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Friday, April 25, 2025

Tributes Pour in for Hells Angels MC Member

Wallsend, Newcastle, England (April 25, 2025) - A South Shields mum has paid a devastating tribute to her husband, Chris Brown, 37, who tragically died following a motorcycle crash on Stephenson Street in Wallsend on April 7, 2025.

Chris, a father of two and supervisor at Smulders, suffered critical injuries when his Harley-Davidson collided with a van. Despite being rushed to the RVI by air ambulance, Chris passed away three days later. 
 
Image: Northumbria Police

His wife Stacey, speaking with deep emotion, said: “Our kids are not going to see their king again. It broke me in two.” Chris, a proud member of the Hells Angels, was described as “a proper, genuine, nice person” and “a family man who would do anything for anyone.” His passing has shaken the South Tyneside community, with Stacey adding: “Anybody who met him loved him.”

She added: “My brother worked with Chris and was the first on the scene because he was travelling just behind him in the car. “When I got the call from my brother, I knew that something that happened to Chris and my heart just sank. I could tell that it was bad.

“Chris was a very experienced rider – he had ridden bikes since he was around seven years old. You’d never expect something like this to happen to someone who’s so experienced. “He used to have sports bikes when he was younger but as he got older, he got into Harleys and that’s when he joined the Hells Angels.”

In his memory, Stacey is taking on the Three Peaks Challenge on June 21 – the Summer Solstice – a dream they once shared together. Over £13,000 has already been raised for Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity through a fundraiser Stacey launched in Chris’s honour.

Chris’s funeral will take place on May 10, 2025 with more than 600 bikes expected to join in tribute. “Please remember to hold your loved ones close,” Stacey says. “You never know what’s around the corner.” A fundraiser has been set up at: gofundme.com/f/chris-last-hike


Outlaws Motorcycle Club Member Arrested

St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada (April 25, 2025) - A major drug trafficking investigation has led to the seizure of over 100 kilograms of suspected cocaine and the arrest of four individuals, including a full-patch member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The three-month investigation, launched in January by the OPP-led Biker Enforcement Unit, focused on suspected drug trafficking by outlaw motorcycle gang members in St. Catharines.
 


With support from Niagara Regional Police, York Regional Police, and Halton Regional Police, the probe uncovered a trafficking network moving cocaine from the Greater Toronto Area to Nova Scotia. On April 4, 2025, police executed a search warrant at a home in Richmond Hill, seizing approximately 101 kilograms of suspected cocaine and more than $215,000 in cash.

Additional warrants executed the same day at two St. Catharines residences uncovered oxycodone tablets, five ounces of suspected cocaine, a money counter, and more Canadian currency.

Four individuals from St. Catharines now face a total of eight drug trafficking-related charges.

Randy Mcgean, Sherry Stillwell, and Cody Soulliere, all residents of St. Catharines, have each been charged with:
 
1. Possession of proceeds of crime 
2. Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine

David Crothers of St. Catharines was arrested and charged with:
 
1. Possession of proceeds of crime 
2. Possession for the purpose of trafficking – cocaine

The estimated street value of the drugs seized is $10.1 million.

Source: Toronto Sun

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Co-owner of Poopy's biker bar murdered

Savanna, Illinois, USA (April 23, 2025) - Police in Clinton, Iowa, identified Shelly Leab, co-owner of Poopy’s, the “biggest biker bar in Illinois as the victim in a murder-suicide on Friday. Authorities said Brian Witherspoon, 57, shot Shelly Leab, 52, and then himself. 

Source: Facebook 

The pair was found during a welfare check at a home on Pershing Boulevard, around 12:30 p.m. The family said Leab’s body was found in the home along with her ex-fiancé.



The Iowa medical examiner performed autopsies Monday and said Leab died from multiple gunshot wounds and ruled her death a homicide. Witherspoon died from a single gunshot wound. His death was ruled a suicide.

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Hell Angels MC San Jose

 

Black and White photo of San Jose Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
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