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Re: “The Pagans” M.C.
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"Leader of the Pagans Motorcycle Club Sentenced to 75 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution, Firearm Distribution and Money Laundering Convictions"
Friday, February 3, 2023 For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of North Carolina WILMINGTON, N.C. – Christopher Lamar Baker, 49, a Raleigh-based national leader of the Pagans Motorcycle Club – which is recognized by law enforcement as an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang - was sentenced today to 900 months in prison following a conviction by a jury in September for drug trafficking, firearm, and money laundering charges. Baker was a “13” in the Pagans Motorcycle Club prior to his November 2021 arrest by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). This designation means that he was one of only thirteen national leaders in the United States. This case is part of an ongoing operation that has resulted in the indictment of 20 individuals, including Baker. “The circumstances of this case highlight the coordinated action that we, as law enforcement, are taking to address organized crime and the growing epidemic of methamphetamine in our community,” said U.S. Attorney Michael Easley. “It should serve as a warning to gangs and other criminal enterprises perpetrating violence. We will prosecute you and seek sentences that fit the crimes.” According to court documents and other information presented in court, Baker supplied over 268 kilograms of methamphetamine into the Raleigh area and surrounding states on the East Coast. Baker was convicted by a jury of 17 counts, including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, possession of firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes—including a machine gun—and conspiracy to commit money laundering. “The Raleigh Police Department is proud to work alongside our federal partners to investigate and prosecute those who seek to destroy our community with violence and drugs,” said Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson. “Removing this very dangerous person from our streets was an extraordinary step in making our community and state safer. By disrupting illegitimate criminal enterprises that seek to traffic guns and drugs into our community, we send a message that we will not tolerate the harm these dangerous organizations cause. Making Raleigh the safest city in the nation remains the top priority of the Raleigh Police Department. We can only do so through collaboration with the community, local and state law enforcement, and our federal partners. We thank the United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification, and the United States Marshals Service for their strong partnership.” “ATF has a long history with outlaw motorcycle gangs, recognizing that these groups are often tied closely with a number of criminal acts, including gun violence, firearms trafficking, and drug trafficking.” said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge Bennie Mims. “This was a strategic, collaborative effort focused on disrupting a dangerous and violent criminal network.” Through the course of this investigation, it was determined that Baker was the leader of the Pagan Motorcycle Club (“PMC”) in North Carolina, a wholly illegitimate criminal enterprise. The PMC is recognized internationally by law enforcement as an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang ("OMG") criminal enterprise that has leaders across the United States of America and Puerto Rico. The PMC has a long history of drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, and violence in the areas where it operates. Baker has been described as the leader of the North Carolina PMC. According to numerous law enforcement intelligence units, he is believed to have previously held the rank of President of the Raleigh chapter of the PMC prior to becoming a “13.” Baker was responsible for the acquisition and distribution of kilogram quantities of methamphetamine for the Drug Trafficking Organization (“DTO”) linked to the PMC. Baker’s DTO is responsible for the distribution of methamphetamine and firearms across multiple states, including North Carolina. In his Pagan leadership position, Baker directed members of his organization in distributing and selling methamphetamine in Raleigh and surrounding areas. Baker’s sources of supply for methamphetamine and firearms lived in the Atlanta area, and he would have various members of the Pagans drive him from North Carolina to the Atlanta area to pick up methamphetamine and firearms for distribution in North Carolina and surrounding states. Baker also routinely used and directed violence to promote his narcotics trafficking. Baker was frequently armed; examples of his violence include the directed torture of a Pagan pledge who allegedly stole from another member. In this case, the pledge’s fingers were cut off using a table saw. Baker also directed the murder of an individual who sold him fake drugs. Raleigh Police and ATF had to place that individual into protective custody. The prosecution of Baker was a part of Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force Operation (OCDETF) Diamond Ice. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launders, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks. This investigation spanned into the West Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia areas where kilogram quantities of methamphetamine were distributed into Raleigh utilizing a complex network of Pagans in surrounding states who have also been indicted in this case. Twenty individuals, including Baker have been indicted. Seven defendants have been convicted and sentenced, and nine others are awaiting sentencing. Michael F. Easley, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by Chief U.S. District Judge Richard E. Myers II. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Raleigh Police Department led the investigation with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification and United States Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kelly L. Sandling and Robert Dodson prosecuted the case. Other agencies involved in the investigation include the N.C. Highway Patrol, the Virginia State Police (VSP), the Dekalb County Police Department (GA), the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office (GA), the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), the Gwinnett County Police Department (GA), the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department (NC), the S.C. Highway Patrol, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office (NC), the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department (SC) and the Reidsville Police Department (NC).
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Re: “The Pagans” M.C.
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A bit of background about them first...
The Pagan's Motorcycle Club, or simply The Pagans, is an outlaw motorcycle club formed by Lou Dobkin in 1957 in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The club rapidly expanded and by 1959, the Pagans, originally clad in blue denim jackets and riding Triumphs, began to evolve along the lines of the stereotypical one percenter motorcycle club.
