident
Jeffrey Muller from Muller’s East Clinton Street pet supply store
on Jan. 8, 2010. According to authorities, Wadel & 2 other men
targeted Muller because they believed him to be a New York
money broker of the same name who was held responsible for a
$525,000 loss in a land deal. Under the terms of Wadel’s plea
deal, 7 of the 11 counts against him were dismissed. The prison
terms for the second-degree offenses & fourth-degree offense
were merged into the recommended term for the kidnapping
charge. Under the No Early Release Act, Wadel must serve 85
percent of his sentence before he becomes eligible for parole. In
addition, the sentencing judge, Judge N. Peter Conforti, called for
a five-year period of parole supervision to follow the end of
Wadel’s prison term. The so-called ringleader of the kidnapping,
William Barger, 48, of Nevada, Mo., pleaded not guilty in April.
Authorities said Barger recruited Wadel, Stangeland & Swarnes to
commit the kidnapping by telling them he was the president of the
Hells Angels MC & would consider them for membership in a
new chapter that was being started in the Midwest. Barger’s
attorney, Jeffrey Patti, has said there is more to Barger’s story
than meets the eye
Firebombers again target bikie gang tattoo parlour – July 25,
2011 – Australia - By Lucy Rickard; www.WAToday.com.au -
The second suspected firebombing of a Bibra Lake tattoo business
inside of 8 months has been linked to an ongoing dispute between
2 bikie gangs. Firefighters were called to the property at the
corner of Port Pirie St & Port Kembla Drive just before 10 pm
following reports of a fire. A Fire & Emergency Services
spokesman said the fire was quickly brought under control & was
determined to be deliberately lit. Police arson & organized crime
squads will be at the property this morning to investigate the
cause of the blaze. The tattoo business Ink Assault, linked to the
Rebels motorcycle gang, sustained about $50,000 damage in the
fire. The same property was targeted with a Molotov cocktail in
Nov last year. Police at the time linked the firebombing to an
ongoing dispute between the Rebels & Rock Machine motorcycle
gangs, which are currently engaged in a turf war. The arson squad
is also investigating a deliberately-lit fire at a Bayswater car yard
in the early morning. A FESA spokesman said the fire was
reported just before 2.30am & caused about $7000 damage.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty…

New trial for South King County biker convicted of killing
rival – July 25, 2011 – Washington - By Jennifer Sullivan;
http://SeattleTimes.NWsource.com - A former South King
County man who was found guilty of killing a rival motorcycle
gang member & hiding his body has been granted a new trial
because he was excluded from a portion of jury selection during
his 2008 trial, the state appeals court announced Mon. In Nov
2008, John Price was found guilty of 1 st -degree murder with a
firearm & 2 counts of witness tampering. He was sentenced to 35
years in prison for killing Donald Jessup even though his body has
never been found. Price was a member of the Ghost Riders
motorcycle gang & Jessup belonged to the Gypsy Jokers. Jurors
agreed that Price beat Jessup with an ax handle & shot him in the
face inside a Ravensdale home in Dec 2004. King County
sheriff’s deputies say Price believed that Jessup stole his H-D
motorcycle & was trying to sell it back to him for $800. Senior
Deputy Prosecutor Scott O’Toole told jurors during the trial that
witnesses heard Price claim to have rolled up Jessup’s body in a
rug & buried him “up north.” No murder weapon was ever found.
But in ordering a new trial, appellate Judge Ronald Cox wrote that
Price’s constitutional rights were violated when he wasn’t present
during a portion of jury selection. Price “ did not voluntarily,
knowingly, & intelligently waive his right to be present during the
portion of jury selection that is at issue in this case,” Cox wrote.
“The State fails to meet its burden to show that Price’s absence
during this critical stage was harmless beyond a reasonable
doubt,” Cox wrote. Dan Donohoe, spokesman for King County
Prosecutor Dan Satterberg, said that his office will appeal the
decision to the state Supreme Court.
ATF’s Murderous Gunrunning Scheme “Operation Fast &
Furious” is Exposed – July 26, 2011 – USA – By Outlaw Kevin
O’Neill, http://FedsGoneBad.BlogSpot.com/ - In the last 4 years
along the Mexican-United States border more than 12,000 people
have died as a result of drug-related violence. In 2008 the U.S.
Gov’t sent millions of dollars to Mexico to partially fund roughly
10,000 soldiers to be deployed along the border in an effort to
curb the violence from its most dangerous drug cartel.
Simultaneously, & unbeknownst to the Mexican Gov’t & U.S.
