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Ex-Bandido Rat from San Antonio who helped take down national leaders gets probation
By Guillermo Contreras A former member of the Bandidos who helped bring down the outlaw motorcycle club’s national leaders got a huge break in a San Antonio courtroom Wednesday when he walked out with probation instead of the 14 to 17 years in prison he faced for a drug-trafficking conviction. Senior U.S. District Judge David…
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OH too bad!!FBI in shutdown: ‘We can’t pay informants’ . Means Agents actually got to work
Washington (AFP) – FBI agents complained Monday that the month-old US government shutdown is preventing them from paying informants, buying drugs undercover in narcotics busts, and even renewing their own security clearances. Investigations and prosecutions are suffering from the lack of money to travel to interview witnesses or funds to pay translators, agents are saying,…
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Kinfolk biker accused of killing Bandidos leader: ‘I feared for my life’. Is it a viable defense?
Shelby Montgomery EL PASO, Texas – The Kinfolk biker accused of killing a Bandidos biker gang leader in 2017 testified in his own defense Tuesday. Javier Gonzalez, Vice President of Kinfolk, is accused of shooting and killing Bandidos member Juan Martinez during a brawl inside a bar named Mulligans Chopped Hog in 2017. During the…
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Brothers’ Keepers Motorcycle Club “Ark-La-Tex Burn Run” Biker Bash
rothers’ Keepers Motorcycle Club 8th will be kicking off 2019 with the first annual “Ark-La-Tex Burn Run” March 29-30, at Spring Lake Park. This is a 2-day event with all proceeds going to the benefit children at Watersprings Ranch and “Camp I’m Still Me” in Scottsville, Texas. As the BKMC chapter continues to grow, so…
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Harley-Davidson Invites Wall Street Into Its Dealerships:Changing the way its dealerships are operated could alter the way its motorcycles are sold.
Rich Duprey The introduction of the LiveWire electric motorcycle indicates it’s no longer business as usual at Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG), a company built on gasoline, grease, and loud pipes. It’s not a new type of bike that signals big changes are coming to the motorcycle company, though, it’s the reversal on prohibiting private equity firms from…
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No Juice for Harley Davidson’s Turnaround: LiveWire Is a Nonstarter:An electric motorcycle that could change the company’s trajectory will be disappointed.
Rich Duprey What the heck is Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) thinking? Its long-awaited electric LiveWire motorcycle is now ready for pre-order pending shipment in August, but instead of making an accessible, high-performance machine that could jump-start a sales renaissance, it instead delivered another premium-priced bike that underperforms the competition. Motorcycle enthusiasts and investors waited five years to…
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Baghdad bikers aiming to unite Iraq through biking and brotherhood.
Hamuda Hassan BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Roaring along Baghdad’s highways, the “Iraq Bikers” are doing more than showing off their love of outsized motorcycles and black leather: they want their shared enthusiasm to help heal Iraq’s deep sectarian rifts. Weaving in and out of traffic, only the lucky few ride Harley Davidsons – a rare and…
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Cop Caught with Child Porn Serves 90 Days in Jail; Man Selling Weed Gets 5 Year Sentence. WTF is wrong with this picture?
A.J. Herrington A former Ohio police officer will serve just 90 days in jail for child pornography charges while a Louisiana man will serve 5 years for conspiracy to distribute marijuana, according to a report from The Free Thought Project. Last week, former Columbus, Ohio police sergeant Dean Worthington was sentenced to 9 years in prison…
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Fire blazes at Satan’s Motorcycle Club in Jefferson Twp.Reward offered to help solve shooting death of Pagan biker club member
Breaking News Staff JEFFERSON TWP., MONTGOMERY COUNTY — UPDATE @ 5:40 p.m.: Crews quickly put out a fire at the Satan’s Motorcycle Club, but it was still smoldering. The fire was reported shortly before 5 p.m. at the building, 144 Holland Ave. Some club members were inside the building but no one was hurt. The cause…
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Blue Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club office manager to serve 1 year in prison after stealing more than $200,000
By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff The longtime office manager for an international motorcycle club based in Bangor was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison with all but one year suspended after she allegedly stole more than $200,000 from the organization over the course of nearly two decades. Bessie Small, 48, of Carmel also was…
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Will stripping the Mongols motorcycle club logo violate First Amendment rights? Audio Interview on the subject.
AirTalk® A Santa Ana jury ruled Friday that the L.A.-based Mongols motorcycle club would be stripped of its trademark as part of its punishment in a racketeering case. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, this trademark war has been the headliner of a decade-long fight between federal prosecutors and the L.A.-based Mongols Motorcycle Club,…
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Fact vs. Fiction: Explaining California’s New Exhaust Noise Law
By SEMA Washington, D.C., Staff The Issue California Assembly Bill (A.B.) 1824 was signed into law by then-Governor Jerry Brown in June of 2018 as part of the state’s budget process. The legislation amended how California law enforcement officials may issue a citation for exhaust noise violations. The bill has generated significant concern within the…
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Mongols Motorcycle Club member Christopher Clay Wilson sentenced rival motorcycle club shooting
by BakersfieldNow staff BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Mongols Motorcycle Club member Christopher Clay Wilson was sentenced to 120 days in jail and three years’ probation for his involvement in the death of Ricardo Viera. Wilson was arrested, along with Eliseo Ray Miranda and Arturo Desiderio, after Viera was shot during a May 5, 2018, dispute between…
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Federal judge to allow experts to weigh in on whether the government can seize Mongols motorcycle club’s trademark
By Sean Emery A federal judge presiding over the high-profile Mongols motorcycle club trial has agreed to put out a wide-ranging call for expert legal input on the implications of the government’s unprecedented efforts to gain control of the well-known insignia worn by club members. Less than a week after a Santa Ana jury decided…
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