The Pagans are categorized as an outlaw motorcycle club by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). They are known to fight over territory with the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) and other motorcycle clubs. They are currently active in California, Nevada, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Washington State and Puerto Rico.
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They have been in Arizona for a few years. I think the patch just says southwest. Yeah, I didn't realize that they've had such a big expansion of the club in recent years. But there have been reports of an aggressive expansion into other areas of the country. There was a time (not too long ago) that The Pagans were considered a strictly "east coast" MC. But it now looks as though they've going "national" in scope.
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They have been in Arizona for a few years. I think the patch just says southwest. Yeah, I didn't realize that they've had such a big expansion of the club in recent years. But there have been reports of an aggressive expansion into other areas of the country. There was a time (not too long ago) that The Pagans were considered a strictly "east coast" MC. But it now looks as though they've going "national" in scope. From what I've been told by a couple different people, their presence in Arizona, anyway, goes back at least 10+ years before the recent expansion.
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Pagans have always had a presence in Florida, and North Carolina. Arizona and Missouri they were a small group going back to the early 2000s to stay in contact with high ranking chapter and national members in Prison. Tennessee chapter has been around for over a decade, last couple of years they are said to have opened a new one, you seen them every once in a while in Alabama making a run between Tennessee and Florida and they do have an understanding with a couple of Outlaw chapters in the region at least the Irondale Outlaws allows them to go unharmed as long as they don't setup shop in the state, they are allowed to go after people that ripped them off, owes them or caused them problems for the Pagans. Since Covid has happened a lot of clubs have expanded and crossed the old territory lines which they have been doing since the turn of the century, and not just the Pagans either. Hell I have been to a wedding where there were Hells Angels, Mongols, Gypsy Jokers, a couple of Vargos, some Outlaws, and a Bandido who was not wearing his cut his choice. Before that I found my way to another wedding where the Hells Angel's were present and they had a Mongol facilitate the wedding with a couple of older former bandidos in attendance up in Northern California. So yeah don't be surprised. Different chapters do get along in their area or region even when the clubs on a national level are fighting.
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17 arrested in Pagans motorcycle gang bust Newsday, September 15, 2010 Seventeen members or associates of the Pagans motorcycle gang were charged Wednesday with a host of violent crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder, as federal agents fanned out through Suffolk County and elsewhere in a move to crush the gang's attempted resurgence on Long Island and in the New York-New Jersey area, according to officials and court documents. National and Long Island Pagans leaders were among those arrested as a result of the 21-month investigation. In addition to the murder conspiracy, which involved the longtime Pagan rivals the Hells Angels, the alleged gang members were charged with violent assaults, as well as extortion, witness tampering, distribution of cocaine and oxycodone, and weapons charges, court papers and prosecutors say. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Suffolk criminal intelligence detectives arrested some suspects early Wednesday at the alleged headquarters of the Long Island Pagans, a tattoo parlor in Rocky Point. They went to seven Suffolk locations, including Holbrook. Two federal bureau agents, posing as boyfriend and girlfriend, had infiltrated the gang, providing key evidence, according to sources familiar with the case. The male agent rose in the ranks of the Long Island chapter, serving as secretary, treasurer and then sergeant-at-arms, the second-highest position in the local Pagans hierarchy, federal prosecutor James Miskiewicz said in a court document. Federal prosecutors decided to close down the investigation this week after several Pagans were heard last weekend, in several meetings, plotting to murder members of the Hells Angels using homemade hand grenades, according to sources. The investigation had been planned to continue for some time, the sources said. Jason Blair, the president of the Long Island Pagans, told others at the meetings they had to be ready "to go to jail or die," Miskiewicz said Wednesday at Blair's arraignment at federal court in Central Islip. John "J.R." Ebeling, the former leader of the Long Island Pagans chapter, now on the national governing body of the Pagans known as the "Mother Club," also was charged with murder conspiracy, according to court papers. Ebeling and Blair were also charged with the beating of a couple in a Suffolk bar Nov. 28. The female of the couple in the bar, a Pagans hangout, had somehow "disrespected" Ebeling, and he ordered Blair and other Pagans present to beat "the civilians," according to Miskiewicz's court filing. The couple was then savagely beaten with "ax handles . . . heavy leather boots . . . and billiard balls [and] were left bleeding," Miskiewicz wrote. Ebeling, Blair and several other Pagans pleaded not guilty at the arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Arlene Lindsay. She held them without bail, ruling they were a danger to the community. Their attorneys declined to