The five-count superseding indictment includes charges of
racketeering, kidnapping and murder.
Those charged include:
Kenneth Earl Hause, 61 of Aumsville, who is the National President
Mark Leroy Dencklau, 58 of Woodburn
Earl Deverle Fisher, 48 of Gresham
Ryan Anthony Negrinelli, 36 of Gresham
Jospeh Duane Folkerts 61 of Battleground
A sixth defendant was not named. All are members and
associates of the club and are charged with conspiring to conduct and
participate in the activities of a racketeering enterprise.
With the exception of Hause, the U.S. Attorney's Office said
the other five defendants also face charges of murder in aid of racketeering,
kidnapping in aid of racketeering resulting in death, kidnapping resulting in
death and conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death for the June 30 to
July 2, 2015 kidnapping and murder of Robert Huggins.
Huggins was a former Gypsy Joker MC member and resident of southeast
Portland. The five defendants are accused of killing Huggins to maintain and
increase their positions in the criminal club.
“According to the indictment, since at least 2003, the Gypsy
Joker Motorcycle club have engaged in a wide range of crimes, including kidnapping, murder,
drug dealing, robbery, extortion, and witness tampering,” said Assistant
Attorney General Benczkowski.
“Thanks to the efforts of ATF, the Portland Police Department, and federal prosecutors, we will work hard to hold accountable the leaders and members of this brutal and highly organized gang for their alleged crimes.”
“Thanks to the efforts of ATF, the Portland Police Department, and federal prosecutors, we will work hard to hold accountable the leaders and members of this brutal and highly organized gang for their alleged crimes.”
“Kenneth Hause is the leader of a criminal organization
that, through its many chapters and support clubs, has sowed violence and
intimidation throughout the Pacific Northwest. This is an organization whose
members and associates pride themselves on living outside the law and use
kidnapping, assault, murder and other forms of violence to extend and maintain
their power.
Kenneth Hause and his co-defendants will soon face the
consequences of their crimes thanks to a seamless partnership of federal, state
and local law enforcement agencies,” said U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy J.
Williams.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Gypsy Joker MC is known
for using fear through its members and associates as a tactic for establishing
and maintaining its power.
Additionally, the club oversees several support clubs in
both Oregon and Washington, including the Road Brothers Northwest Motorcycle
Club, Solutions Motorcycle Club, Northwest Veterans Motorcycle Club, High-Side
Riders, and the Freedom Fellowship Motorcycle Club.
The U.S. Attorney's Office said Dencklau, Fisher and Tiler
Evan Pribbernow, 37 of Portland, were first charged in a four-count indictment
that was unsealed in July 2018.
Pribbernow pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to conduct and
participate in the activities of a racketeering enterprise on November 7, 2018.
Dencklau and Fisher are detained pending trial.
Along with the criminal charges brought against the five
named defendants in the superseding indictment, the government is seeking
forfeiture of a property in Salem that is used as a Gypsy Joker MC clubhouse.
SOURCE: FOX12 Oregon