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Accused Vikings club members seek delay which could quash the case against them
The threat of an acquittal is looming large over a drug case in St. John’s, as three alleged drug-dealing bikers have filed to postpone their trial. Lawyers for the men accused of being key members in the Vikings motorcycle gang say there is no way they can be ready for the trial date of Jan. 15,…
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The case against high-ranking members of Bandidos motorcycle club:“It was a massive investigation,” said Assistant United States Attorney Eric Fuchs
By Robert Arnold – Investigative Reporter HOUSTON – For 3 1/2 years, a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI led to convictions and guilty pleas against several high-ranking members of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle club. The case against club members involved assaults and murders. “It was a massive investigation,” said Assistant…
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Time to organize and Fight .Mongols found guilty in racketeering case moving government “We’re going after their very identity,”
By Joel Rubin A jury found the Mongols motorcycle club guilty in a federal racketeering case, a verdict that moves the U.S. government a step closer to its goal of seizing the gang’s trademarked insignia. The jury reached its decision Thursday after deliberating for six days over evidence heard in a monthlong trial in a…
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Jury Finds Mongols Motorcycle Club Guilty of Racketeering: U.S. government wins round 1 in trial to take ownership of Mongols Motorcycle Club’s prized patches
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A federal jury has found the Mongols motorcycle club guilty of racketeering and conspiracy, opening the way for the government to seize its trademarked logo. Jurors in Orange County ruled Thursday against the Mongol Nation, the entity that owns the image of a Mongol warrior on a motorcycle. …
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Jury is considering the charges against the outlaw motorcycle club. Lets hope for a hung Jury or Not Guilty
Feds seek to seize trademark to the Mongols outlaw biker club’s notorious logo in an effort to shut them down Federal racketeering trial in California seeks to seize the Mongols’ logo Jury is considering the charges against the outlaw motorcycle club Government says group is a criminal organization involved in the drug trade Mongols contend…
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‘I like to make things.’ Meet the expert gun builder at the center of the R.I. biker club case
By Tom Mooney Journal Staff Writer In March, two months before explosives experts blew open two Woonsocket motorcycle clubs, state police detectives say they listened in on a phone call between the clubs’ leaders. One talked of killing Christine DeSpain — the woman who made guns in her basement. “I expected her to show up…
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So all cops need is to say they smelled 420 to enter your house without warrant . Kansas Supreme Court Backs Officer Who Sniffed Out Marijuana
Stephen Koranda A ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court could make it easier for police officers to search a home based on what they believe they smell. In the recent ruling, four of the seven justices said that an officer’s belief she smelled unlit marijuana was probable cause to sweep an apartment in Douglas County…
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Organized Crime group accused of making guns busted
Muriel Draaisma · CBC News 23 people charged in 8-month investigation into illegal weapons, drugs Ontario Provincial Police have charged 23 people after an eight-month investigation into the trafficking of illegal firearms and drugs by an organized crime group in the Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe areas. The accused are believed to have manufactured and distributed “untraceable” firearms…
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Could a notorious biker club’s survival hinge on a trademark? The feds are betting on it
By Joel Rubin When federal prosecutors finally managed to put mobster Al Capone behind bars, it wasn’t for murder or bootlegging, but tax evasion. Fast forward several decades and government lawyers in Southern California say a similarly novel tactic could be the key to taking down the Mongols, a notorious motorcycle club that has long…
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Seizing a logo: Feds hope to kill biker group by taking its identity :Seizing the Mongols’ logo would throw the group into disarray, at least temporarily
The Editorial Board Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles want to wrest ownership of the logo that members of a motorcycle group use on their helmets and jackets, believing that if the logo disappears, the group itself will fade into obscurity. It is an innovative and laudable way of employing federal forfeiture laws, which…
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Bye Bye Busa! Suzuki ends Hayabusa production . Bogus!!
Bradley Brownell Even if you don’t know anything about motorcycles, you likely know that the GSX1300R Hayabusa is a ridiculously fast one. It debuted back in 1999 with an unrestricted top-speed alleged to be 194 miles per hour, and it could run tens in the quarter mile. With the Hayabusa, Suzuki completely dunked on the…
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Kids receive hundreds of new bikes, toys at Hell’s Angels Bike Run.Comanchero to stand trial over firefight at home of former club boss
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) — — A sea of brand new bicycles covered the field at Chukchansi Park Saturday morning. The bicycles were the result of nearly a month of camping out by members of the Hell’s Angels, who raised money to buy the bicycles for the group’s 20th bike giveaway. Saturday morning, they rode from…
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Biker club treats Danville elderly ladies to early Christmas. Motorcycle club brings truck load full of toys, food to families in need
Keitumetse Maako The Solidarity Helping Hand motorbike club hosts the event annually. Elderly ladies from Danville and surrounding areas ladies were treated to an early Christmas lunch and gifts by the Solidarity Helping Hand motorbike club on Saturday, during the club’s fourth annual Christmas carols run. “We buy them gifts according to their wish lists…
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‘Big, hairy, tatted-up biker’ touched by kindness.“I have an issue with my fuel gauge, so I track miles on my bike by looking at the odometer,”
by Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune MEDFORD — Wearing dark clothes on a freezing night, Grant Hidy was hardly banking on drivers seeing him and his stalled-out motorcycle Monday on the side of Columbus Avenue, much less anyone stopping to help. Biking home from work in the frigid fog, Hidy’s beard, goggles and hands…
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