comment. Ronald Turk, head of the New York office of the ATFE, said few of those arrested ever held jobs. "These guys really lived the outlaw motorcycle club life, come as you go and do what you want," Turk said. Members rarely wore insignia jackets in public to avoid attention from police and rival gang members. "They're not trying to stand out like they did 20 years ago," he said. Between 1999 and 2002, more than 100 members of the Pagans - estimated to be about a quarter of the gang's national membership - were convicted in federal prosecutions on Long Island, all but eliminating the group's presence on the Island, officials said. The Long Islanders were among those trying to rebuild the local Pagans chapter. They had not been longtime members but were friends of members arrested in the early 2000s, said sources familiar with the case. In the largest federal case, more than 70 members of the Pagans were convicted of assault charges in 2002 after they attacked a Hells Angels gathering at the Vanderbilt catering hall in Plainview. At the time, the Hells Angels were running what they called a Hell-Raisers ball. The Pagans were sentenced to up to 78 months in prison as a result of that incident - which left one Pagan dead and nine injured. Murder charges were dropped against the Hells Angel accused of killing the Pagan after the Nassau County district attorney's office said it determined the suspect was acting in self-defense. The Rocky Point tattoo parlor was the epicenter of much of the chapter's activities, and frequently hosted Pagan members from across the Northeast, ATFE officials said. Pagan chapters are primarily in the Mid-Atlantic states. The group held regular meetings overseen by Ebeling, paid dues, and discussed plans to attack or intimidate rival gang members. On the Broadway block in Rocky Point, where the tattoo parlor sits, several ATFE cars were spotted around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Katrina Fougere, who works in the next-door beauty parlor Barbara and Co. According to Fougere, the proprietor, a man named J.R., and his companion, Maureen, kept the store clean and tidy. "They are terrific neighbors," she said. Twenty of the 34 guns seized late Tuesday and early Wednesday in raids in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland were found on Long Island. John Ebeling is led out of the Suffolk County Police Department's Sixth Precinct in Selden for arraignment in federal court. (Sept. 15, 2010)
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Biker Attack Is Called Clash Over L.I. Turf Feb. 25, 2002 A deadly attack in which bat-wielding members of the Pagan Outlaw Motorcycle Club from around the East Coast invaded a catering hall here filled with Hells Angels appeared to be a carefully orchestrated response to the Angels' bid to raise their profile on Long Island, where the Pagans once dominated, investigators and those familiar with motorcycle gangs said today. A bloody melee erupted on Saturday when 10 vanloads of Pagans stormed into the Vanderbilt, a white-columned catering hall more accustomed to holding lavish weddings and political victory parties than biker gatherings. But this weekend, it was home to the Hells Angels' Hellraiser Ball, a convention featuring performances by blues bands, an appearance by a pornographic film star, motorcycle exhibitions and a tattoo contest. One Pagan was killed by gunfire, and 10 others were injured. About 500 guns, knives, bats, ax handles and other, more exotic weapons were seized, along with what the police said was a large amount of cocaine. Today, the authorities charged a member of the Hells Angels with second-degree murder and said he was the only person to fire a gun during the fracas. Throughout the day, clusters of bikers were led in handcuffs from Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola and taken by bus to First District Court in Hempstead. In all, 75 bikers were charged, 73 of them Pagans. Those familiar with the world of motorcycle gangs said the explosion of violence was the first such confrontation between the two gangs at a public exposition since the 1970's, and could signal a dangerous new phase in their rivalry in the United States. ''What you saw this weekend was the beginning of a war between these two gangs,'' said Yves Lavigne, of Toronto, the author of three books on the Hells Angels. Motorcycle expositions like Saturday's Hellraiser Ball -- the Hells Angels' first on Long Island -- ''are commonplace wherever they control the territory,'' Mr. Lavigne said. ''It shows they're not afraid, but this time it backfired. This was the Pagans telling them, 'We're drawing the line here.' '' Police officials said they were investigating several possible causes of the deadly fracas, including the possibility that it was an attempt by the Pagans to retaliate against the Hells Angels because some Pagans had defected to the rival group. More arrests might follow, the authorities said. All appeared to be going smoothly Saturday afternoon at the Vanderbilt, an expansive building with lighted, marbleized floors. Roughly 1,000 motorcycle enthusiasts perused the exhibits. Outside, a half-dozen uniformed police officers watched from across the street. Just after 4 p.m., the authorities said, the vans arrived, some pulling up to the spot where limousines usually discharge elegantly gowned and tuxedoed couples. Out marched a collection of long-haired men with scraggly beards and faded denim vests, some of them so beefy that, later, the police had to use three sets of handcuffs to link their hands behind their backs. As astonished attendees looked down from a sweeping, carpeted staircase, the Pagans began knocking over tables in the hall's pastel-painted lobby, the police said. It did not take long for the Angels to respond. Within minutes, the police said, Raymond Dwyer, 38, a Hells Angel and a tattoo artist from