citizens of the Southwest, Phoenix-based Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives agents began facilitating the
trafficking of guns across the U.S.- Mexican border into the hands
of drug cartel enforcers for the drug war. ATF sanctioned the
illegal sale of thousands of guns through its puppet gun dealers,
knowing they would be used for murder, kidnapping, torture
and/or violent assaults. The guns included .50 caliber sniper rifles,
AK-47s & numerous other assault weapons. None of this
apparently mattered to ATF management with its “good-ol’-boy
network” & “ingrained us-versus-them mentality” (quoting
former ATF Agent William Queen), until a Fed border patrol
agent was killed in a Dec 2009 shootout & 2 of the assault rifles
involved in the ATF operation were found at the scene of the
agent’s death.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently released a statement
saying that ATF put Arizona residents at risk & is “outraged by
findings in a new Congressional report that alleges Fed agents
were instructed to stand aside & do nothing as up to 2,000
weapons were illegally purchased in Arizona...[and] undoubtedly
found their way to Mexican drug cartels.” Realizing the music has
stopped in this bizarre counterintelligence scheme, agents that
don’t want to be left standing are running over each other to blow
the whistle on their fellow comrades. ATF Agent John Dodson
recently testified in front of the House Oversight & Gov’t Reform
Committee & proffered: “I cannot begin to think of how the risk
of letting guns fall into the hands of known criminals could
possibly advance any legitimate law interest.” As the inquiry
moves up the chain of ATF command I’m sure investigators will
get a heavy dose of, “I can’t recall,” or “I don’t know.” Of
course, I’ve known for years (and for those of you that read this
blog) that deadly counterintelligence tactics are nothing new for
ATF & its sinister big brother, the FBI. Lawmakers, politicians &
manipulated dummy news agencies are now in an uproar because
a Fed agent was killed as a result of ATF’s disastrous operation,
but have remain conspicuously silent over the years when ATF
schemes result in the death of a member or associate of a one
percent-labeled motorcycle club.
ATF’s Rehabilitation: Motorcycle Clubs Beware - All is not lost
for ATF though. It can always create the illusion of an ethical &
effective branch of the Dept Of Justice by simply resorting to its
bread-and-butter diversionary RICO prosecutions of motorcycle
clubs. ATF can take Agent Jeffery Grabman (a/k/a, “Gringo”)
once again off the bench & recycle him into yet another
motorcycle club, or possibly deploy a jackal similar to him. And
then with a good dose of ATF’s “stirring the pot” tactics, perjury,
raping of Fed laws, innovation & linguistic sorcery, ATF & selfpromoting
DOJ prosecutors can magically transform bar fights,
motorcycling events, & petty Paris Hilton-like drug use into acts
of Fed racketeering.
2,000 Hells Angels Members Expected In Laconia – July 26,
2011 – New Hampshire – By www.WMUR.com - Up to 2,000
Hells Angels & family members are expected in Laconia for an
international gathering starting Wed. The Hells Angels World
Run is a 5-day event. Laconia police said they’re not concerned,
& they expect it to be a low-key event. Police said the event was
hosted in Laconia in 2003, & there were very few problems. The
Dept is increasing its patrols and working 12-hour shifts.
Trans Tasman Gangs Squad Conference – July 26, 2011 –
Australia – By www.Police.nsw.gov.au - Police will address
media today regarding an important gangs squad conference
involving police from Australia & New Zealand. The conference
is looking at coordinated Nat’l strategies to combat organized
crime targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs. After the press conference
there will be an opportunity for the media, escorted by a
media officer, to go upstairs to the conference for some overlay
footage.
Bikie boss fails to raise $100k bail – July 26, 2011 – Australia –
By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop; www.ABC.net.au - Sydney’s Hells
Angels chief has failed to convince police his bail conditions
should be relaxed, after he was unable to raise $100,000 to be
released from custody. Felix Lyle, 54, is charged over a $150million
mortgage fraud racket alleged to have had direct ties to
murdered businessman Michael McGurk. The bikie boss smiled
& shook hands with New South Wales fraud squad detectives as
he handed himself in on Thu. But his solicitor, Martin Ricci,
confirmed this morning that Lyle was unhappy with a demand
from police for a $100,000 surety to be released on bail. The Pres
of the Hells Angels’ Sydney chapter has failed to raise the funds
& is being held at the remand centre at Silverwater jail. Ricci
says plans to ask to ease the bail conditions in Sydney’s Central
Local Court today were abandoned because police would not
support the bid. Lyle is accused of attempted fraud & money
laundering offences valued at $2.3 million. Police allege he tried
to use the money to finance earthmoving equipment, motorcycles
& a terrace house in the inner Sydney suburb of Alexandria,
currently occupied by the Sunset Properties Group.

Foreign Hells Angels hit with obstacle – July 26, 2011 – New
Hampshire – By John Koziol; www.Citizen.com - As the city
gets ready for Wed’s start of the 2011 World Run - the annual
business meeting of the Hells Angels MC - the host chapter’s
legal counsel is weighing a lawsuit against the Federal Gov’t for
reportedly preventing some overseas Angels from attending the
5-day event. The action allegedly taken by the Dept of Homeland
Security & its Immigration & Customs Enforcement agency,
details of which were not immediately available, “was a lastminute
attempt to interfere with the World Run,” said Atty P.
Scott Bratton on Monday. The DHS & ICE, Bratton charged, just
recently issued administrative orders to keep Hells Angels from
Europe who have no criminal records out of the U.S., & therefore
The Weirs where the World Run will be held at the Hells Angels’
clubhouse on Fillmore Ave. A message left with ICE Monday
afternoon requesting comment on the above matter was not
returned Monday night, but Laconia Police Capt. Steve Clarke
confirmed that there is such a policy in place although he declined
to comment on its specifics. Bratton, who in recent years has
won legal challenges against the City of Laconia for denying the
Hells Angels vending permits for Bike Week & also for a member
to carry a concealed firearm, pointed out that “It’s not a crime to
be a member of the Hells Angels.” What DHS & ICE are doing
now, he added, is a “blatant violation of the Hells Angels’
constitutional rights by the Fed Gov’t, specifically Homeland
Security & the Dept of State.” Bratton is currently working with
immigration attys to see how the travel restriction can be
challenged in the future. Bratton reiterated that some 2,000 Hells
Angels - 2 from every chapter are expected to attend World Run,
which was first held in Laconia in 2003 - & that the gathering will
be financial benefit to local businesses who will cater to the
visitors. Unlike 8 years ago, the Hells Angels will not have a
fireworks display during World Run, but now as then, Laconia
officials are hoping for a quiet, non-eventful event. “There are
already some Hells Angels in town,” said Laconia Police Chief
Chris Adams. “We’re hoping for the best & will be prepared for
anything that may arise.” Clarke said a local Hells Angels
member notified the Dept last July that World Run was coming
back to Laconia, something that Police had already suspected.