Oceanside, N.Y., opened fire at the invaders with a small-caliber handgun, wounding five people. At least six other people were also stabbed or cut in the melee, all of them Pagans, the police said, prompting members of the group to bolt out of the Vanderbilt and into their vans. Nassau, Suffolk and New York State police officers as well as members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who the police said had been monitoring the event, raced to the scene. The most seriously injured were pulled out of the vans and taken by ambulance to local hospitals. Among them was a man identified as Robert Rutherford, 51, of Lancaster, Pa., who had been shot in the chest and stabbed. Mr. Rutherford died during surgery at North Shore University Hospital here. This afternoon, friends gathered on a lawn in front of the townhouse in the working-class Lancaster neighborhood where Mr. Rutherford had lived. Neighbors described him as a postal worker who often rode motorcycles with his wife. Mary Sexton, 55, who lives nearby, said she would not have suspected Mr. Rutherford to be a member of the Pagans. ''When I think Pagans, I think wild, crazy people,'' Ms. Sexton said. ''But I never got that impression from them. I would see them both riding their cycles and parking them in the driveway, but they were never unruly. They were just neighbors who enjoyed Harleys.'' Mr. Dwyer's lawyer, Michael DerGarabedian, said his client was innocent. ''He's adamant he did not pull the trigger,'' Mr. DerGarabedian said. ''He did not commit a murder.'' But prosecutors said Mr. Dwyer, a bulky man in a black Hells Angels muscle shirt, had pulled his long brown hair back into a ponytail and put on ''non-prescriptive glasses'' in an attempt to evade the police after the shooting. He was charged with second-degree murder today and ordered held without bail. The police confiscated about 500 weapons from the Vanderbilt and the vans, and police officials displayed a selection at a news conference today: brass knuckles, batons, switchblades, daggers, guns, a fake lipstick with a blade inside. The police said they also recovered a ''large quantity of cocaine'' inside the catering hall. Today, a parade of bearded, denim-vested Pagans were marched into First District Court in groups of five or six. They were arraigned on charges of first-degree rioting and first-degree attempted gang assault. Some were also charged with weapons possession, and most were held in $50,000 cash bail. A lawyer representing the group, Mark D. Lancaster of Pittsburgh, said the Pagans had come from as far as Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Ohio because they wanted ''just to participate'' in the rival group's exposition. ''They weren't there to show disrespect,'' Mr. Lancaster said. But Bob Maganza, 52, president of the Long Island chapter of Hells Angels, said everything had gone smoothly in the ornate halls of the Vanderbilt until the Pagans abruptly interrupted the weekendlong effort to ''promote motorcycling on Long Island.'' ''We are not the bad guys here,'' Mr. Maganza said. ''We were doing our own thing, we were minding our own business. The assault came to us. It turned everybody's lives upside down.'' Mr. Maganza would not speculate on why the Pagans had crashed his group's party. ''I couldn't even guess what they were thinking,'' he said. ''They're just different than we are. They're stupid. To think they're going to come into an event like this, what were they thinking? With women and children there?'' Long Island was considered prime Pagan territory until 1998, when the authorities arrested more than 30 bikers associated with the group, including its leader, on charges they had extorted thousands of dollars a year from topless dance clubs on Long Island, threatening club owners with violence and arson. The vacuum created by the Pagans' low profile coincided with the group's refusal to sign peace contracts with the other three major American motorcycle clubs, Mr. Lavigne said, meaning the Angels were free to tread on Pagan turf. The Pagans are known as the ''least sophisticated'' of the four major clubs -- also including the Bandidos and the Outlaws -- according to Mr. Lavigne. ''Fat, bearded, long-haired they stand out a lot,'' he said. ''The Angels today are slick, coifed and look more like business people.'' But at the Hells Angels' Long Island headquarters, a squat rectangular building next to a gas station and across the street from the Murda Ink tattoo parlor not far from the courthouse in Hempstead, a group of burly men in leather jackets declined to speak with a reporter. ''Get out,'' one man ordered from behind a green security fence topped with barbed wire and adorned with signs that read, ''Beware of Dog'' and ''No Trespassing.'' ''Get out now.''
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Hell's Angel's loathed Pagan MC rivals who 'fight together and fuck together.'
Since it was founded in 1959 as a group of blokes who loved motorcycles, Pagan MC has become one of the most notorious criminal organisation in the US known for their deadly fighting techniques
The gang has established a fearsome reputation
The biker gang Pagan MC is one of the US’ most notorious motorcycle riding clubs, renowned for drug trafficking, brutal violence and deadly scraps with the Hell's Angels. Pagan’s Motorcycle Club has bullied and beaten its way to the top of the biker scene since forming in 1959 in Prince George’s County, Maryland. The alleged crime syndicate rapidly expanded into a formal constitution in 1965 and are now categorised as an “outlaw motorcycle gang” by the FBI.
Adopting a governing structure, the club chose a national president who was reportedly paid the same amount as the US president, roughly £80k per year. Former president Jimmy DeGregorio claimed his denim-clad brotherhood “fought together and f****d together”, speaking on the Gangland documentary in 2009.
The club has operated since 1959
Active in 13 states, the club has been the subject of much online criticism for their criminality and white supremacist tendencies that pervade their culture. The Pagan’s clothing is often seen with Nazi patches, alongside tattoos that read “ARGO” (Ar Go F*** Yourself) and “NUNYA” (Nun’Ya F**** Business). In the early years, the Pagans operated as a small and relatively peaceful organisation focused on the excitement of motorcycle riding. However, by the 1970s the club had drifted into criminal activity such as drug trafficking, armed violence and clashes with law enforcement and other motorcycle gangs. The club generated huge wealth by dabbling in the methamphetamine production and distribution industry, becoming one of the first motorcycle clubs to do so.
Their distinctive logo is seen in over 13 states
From the 1970s onwards, their involvement in drug trafficking led to the Pagans becoming entangled in a web of organised crime and severe violence became a daily theme. Speaking on the Gangland documentary, former member ‘Denny’ outlined some of the vicious fighting techniques the gang employed. “Pulling teeth out with your knuckles. Pulling bits of brain out of your axe handle,” he explained. “I mean, I’ve seen some f***** up beatings, some nasty s***.” Last year saw the Hells Angels engage in a street fight with the Pagans, resulting in members on both sides being stabbed and bludgeoned.
The Pagans have often battled the Hell's Angels over territory
An FBI search warrant revealed a brutal turf war between the two outlaw bike groups in Southern Massachusetts. The two biker groups' long history violent history with one another often reached boiling point, but in 2022 a wild 50-man brawl topped things off. In April 2022, the Pagans opened a new chapter in Fall River, near the Hells Angels' territory near the Rhode Island border, according to the warrant.
Recognising the encroachment of their rivals, the Hells Angels re-established their presence in Cape Cod, displaying a new sign to deter onlookers. However, if a rival was spotted on their land, the Hells Angels implemented an "attack on sight" policy, a piece of information seized from the gang's meeting by the FBI.
On May 14, it seemed like any other day for the Pagans, who were taking selfies and enjoying snacks. However, the eerie silence was short-lived when over 100 Hells Angels riders gathered to journey towards the Pagans Fall Water clubhouse. A fervent bunch of 25 daringly separated from the pack to head directly towards the Pagan's fortress, initially appearing quite relaxed with their spouses.
The two rival gangs have a bloody history
According to the arrest warrant: "An additional dozen or more HAMC members and associates were present at the scene and provided support by blocking traffic and serving as lookouts during the attack." Suddenly, the previously peaceful pavement outside the clubhouse became a violent battlefield between the two rival biker gangs. When peace officers finally intervened and broke up the brewing fight, one Pagan member still had a dagger wedged in his body, with others having been viciously defeated with Ball Pein hammers.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, an eyewitness said that the previously immaculate pavements, vehicles and buildings were ruthlessly stained with the bikers' blood.
All injured Pagans were whisked off to the hospital while the Angels sought refuge at their Cape Cod clubhouse. Details regarding casualties resulting from the horrific brawl remain a mystery.
The brawling bikers swiftly changed outfits and fled from the clubhouse, scattering in diverse directions thereby baffling detectives scrutinising the area. Despite zero reports of further altercations in the precinct, confidential files suggested "that further violence against [the Pagans] would likely follow".
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Two admit roles in alleged assault at Pagans clubhouse in Williamstown
CAMDEN, NJ – Two Williamstown men have admitted guilt in connection with an attack on a man who helped an investigation into the Pagans Motorcycle Club.
Nicholas “Lefty” Marino, 76, and Anthony “Fugit” D’Alessandro, 55, were accused of assisting in an August 2020 attack at a Pagans clubhouse.
The assault victim, whose name was not disclosed, had alerted investigators in July 2020 that he’d been asked to store guns and ammunition by another suspect in the case, Michael “Cage” Dorazo of Gloucester City, a criminal complaint alleges.
The victim allowed investigators to seize the weapons without the Pagans’ knowledge. The cache included an “AR-15 style” ghost gun, a shotgun, and almost 1,800 rounds of ammunition, according to the federal prosecutor's office, which describes the Pagans as an "outlaw motorcycle gang."
The victim told the Pagans he’d sold the guns for $5,000 and turned over that amount of money, which was provided by federal investigators, to Dorazo, the complaint alleges. He later gave another $4,000 to Dorazo after being told the Pagans were unhappy with the purported gun sale, the complaint says.
It alleges the assault occurred after the man arrived for a meeting at a clubhouse on Marino's property in Williamstown. Marino and D’Alessandro ordered the man to give up his cell phone, then used a handheld device to ensure he had not concealed any electronic devices, the complaint says.
It alleges another Pagan, Nicholas “Booch” Bucciarelli of Brooklawn, then entered the clubhouse, struck the victim with an ax handle and pointed a gun at the man. The victim was ordered to call the buyer of the guns, who was actually a federal investigator, and to request an update on the weapons, the complaint alleges.
The investigator, “understanding that he was on speaker and that members of the (Pagans) might be listening to their conversation, remained in his undercover persona throughout the conversation,” says the complaint. The victim eventually was allowed to leave the clubhouse.