The year’s notice, Clarke continued, gave the city a good amount
of time to come up with a plan of action. “I don’t foresee any
major problems” from World Run, said Clarke, “but the issue is if
there’s a problem at a bar. When you mix alcohol & testosterone,
words can be exchanged” which can then lead to other problems.
World Run 2003 generated few problems in Laconia although
there were arrests at a bar in Gilford when some local residents
did exchange words & blows with several Hells Angels. In
addition to working with New Hampshire State Police, Clarke
said the LPD has met or spoken with representatives of ICE, the
FBI, the DEA, the U.S. marshals Service & Interpol. Asked about
a report that The Citizen received earlier in the day regarding
World Run travel restrictions, Clarke replied that it was his
understanding they would place a limit “on the number of foreign
Hells Angels who come into the country, but that said, I don’t see
that as meaning the numbers are coming down since they can
have more members come from the U.S.” During the 2003 World
Run, authorities estimated that between 700 & 800 Hells Angels
came to Laconia whereas the forecast is up slightly to between
800 & 1,000 this year, with total attendance - including friends &
family members — boosting the final tally to about 1,600.
Teacher: “Johnny, can you tell me the name of 3 great kings
who have brought happiness & peace into people’s lives?”
Little Johnny: Drin-king, smo-king, & fuc-king…
Biker gangs bury age-old enmity to honor Norway dead – July
26, 2011 – Norway - By Roddy Thomson; www.Google.com - A
thousand bikers from rival Norwegian gangs struck an
unprecedented truce Tuesday to lay flowers on a shore facing the
island where 68 youths perished in a crazed gun rampage.
“We’ve got Hell’s Angels, Coffin Cheaters & Outlaws riding
side-by-side out here tonight -- the first time these gangs have
ever ridden together,” biker Henrik Bauer Larsen told AFP on
Lake Tyrifjorden, staring out on Utoeya island. “These groups
are not friends,” Larsen said of the horn-tooting, leather-clad
hordes on wheels. “Normally, they fight tough -- but we agreed
there would be no politics here, that everyone would stand
together. “In each of these gangs, someone knew people hit on
the island -- we just wanted to pay our respects to the victims &
their families.” Holding the hand of his fellow-biker girlfriend,
Larsen said 550 riders had come from the Norwegian Motorcycle
Union, a big H-D crew that runs a convoy once a year to mark a
major event. Hundreds more joined from Bergen & other cities
on equally-feted German or Japanese bikes. “The truce won’t
last,” he admitted, “but even the police bikers wanted to join in
when they saw Tommy’s Facebook invitation on Facebook on
Sunday,” beckoning over his pal who had came up with the idea.
“They cleared our way from Oslo out to Sundvolden, & arranged
for us to have space for the bikes out here so we could go down to
the shore,” added Tommy Hansen. “It’s the biggest bike convoy
in Nordic history,” he added. “People have come from all over
Scandinavia & people on their holidays have joined in on the road
-- we just wanted to show our sympathy.” Another biker,
Christian Andre Hellebergshaughen, a Harley-mad bike storeworker
in Oslo, summed up the mood, saying everyone wanted
“to pay our respects to the victims ... of this crazy, crazy man.”
The riders had all learnt how Anders Behring Breivik’s lawyer,
Geir Lippestad, described his client earlier Tuesday as “insane”,
in a clear hint at his line of defence should the case come to trial.
One, who sat pensively by herself on the shore watching a police
mini-submarine maintain its search for those still “missing” in the
high waters around Utoeya, said there might not be much point.
“Giving that man a platform from which to spread his manifesto
of hate will achieve nothing -- whatever is decided, he will never
be allowed back out into society,” the woman, who declined to
give her name, said after her pilgrimage. Across the water, a
mini-shrine has sprung up to the dead, where gut-wrenching
pictures drawn by young children depict lost brothers & sisters in
the water crying for help.
Little Johnny: Mohammad, an Arab child, entered his classroom
on the first day of school in Ohio. “What is your name?” - asked
the teacher. “Mohammad” - answered the kid. “You are in
America now. From now on your name will be Johnny,” -replied
the teacher. In the evening, Mohammad returned home. “How
was your day, Mohammad?” - asked his mother. “My name is
not Mohammad. I’m in America & now my name is Johnny.”
“Are you ashamed of your name, are you trying to dishonor your
parents, your heritage, your religion? Shame on you!” - & she
beat him. Then she called his father & he too beat him. The
next day Mohammad returned to school. When the teacher saw
him with all the bruises she asked, “What happened to you little
Johnny”? “Ma’am, 4 hours after becoming an American, I was
attacked by 2 fuckin’ Arabs.”
What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?
Keep busy. If you’re handy with tools, you can finish the
basement. When you’re done you’ll have a place to live.

Is it Legal for Police to Search My iPhone? – July 26, 2011 –
USA – By Cynthia Hsu; http://blogs.FindLaw.com - When you’ve
been pulled over, is it legal for the police to search your phone?