The federal prosecutor’s office alleges Marino and D’Alessandro were the president and sergeant at arms, respectively, for the Pagans’ chapter in Gloucester County chapter. Marino and D’Alessandro pleaded guilty at separate hearings in Camden federal court on Jan. 24 and Jan. 27. Each admitted to aiding and abetting in the assault of a victim with a dangerous weapon.
The crimes were committed “for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in the Pagans' Motorcycle Club,” according to plea agreements. Each man agreed to surrender his interest in two baseball bats and six ax handles seized in September 2020.
Marino also agreed to surrender his interest in one gun, while D’Alessando is to forfeit ownership of 11 weapons, their agreements say. Dorazo admitted guilt in December 2021 to possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
U.S. District Court Judge Noel L. Hillman has scheduled sentencing for Dorazo on April 4. The judge is to sentence Marino on May 26 and D’Alessandro on June 1.
Bucciarelli has pleaded not guilty to charges that include assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. The charges against Bucciarelli are only allegations. He has not been convicted of any crimes in this case.
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Did you see the news clip recently by that Florida sheriff Grady whatever about the Pagans arrest? I think you'd find it entertaining. When and where in Florida did this take place? Recently in Fla. It's the giant diaper pin story. Is this the article you're referring to? - In warning to public, Keys sheriff says notorious biker gangs behind local toy drives MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay is urging to public to be aware of holiday toy drives that are being hosted by the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Club, one of South Florida’s most notorious outlaw motorcycle gangs. In a video posted to social media Tuesday morning, Ramsay said he was reading a Florida Keys newspaper last weekend when he noticed the “End of the Line” toy drive was being hosted next month by PMC, which stands for Pagan Motorcycle Club, and LMC, which stands for the Led Motorcycle Club, a “feeder club” for the PMC. Ramsey said that both clubs are criminal, outlaw motorcycle gangs that are involved in crime involving drugs, guns and violence in the community. Authorities said they have had several encounters with PMC over the years. MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt announced the arrests of several suspected gang members who were facing several firearm, DUI and drug charges. Marie Fortier, 45, of Spring Hill, was arrested on Feb. 21 for possession of methamphetamine, possession of a concealed weapon without a permit and possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop on U.S. 1 near 17th Court in Marathon, according to Linhardt. The driver of the vehicle, Nicholas Joseph La Bella, 69, also of Spring Hill, was cited for traveling 60 mph in a 35 mph zone and for not wearing a seat belt, authorities said. According to Linhardt, La Bella also admitted to speeding in order to keep up with a group of motorcyclists also affiliated with the Pagans. Deputies said 29-year-old Ryan Alan St. Clair of DeLand, who was arrested on February, 7, 2022, on firearms and drug-related violations. St. Clair is affiliated with the Pagan’s motorcycle gang. Authorities said it is unclear if he is still associated with the gang. Linhardt said St. Clair was charged with carrying a concealed weapon without a license, possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Deputies also said they arrested Pagan’s member Austin Christopher Reynolds, 26, of Key West, on February, 3, 2022, after fleeing from a MCSO deputy on U.S. 1 on Stock Island. Reynolds was arrested on charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a weapon (a large knife) by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine, fleeing and eluding, evidence tampering, reckless driving and knowingly driving with a suspended license, according to Linhardt. Deputies previously arrested Pagan’s member Justin August Meyer, 31, of Key West, on Jan. 27 following a search warrant of his Staples Avenue home. Meyer was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon and possession of drug paraphernalia. About 12 grams of cocaine, an AR-15 pistol, a 9mm pistol, 140 rounds of ammunition, $3,310 in suspected drug sales and a digital scale were found in the residence, authorities said. In 2019, the Sheriff’s Office arrested another Pagan’s member, Adam Matthew Miller, 42, of Big Pine Key, for allegedly making threats on Facebook, authorities said Miller posted a picture of himself holding a knife that was captioned: “Support Pagan’s MC or else! Support or life support! Sons of the Fire God coming to a neighborhood near you!” Ramsay ended the video by saying “there are great organizations that people can team up with, but PMC is not one of them.”
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Alleged leader of outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang returns to prison after violating bail
PROVIDENCE — The North Smithfield man authorities identify as leader of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang is back behind bars after admitting he consorted with fellow gang members, some with criminal records, while sentenced to home confinement.
Deric “Tuna” McGuire, 37, had been on home confinement with electronic monitoring since a July 2019 Superior Court ruling that struck key wiretap evidence against him and his associates in a sprawling drug-trafficking and firearms case.
McGuire, the alleged leader of the Pagans Motorcycle Club chapter in Rhode Island, has returned to the Adult Correctional Institutions for 45 days after admitting Monday failing to keep the peace by spending time with people with criminal records, a violation of bail terms, according to Kristy dosReis, spokeswoman for Attorney General Peter F. Neronha’s office. He returns to court March
According to Rhode Island State Police, an intelligence analyst learned that the Pagans would be holding a second grand opening for their clubhouse at 501 Bound Rd., in Cumberland, on Nov. 6 with up to 30 members from the New York Pagans club expected to attend.
In court:R.I. appeals suppression of wiretap in biker-gang case
Investigators watched at about 1 a.m. as members arrived, some of whom were flagged as alleged motorcycle gang leaders in New York and at least one of whom had been accused of attempted murder and drug trafficking.
GPS tracking placed McGuire, the alleged leader of the Pagans Motorcycle Club in Rhode Island, at that location, apparently after riding his girlfriend Catherine Glaude’s Harley-Davidson to the site. Photographs also captured him mixing with Pagans members outside the clubhouse.
On the night of Jan. 13, McGuire held a Pagans meeting at the home he shares with Glaude in North Smithfield. The gang had vacated their Cumberland clubhouse weeks earlier, the police said.
Law-enforcement agencies have identified the Pagans, which are active across the nation and are known to fight over territory with dueling clubs, as a criminal enterprise and have been implicated elsewhere in racketeering scandals.
2018 raid:50 arrested as state police target R.I. biker gangs
McGuire had been free on $100,000 surety and home confinement since Superior Court Judge Netti C. Vogel suppressed the wiretap of McGuire's phones. His home-confinement order directed that he was to have no contact with Pagans Motorcycle Club members.
Vogel ruled that under state law, only the Superior Court presiding justice or the next-senior Superior Court judge can authorize wiretap interceptions.
The case:Authorities tapped biker gang leader's phone
Presiding Justice Alice B. Gibney asked Judge Melanie Wilk Thunberg to handle the warrants in McGuire’s case while Gibney was out on medical leave. Gibney did so because it would have created a conflict for the most senior Superior Court judge, Robert D. Krause, to do so and later preside over the cases, according to lawyers involved in the case. Krause handles the bulk of the state’s gun cases, including those of McGuire and his co-defendants.
The decision marked a blow for state prosecutors. For almost a year, state and federal agents had wiretapped at least seven different telephones used by McGuire, capturing his recruitment to lead a new Rhode Island chapter of the Pagans outlaw motorcycle gang and documenting his illegal drug operation, authorities allege.
The ruling:Wiretap tossed; purported biker-gang leader walks
The investigation, dubbed Operation Patched Out, led to 29 raids in May 2018 and the seizure of drugs and weapons, including a rocket launcher. Fifty people were arrested and charged with crimes tied to two alleged Woonsocket-based motorcycle gangs, the Pagans and the Kryptmen.
State prosecutors have appealed Vogel’s ruling to the state Supreme Court, arguing that the judge got it wrong, that the law gave Gibney the authority to designate Thunberg to perform presiding justice duties — such as handling warrants for wiretaps — in her absence. They faulted Vogel’s reading of the state’s Wiretap Act as overly strict.
The state also argued that U.S. Supreme Court precedent allows the admission of evidence seized on “good-faith” reliance on a search warrant, as was the case in the McGuire case.
Lawyers for McGuire and his co-defendants counter that the state is raising the same arguments Vogel rejected in July 2019. In court:R.I. Supreme Court hears case for burying India Point Park power lines
The Supreme Court has not yet set a date for arguments to be heard.
McGuire faces more than 220 narcotics and weapons charges. Glaude, 31, his girlfriend, also faces charges linked to the investigation. She, too, was free on home confinement, but has been returned to prison in recent weeks.
Lawyers for McGuire and Glaude, John F. Cicilline and Lauren Balkcom, respectively, did not immediately respond to inquiries. The case is being prosecuted by James Baum and Joseph McBurney.
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Florida is historically a Outlaws MC stronghold. They are the dominant MC down there and I assume you'd better check with them before setting up shop in the state.
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5 Pagans Motorcycle Club members arrested in Pennsylvania, including 4 from West Virginia
Sep 1, 2023
BEAVER FALLS, PA (WVNS) — Five members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club were arrested after they reportedly beat Beaver County resident before also stealing the victim’s gun. Four of the club members arrested were from West Virginia, including three from southern West Virginia.
According to a press release from the District Attorney’s Office in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, members of the Beaver Fall Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police responded to the Big Beaver Ramada Inn for a report of a fight and assault on August 27, 2023, at 1:45 AM.
Once on scene, investigators learned the victim was allegedly beaten by multiple Pagans Motorcycle Club members. The club members reportedly kicked, punched, used brass knuckles, and allegedly put a gun to the victim’s head before stealing the victim’s gun.
It was discovered that the Pagans Motorcycle Club had reserved a block of 32 rooms within the hotel. A search warrant for all 32 rooms was obtained and carried out. Due to the amount of rooms and club members, extra law enforcement, which included two separate SWAT units, was called in as backup.