Do they actually need some sort of phone search warrant? The
answer is maybe. The U.S. Constitution prohibits officers from
conducting illegal searches or seizures. There are, however, some
exceptions to the general rule. For example, if you consent to the
search of your cell phone, then they are legally allowed to search
through the contents. After all, you consented. So, if you do not
want the police to search your phone, you shouldn’t give them
your consent. And, if the police have reasonable suspicion that a
crime has been committed & that the search may reveal some
evidence of crime, it’s possible that they may search you even if
they originally just stopped you while you were driving for a
routine traffic violation. The officer doesn’t necessarily need to
have probable cause to search your car before he stops you, but if
you start behaving suspiciously or belligerently towards a police
officer, he may have probable cause. The same rules generally
apply to police officers who come to your door or who stop you
on the street. Generally, unless they have suspicion that you were
involved in some criminal activity, they cannot just search you
without your consent. Unless, that is, you have been arrested. At
this point, the officer can conduct a search of you, which would
be a search incident to an arrest. There may be limitations to the
search, & whether or not an officer can search the contents of the
phone is unclear: the law is still evolving. Though if an officer
gets a search warrant that includes your phone, then all bets are
off, & most likely they can peruse your cell phone at will. Why
should you be concerned about cell phone searching? Well, in
Michigan, police have been reported to use electronic devices that
can extract data off your phone during traffic stops. If something
similar happens to you, you should be aware that for police to
search your cell phone, they do usually need one of 2 things:
something like a phone search warrant, or your consent.
Ex-outlaw abandons appeal of 1-day prison sentence – July 26,
2011 – Canada – By Keith Fraser; www.TheProvince.com -
A former member of the Hells Angels who received an effective
sentence of 1 day in jail for weapons offences has abandoned his
sentence appeal. In July 2009, Randy Potts was sentenced to 7
years in jail after a jury found him guilty of controlling an arsenal
of weapons, including 4 grenades, 4 silencers & 6 automatic
weapons. Because he’d been in custody since 2005 and, at the
time, was entitled to double-time credit for pre-sentence custody,
the judge imposed a 1-day sentence. Prosecutor Mark Levitz
made a brief appearance in the B.C. Court of Appeal on Tuesday
to say that on July 19, Potts had filed a notice to abandon the
sentence appeal. One of Potts’ co-accused, John Punko, was
sentenced to 5 years, 3 months in jail for similar offences, but also
had the sentence reduced to one day after double-time credit,
which has since been phased out. Punko did not appeal his
sentence. The jury found the 2 men not guilty of having
committed the offences for a criminal organization. They were
arrested in June 2005 following the RCMP’s Project E-Pandora, a
crackdown on the East End chapter of the Hells Angels.
Following the weapons trial, the 2 men remained in custody, with
drug trafficking charges pending against them. The pair were
eventually convicted of trafficking offences, with the Crown
successfully appealing the sentences imposed by the judge. The
Fed Crown also appealed a ruling in the drug case which resulted
in criminal organization charges being stayed against the 2 men.
The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the Crown appeal but the men
appealed that ruling & the Supreme Court of Canada recently
announced that it will hear the defense appeal.
CHP to Target Motorcycles on Angeles Crest Highway – July
27, 2011 – California – By Dan Abendschein;
http://Altadena.Patch.com - The Altadena office of the California
H.P. will be stepping up on its enforcement of traffic laws on the
Angeles Crest Highway on Saturday with a campaign that is
meant to “reduce motorcycle-involved fatalities & injuries.”
When the highway reopened last month there were 3 fatal
accidents in as many weeks, one of them a motorcycle accident.
California H.P. officers have expressed concerns that people may
not be used to the curves of the highway as it has been frequently
closed to the 2009 Station Fire. The road also has a history of
motorcycle accidents: between 2007-2009, there were 10
motorcycle-involved fatalities & 195 injuries on the corridor,
according to the CHP. The office will be using state grant
funding to pay for the extra patrols on the highway this weekend.
It doesn’t take a very big person to carry a grudge…
Police gang up nationally to catch ‘Nike bikies’ – July 28, 2011
– Australia – By Nick Ralston; www.SMH.com.au - Police will
push for national, uniform laws to prosecute outlaw motorcycle
gangs & for ‘‘fusion’’ centres to investigate them following the
proliferation of tech-savvy ‘‘new age’’ bikies. After a 2-day
conference in Parramatta, involving police squad commanders
from throughout the country & New Zealand plus the FBI,
Australian police will move to establish one-stop shops in each
state for sharing information about gangs from tax & customs
authorities. ‘‘Everyone faces the same problems with these
individuals & the themes are similar right across Australia,’’ the
NSW gangs squad commander, Superintendent Arthur
Katsogiannis, said. Bikie gangs involved in illicit activities were
rapidly expanding, & jumping state borders to avoid prosecution
under different sets of regional laws. ‘‘These organisations are
recruiting at a very, very fast rate and, if I can use the analogy,
they are basically building franchises, not only nationally but
internationally,’’ he said. ‘‘The traditional bikie has significantly
changed over the last 10 years. The old beer-drinking,
motorcycle-riding bikie is no longer there. We have the new-aged
bikie, or the ‘Nike Bikie’; they are advanced with their
technology.’’ Laws targeting bikies did not exist in Australia
until 2000. Most have come in the last 6 years. Australia’s
attorneys-general agreed in-principle to nationalise the approach
to bikie gangs in 2009, a month after Anthony Zervas was
bludgeoned to death during a brawl between the Comanchero &
Hells Angels at Sydney Airport. But, following last month’s High
Court decision to uphold a Hells Angels challenge to NSW bikie
laws & a partly successful Finks challenge to South Australian
laws last Nov, police want inconsistencies ironed out & action by
each Gov’t. ‘‘We are sharing our information & intelligence …
but we need to have a more formal approach,’’ Superintendent
Katsogiannis said. ‘‘We are asking for the support of our
respective Gov’ts to assist us with [a] legislative framework so we
can address the issue of [bikie gangs].’’ In the US, there is
controversy surrounding terrorism-inspired ‘‘fusion’’ centres over
their potential to violate civil liberties. The one-stop shops in
each police jurisdiction in Australia would combine resources of
the Tax Office, Customs, the Australian Securities & Investments
Commission & state & Fed police. ‘‘[They] would combine all
the various jurisdictions & agencies in one room and, at the push
of a button, access information without any barriers,’’
Superintendent Katsogiannis said. “The red tape will be cut so we
can get access to that information. Fusion centres were created
last year within the Australian Crime Commission to track down
organized crime figures through financial records.

Fusion center – July 2011 – USA – By Wikipedia;
http://en.Wikipedia.org - A fusion center is a terrorism prevention
& response center, many of which were created under a joint
project between the Dept of Homeland Security & the US Dept of
Justice’s Office of Justice Programs between 2003 & 2007. They
have been criticized for Mission Creep, & linked to violating the
Civil Liberties of law abiding citizens. The fusion centers gather
information not only from Gov’t sources, but also from their
partners in the private sector. They are designed to promote
information sharing at the Fed level between agencies such as the
Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Dept of Justice, US Military & state & local level Gov’t. As of
July 2009, the Dept of Homeland Security recognized at least 72
fusion centers. One such fusion center has been involved with
spying on anti-war & peace activists as well as anarchists in
Washington State. Fusion centers may also be affiliated with an
Emergency Operations Center that responds in the event of a
disaster. State & local police Depts provide both space &
resources for the majority of fusion centers. The analysts working
there can be drawn from DHS, local police, or the private sector.
A number of fusion centers operate tip hotlines & also invite
relevant information from public employees, such as sanitation
workers or firefighters.
Criticism: There are a number of documented criticisms of fusion
centers, including relative ineffectiveness at counterterrorism
activities, the potential to be used for secondary purposes
unrelated to counterterrorism, & their links to violations of civil
liberties of American citizens & others. David Rittgers of the
Cato Institute has noted a long line of fusion center & DHS
reports labeling broad swaths of the public as a threat to national
security. The North Texas Fusion System labeled Muslim
lobbyists as a potential threat; a DHS analyst in Wisconsin
thought both pro- & anti-abortion activists were worrisome; a
Pennsylvania homeland security contractor watched
environmental activists, Tea Party groups, & a Second
Amendment rally; the Maryland State Police put anti-death
penalty & anti-war activists in a Fed terrorism database; a fusion
center in Missouri thought that all third-party voters & Ron Paul
supporters were a threat; & the Dept of Homeland Security
described half of the American political spectrum as “right wing
extremists.”
Motorcycle deaths running higher this year vs. 2010 – July 28,
2011 – Minnesota – By Paul Walsh; www.StarTribune.com - The
pace of motorcycle deaths is higher this year than in 2010, & there
is concern that slowing that increase could be difficult before
2011 is over. To date, according to the state Dept of Public
Safety, there have been at least 22 motorcyclist riders killed on
Minnesota roads this year. That compares with 17 at the same
time last year. “A big concern is that August & September are
typically high-traffic & high-fatal months for riders,” says Bill
Shaffer, the Dept’s motorcycle program coordinator. “Riders &
motorists need to share the road & be watchful of each other.”
Shaffer also noted that Minnesota is at an all-time high for
registered motorcycles, nearly 230,000. There were 45 rider
deaths in 2010, down from 53 in 2009 & 74 in 2008. Helmet use
was reported to the state in 16 of the 22 deaths this year. Among
those 16; 5 were wearing helmets. This year’s deaths have
steadily increased month by month. There was one in April,
climbing to 9 so far this month. Four of those came on July 20-21.
Also 18 of those killed were at least 40 years old.
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Mongols Bike Gang Members Arrested in Tijuana – July 29,
2011- Mexico – By www.SanDiego6.com - The Baja State Police
Bi national Liaison’s office confirmed the arrest of 2 Mongols
Motorcycle Gang members in Tijuana over the weekend. Peter
Soto & Oscar Olivas, who’s identities were confirmed by their
tattoos & were wanted in the US by the FBI, were captured during
a sweep at a house in Tijuana’s Southeast La Sierra neighborhood.
Soto is considered by the FBI as one of the Mongols bike gang
leaders. Both Soto & Olivas were wanted for murder, organized
crime, weapons charges, assault, robbery, drug trafficking & other
Fed offenses in the US; the murder charges stem from the
assassination of a Hell’s Angels biker, & according to sources
these Mongols were plotting to kill another Hell’s Angels member
who’s name was not disclosed.
Bikies bosses arrested in morning raid - July 28, 2011 –
Australia - By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop; www.ABC.net.au -
Two senior Sydney bikies are among 10 people who have been
arrested in raids by the police gang squad this morning.