During the search, 69 people were removed from the rooms and placed under temporary custody for the duration of the search. A total of 26 guns were run through the federal gun registry database. While looking into the guns, it was revealed that one gun was stolen out of West Virginia. The victim’s gun was also returned. Five sets of brass knuckles, which are considered illegal weapons in Pennsylvania, were also seized during the search.
Four Pagans Motorcycle Club members were arrested and charged with Robbery and Aggravated Assault. One other member was arrested charged with Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
Charged: * John Evans, of Beckley, WV, was charged with Possession of a Stolen Firearm. * Matthew Richards, of Fayetteville, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Adam Lowe, of Mount Hope, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Lucas Stone, of Summit Point, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Robert Poffenberger, of Fairplay, MD, was charged was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * The Beaver County District Attorney had this to say regarding the operation: The District Attorney recognizes the Beaver Falls Police Department for professionally organizing this substantial response to a complex and potentially dangerous situation. We also wish to recognize the Pennsylvania State Police for their assistance, and the Beaver County ESU and Washington County SWAT for their rapid response and assistance.
David J. Lozier | Beaver County District Attorney All five cases are set for their preliminary hearings on September 8, 2023 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
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"Pagan Motorcycle Club member found guilty of murder and other crimes."
Apr. 3, 2024
UPDATED (4/5/2024) - Pagan Motorcycle Club member John Wolfe has been found guilty for the murder of Henry Silver.
The trial, which began on April 3rd, concluded today when the jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder, Guilty of conspiracy to commit a felony, and Guilty of use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: FAIRMONT, W.Va (WDTV) - The prosecution alleges that John Wolfe, a member of the Pagan Motorcycle Club, conspired to murder Henry Silver on Sept. 9, 2022 in Carolina, West Virginia.
During the cross examination of several witnesses, it was revealed Silver had been in an intimate relationship with Wolfe’s partner Megan Ball. Ball says the affair had been going on for sometime when Wolfe became aware; and that Wolfe was aware of several other affairs in the past, but had never resorted to violence.
On the day in question, Silver arrived at the Carolina Arbors apartment complex. Both Ball and Wolfe were in the apartment along with 3 children. Ball met Silver in the stairwell telling him he had to leave. Ball left for about 25 minutes to go to Circle K in Monongah. When Ball returned she saw a black truck speed past her and Silver was dead in in the parking lot. Other witnesses testified they saw several men dressed in all black with ski masks shoot Silver and then speed off in a black truck.
The trial is expected to last 3 days. Stay connected to 5 News for more details around the alleged conspiracy.
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5 Pagans Motorcycle Club members arrested in Pennsylvania, including 4 from West Virginia
Sep 1, 2023
BEAVER FALLS, PA (WVNS) — Five members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club were arrested after they reportedly beat Beaver County resident before also stealing the victim’s gun. Four of the club members arrested were from West Virginia, including three from southern West Virginia.
According to a press release from the District Attorney’s Office in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, members of the Beaver Fall Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police responded to the Big Beaver Ramada Inn for a report of a fight and assault on August 27, 2023, at 1:45 AM.
Once on scene, investigators learned the victim was allegedly beaten by multiple Pagans Motorcycle Club members. The club members reportedly kicked, punched, used brass knuckles, and allegedly put a gun to the victim’s head before stealing the victim’s gun.
It was discovered that the Pagans Motorcycle Club had reserved a block of 32 rooms within the hotel. A search warrant for all 32 rooms was obtained and carried out. Due to the amount of rooms and club members, extra law enforcement, which included two separate SWAT units, was called in as backup.
During the search, 69 people were removed from the rooms and placed under temporary custody for the duration of the search. A total of 26 guns were run through the federal gun registry database. While looking into the guns, it was revealed that one gun was stolen out of West Virginia. The victim’s gun was also returned. Five sets of brass knuckles, which are considered illegal weapons in Pennsylvania, were also seized during the search.
Four Pagans Motorcycle Club members were arrested and charged with Robbery and Aggravated Assault. One other member was arrested charged with Possession of a Stolen Firearm.
Charged: * John Evans, of Beckley, WV, was charged with Possession of a Stolen Firearm. * Matthew Richards, of Fayetteville, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Adam Lowe, of Mount Hope, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Lucas Stone, of Summit Point, WV, was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * Robert Poffenberger, of Fairplay, MD, was charged was charged with Robbery, Aggravated Assault, and Reception of Stolen Property. * The Beaver County District Attorney had this to say regarding the operation: The District Attorney recognizes the Beaver Falls Police Department for professionally organizing this substantial response to a complex and potentially dangerous situation. We also wish to recognize the Pennsylvania State Police for their assistance, and the Beaver County ESU and Washington County SWAT for their rapid response and assistance.
David J. Lozier | Beaver County District Attorney All five cases are set for their preliminary hearings on September 8, 2023 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. I wonder if illegal search and seizure will get some the stolen gun charge dropped. Also wonder if that is a massive Civil rights violation case. Also wonder why they'd have booked the rooms in a way that they could all be traced like that. Unless it was all found out by reviewing camera footage.
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