Former Bandidos sergeant-at-arms Mahmoud Dib, now a Hells
Angel, was among them as police raided 19 properties
simultaneously about 6:30 am. The Pres of the Hells Angels’
Parramatta chapter, Mostafa Jouayde, was also among the 9 men
& a woman arrested. Police say the pair led a mass defection
from the Bandidos earlier this year, in a move officers believe
aimed to provide a strong front against rival gangs, including the
Comancheros. Detectives are planning to charge them over tax
fraud valued at more than $5 million. Another 16 people have
already been charged over the fraud. Police say they also seized
10 guns today, as well as steroids, cash & computers. They say
today’s operation is one of the biggest ever in NSW to target
organized crime.
Reputed Pagans leader from Hempfield posts bail – July 30,
2011 - Pennsylvania - By Rich Cholodofsky;
www.PittsburghLive.com - The reputed leader of the Pagan’s
motorcycle gang, who is in Westmoreland County jail awaiting
trial on drug charges, could be back in his Hempfield home early
next week because he posted bail on Friday. Dennis “Rooster”
Katona, 45, is expected to be released Monday, according to
defense attorney William McCabe. Katona was arrested on June
29 when state police raided his Hempfield home & found drugs &
cash on the property, according to police reports. Last week,
Westmoreland County Judge Debra Pezze reduced Katona’s bond
by a third, to $500,000. But in doing so, Pezze ordered that if
Katona is released from jail, he must be placed on house arrest
with electronic monitoring equipped with a GPS. Katona’s wife,
Sherri, posted 4 of the couple’s properties as collateral. The
homes, valued at nearly $206,000, are in Hempfield, Herminie,
Trafford & Sutersville. The remaining $294,000 was posted by
bondsman Michael Villi. “It’s important for him to get out of jail
because he’s in poor health,” McCabe said, noting that Katona
suffers from degenerative joint & disk disease & a form of
leukemia. “He can get better medical care outside of prison,”
McCabe said. McCabe said it will take several days for the
probation office to set up the electronic monitoring in Katona’s
home, meaning he won’t be released until at least Monday. Police
conducted a room-by-room search of Katona’s Ember Lane home
last month & found more than 84 grams of cocaine & nearly 100
grams of methamphetamine, with a street value of $20,000. The
search also turned up nearly $4,000 in cash, a digital scale used to
weigh drugs & a document that indicated who owed Katona
money, police reported. Prosecutors have said that Katona serves
as the national president of the Pagans & that he served a Fed

prison sentence after being convicted of racketeering & assault.
He was charged in connection with an attack by the Pagans on the
rival Hells Angels in Long Island, N.Y., in 2002, according to
prosecutors. McCabe did not dispute Katona’s association with
the Pagans, but said he would challenge the most recent criminal
allegations, which could result in a mandatory seven-year prison
term. “We’re going to pursue procedural & substantiative
defenses,” McCabe said.
Biker with violent past starts Lynchburg motorcycle church –
July 31, 2011 – Virginia – By Amy Trent; www2.WSLS.com -
The pews overflowed the first night Solid Rock Biker Church
opened in Lynchburg. Late arrivals were left to lean against the
walls, eyes wide. Many had come to see if the stories were true.
Had bad boy Billy Powell, a member of the notorious Pagan’s
MC, really turned preacher? “I just felt compelled to go & check
him out,” says Thomas “Doppler” Case, chaplain of Riders for the
Rock, a local motorcycle ministry. “People have a hard time
believing how much a person can change & he’s changed a lot,”
says Case. “I admire him for it. “Billy’s somewhat infamous.”
Powell, a Nelson County native, joined the Pagans at 24 & for
more than 2 decades lived a violent life. He is well known to area
law enforcement & bikers of all ilks. In 2009 he was among 27
members of the Outlaw & Pagan’s MCs indicted on Fed charges
including attempted murder, kidnapping, extortion & narcotics
distribution. Powell was charged with one count of violence in
aid of racketeering for a show of force on March 14, 2009. Court
documents show he was charged with involvement in a malicious
wounding. The charges against him were dismissed on Nov. 22,
2010. The case ended about 5 months later with the national
president of the American Outlaw Association, Jack Rosga,
sentenced to 20 years in prison & 20 other club members pleading
guilty or being convicted. Powell doesn’t shy away from his
violent past, though he is reluctant to reveal specifics. “I was
good at it,” says Powell, as he sits in the back of Solid Rock,
which shares space with a thrift shop near Miller Park. “It was
something I could do. If I had a bad day, you were going to have
a badder day.” Then in Nov 2008, he says, the Holy Spirit
reached out to him. Around the same time, a shared love of riding
led him to Michael Dodson Jr., a member of Hard Core
Motorcycle Ministry. Dodson, who says he knows the specifics of
Powell’s past, invited Powell to attend his biker-friendly church in
Altavista. “I was on the road to destruction,” says Powell. But, he
says, “God knew that violence wasn’t what was in my heart.” “I
really felt like God just pointed him to out to me,” said Dodson,
who eventually introduced Powell to his father, Mike Dodson Sr.,
pastor of Tree of Life Ministries in Lynchburg. About a year
later, Powell says he found Jesus. He remembers the exact day:
Oct 4, 2009. “I will do what you want me to do,” Powell says he
told God. “Tonight we’re gonna talk about building on the rock,”
says Powell, his voice filling the small Fort Ave building that was
once a post office. His voice carries through the speakers into the
parking lot, where a few stragglers still scarf down hot dogs &
chips. “Do you know what a foundation is? Faith is based on
things you cannot see.” About 40 people crowd the shop,
including Powell’s wife Cathy & 2 of their 6 children. Little girls
with beaded braids, elderly women, people from the local shelter
& bikers with patch-covered leather vests nod their heads in
agreement as Powell continues. His thick wedding band catches
the light as he grabs the long, curling motorcycle handlebars
mounted to the pulpit. When building a motorcycle, a good, solid
frame is paramount, he says. Faith, he says, must also be built on
something sturdy. The pace picks up & Powell’s fervor takes
hold of his body. He pumps his muscled arms then thrusts his
hands toward the audience as his lesson unfolds. The artwork that
traipses down his arms all the way to the back of his knuckles
swirls as he moves. Tattoo flames lick his neck. Powell makes his
living as a tattoo artist. “If Billy Powell can get saved, anybody
can get saved,” says Powell. “Ain’t nobody gonna stop me from
telling people what the Bible’s done for me.” Soon he dispatches
a biker with a well-worn black helmet upturned to gather
donations. Powell says the donations pay for the Lynchburg
church, which costs $2,400 a year in rent & pre-service meals,
which cost $60 to $80 a week. Powell started his first Solid Rock
Biker Church in Feb 2010 on U.S. 29 in Altavista, where he
continues to draw crowds to Tuesday evening services. Prior to
turning the building over to Powell, Dodson Jr. preached at the
church, as part of a different biker ministry. Powell started his
second church at the former Tree of Life thrift store on Fort Ave
in June & can be found preaching there every Thursday evening.
Last month he added Saturday evening services. The Dodsons,
who say Powell has had a total life change, offered him both
spaces. Dodson Sr. is familiar with Powell’s rough reputation. He
says simply that “he really deserves a chance & he needed
someone to back him.” “We just saw his vision,” said Dodson Jr.,
who now preaches at Christian Life Ministries in Bedford. As
Powell preaches inside the small glass-front shop down from
Kenney’s, curious outsiders often push their faces against the
front window so they can see inside. That’s exactly what Powell
wants. “This is right where we need to be,” says Powell, who
wants to start youth, outreach & food programs. “Everyone who
comes through that door is subject to be preached to.” Solid
Rock’s appeal is strong in the small but growing area of
motorcycle ministry, of which there are at least 5 locally. Harry
Humphries Jr., part of Hard Core Motorcycle Ministry, estimates
there are several hundred bikers in Central Virginia. Solid Rock
turns no one away. On most evenings strangers wandering by
will ask for food & congregants happily welcome them into the
fold. Eventually those same faces appear inside the church. “I
still have grease on my pants, I still have on my boots & I stink,”
says Humphries. “But they don’t care; they want me here.”
Dodson Jr. says part of Powell’s appeal is that his training isn’t
from a book or school, it’s from real-life experiences. He
“understands because he has actually been there, done that. He’s
actually been in their position. You could have all the education
in the world & still not understand. Powell can say, ‘I have
walked those miles,’” says Dodson Jr. Powell put it this way:
“They’re seeing somebody up there that has pulled time. It is
somebody that looks like them & doesn’t use big words because
he can’t.” His services often draw on his past, though he is
reluctant to let outsiders in on the details. His own mistakes are
fodder in his sermons, especially when he talks to children.
Powell has consumed the word with fervor, but frequently what
comes out of his mouth in church is not the standard King James
version. “I’m gonna break it down piece by piece. Think about
it. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. That’s cool,” says
Powell, his voice rising to a crescendo before he leapfrogs to the
next thought. After meeting Powell at a Roanoke biker church on
a Wednesday night in June, Lori & Bill Grabbert rode to
Lynchburg to hear him the next night. “We liked what he was
saying & we decided to come & check it out,” says Lori. “If you
listen to him talk for 10 minutes you know that he’s a normal
person,” says Bill. “He’s not gonna be knocking on your door in a
suit & tie the next day asking if you’ve accepted Christ.”
Humphries says Powell’s story of leaving a motorcycle gang is
evidence of God’s presence. “For him to come out & start doing
God’s work, it’s a miracle.”
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Dutch police arrest 56 bikers over potential clash – July 31,
2011 – Netherlands – By AFP; http://news.Yahoo.com - Dutch
police arrested 56 members of a national motorcycle club in the
capital Amsterdam to prevent a possible clash with rival club
Hells Angels, police said Sunday. There were indications that
members of the Satudarah biker club had travelled to Amsterdam
to challenge their rivals, according to a police statement. “A
possible confrontation between Satudarah & members of the Hells
Angels had to be taken in account,” the statement said. The 56
were arrested “late last night (Sat) for a public order disturbance.
Those arrested all belong to the biker club Satudarah,” police also
said. It was unclear where the Satudarah members came from, but
a local report stated the club, established by bikers of Moluccan
descent, had at least 10 chapters around the Netherlands. Police
declined to reveal further information. Police acted as tensions
are believed to be escalating between the club & the Hells Angels,
a local report said. The Hells Angels has some 17 chapters around
the Netherlands & has so far thwarted prosecutors’ attempts to
have it declared a criminal organisation. Dutch police spokesman
Joost van Slobbe told national daily Algemeen Dagblad on
Saturday that police believed “the balance between the biker clubs
has been disturbed.” Van Slobbe added that Dutch law
enforcement “at all costs” wanted to prevent a possible biker war,
similar to the one between the Hells Angels & Bandidos in the
1990s in Scandinavia, which killed 11 & injured 95.
Pagans Leader To Be Released From Jail After Posting $500K
Bond – Aug 1, 2011 - Pennsylvania – By www.WPXI.com - A
Westmoreland County man believed to be the leader of the
Pagans MC is expected to be released from jail on Mon. Dennis
Katona, 45, is currently jailed on drug charges. His attorney said
Katona posted the $500,000 bond on Friday & is expected to be
released, according to Channel 11’s news exchange partners at
TribLIVE. Katona was charged after police said they found
“multi-ounce” quantities of cocaine & methamphetamine worth
$20,000 in Katona’s Ember Lane home in Hempfield Township.
After a court hearing earlier this year, Katona spoke to Channel
11 News & said that he suffers from leukemia & other health
problems. “I’d like to make a statement. My rights have not
been read to me, & it’s been over a week now,” said Katona.
“They attacked the house. They broke every window in the
house & threw percussion grenades in it. It was just me & my
wife there, fearing for our lives & they would not let me make a
phone call to my lawyer or have medical attention or anything like
that.” If Katona is released, police said he’ll be placed on house
arrest. Authorities identified Katona as the national president of
the Pagans. The group’s former leader was sentenced to Fed
prison for racketeering in Dec. Nine years ago, Fed prosecutors in
New York identified Katona as the group’s national sergeant-atarms
when he pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy for
helping lead a Pagans attack on a biker convention in Plainview,
N.Y. In that case, Katona acknowledged that Pagans from
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio & elsewhere went to the Long
Island biker convention in Feb 2002 to retrieve Pagan property
“by force.” One man was killed & 10 others injured in the melee.
One of 73 Pagans convicted in the case, Katona pleaded guilty in
June 2002. In 2009, 55 Pagan members & associates were
indicted by a Fed grand jury in Charleston, W.Va., on kidnapping,
racketeering & other charges, including a 2005 plot in which a
prison guard was enlisted in an aborted plot to kill an inmate
suspected of cooperating with authorities. The indictment resulted
in guilty pleas & prison sentences for the group’s former national
president, David Keith Barbeito, 50, of Myersville, Md., & its
vice president, Floyd “Jesse” Moore, 65, of St. Albans, W.V.
Pagans Leader Makes Bail After Westmoreland Drug Raid –
Aug 1, 2011 - Pennsylvania – By www.WTAE.com - Dennis
Katona was released Monday from Westmoreland County Prison,
where he had been held on $750,000 bail after his arrest in a state
police drug raid about a month ago. Katona’s bond was posted,
& he will be a free man while he awaits a trial on charges that
include possession with intent to deliver illegal drugs. The trial
date has not been set. “I’ll be better when I can see a real doctor
& get some real health care,” said Katona, who has leukemia.
Neighbors in the small, quiet area of Hempfield Township where
Katona lives were surprised when a heavily armed team of state
troopers showed up to serve a warrant on a late June afternoon.
The 45-year-old Katona, known as the Nat’l Pres of the Pagan’s
MC, was taken into custody after officers fired a canister of tear
gas into his home on Ember Lane. “They broke every window in
the house, threw percussion grenades in,” Katona said after his
preliminary hearing last month. “It was just me & my wife there,
fearing for our lives.” “Whatever motorcycle gang or group that
he was allegedly affiliated with, I can’t elaborate on that part of it,
just that he was distributing a large amount of narcotics,” Trooper
Stephen Limani said after the raid. Police were seen carrying 2
boxes out of the home during the raid. Their warrant remains
sealed. In an affidavit that was filed with a criminal complaint,
police said they found “multi-ounce” quantities of cocaine &
methamphetamine. Katona’s family said that’s not true. “There
was a significant amount of both,” Limani said after the raid.
“Approximately, to give you an amount dollar-wise, the total
dollar amount is about $20,000 when it comes to the street.” As
he left court last month, Katona acknowledged being a Pagan &
said it isn’t a criminal club. “I’ve been in it all my life. We do
charity runs,” he said in July.
Riverside County settles defamation lawsuit with Vagos MC –
Aug 2, 2011 – California – By AP; www.TherePublic.com -
Riverside County has settled a lawsuit with the Vagos MC,
acknowledging the bikers were not involved in attacks against
Hemet police and calling comments by the former district attorney
"unfortunate." The Press Enterprise ( http://bit.ly/oMhC1B ) says
the county announced the settlement late Mon, which included no
monetary compensation. Instead it contained a public statement
and the return of property to Vagos members seized during raids
by authorities last year. The Vagos filed a defamation lawsuit
against the county in March.
Hells Angels no problem for Laconia – Aug 2, 2011 – New
Hampshire – By AP; http://news.BostonHerald.com - The Hells
Angels have come & gone in Laconia with barely a peep. Police
Chief Chris Adams says there were no incidents involving the
notorious MC during the 5-day World Run that ended Sun. The
annual gathering is billed as a business meeting that was expected
to draw up to 2,000 members & their families to the region. But
Adams says the actual number was no more than 500. Adams
tells The Citizen that the Hells Angels kept a low profile. The
city had prepared for trouble, even though it wasn’t expected.
Adams says the city is on the hook for all the police overtime
involved with keeping the peace.
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- We don’t accept applications. We accept commitments…
- If we all do a little bit, Then no one has to do a lot…
- There can be no “I”, there has to be “We”...
- One heart, One Voice…
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