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Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Snitch testifies against Hells Angels Member
Police snitch testifies at Project Forseti trial
for Hells Angels member
SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA ( December 5, 2016) — A drug dealer
turned police snitch took the stand Monday for the first time in connection
with Project Forseti, a months-long drug investigation that targeted the Hells
Angels and Fallen Saints Motorcycle Clubs in Saskatoon.
Snitch Noel Harder told the court he arranged to get a
kilogram of cocaine from Robert Allen, a full-patch Hells Angels member who is
on trial, accused of trafficking cocaine between Sept. 1 and Dec. 15, 2014.
Some of the confiscated items during the bust
In his opening statement, federal prosecutor Doug Curliss
said with Harder’s help, police intercepted text messages and recorded
conversations between Harder and Allen. The information proves Allen offered to
get large amounts of cocaine from Hells Angels associates in Ontario and give
the product to Harder to distribute, Curliss said.
When speaking in person, the men often used hand signals
to describe the drug deal because Allen was paranoid about being recorded,
Harder testified. That’s why many of the audio recordings have gaps in the
conversation, he said.
A Fallen Saints MC vest along side a Hells Angels MC vest sits as evidence
Harder said they would write notes that would be ripped
up and flushed down the toilet, and code language was often used in text
messages.
Curliss asked Harder about a text message in which Allen
mentioned a “moving guy” he paid to “move” to Saskatoon who didn’t show up when
expected. Harder said what Allen actually meant was that the cocaine never came
because the transport person disappeared.
Although the drug transaction never happened, offering to
sell drugs is still a crime, Curliss noted in his opening remarks.
Court heard Allen offered to sell cocaine to Harder at a
cheaper price while taking a $5,000 cut from every kilogram that was sold.
Curliss said the discussions around this arrangement took
place “over a significant period of time.” On the stand, Harder decoded
messages that used construction lingo to describe the cocaine deal and sports
references to talk about Oxycodone pills that Harder sold Allen.
He also described moments in the audio recordings when he
or Allen would use hand signals. The motion of dealing cards referred to the
drug deal, and drawing a rectangle in the air indicated a block of cocaine, he
said.
Rob Allen beside his Harley - Davidson Motorcycle
Defence lawyer Morris Bodnar argued Harder’s notes —
which filled in the gestures — should not be admissible because there’s no way
to prove they took place. Justice Grant Currie ruled he would decide how much
weight to give the evidence after the trial is over.
Harder said Allen initially approached him to start a
“support group” for the Hells Angels after the Outlaws Motorcycle Club started
gaining traction in the drug trade. The Fallen Saints Motorcycle Club was
formed and Harder became vice-president.
SOURCE: Saskatchewan Star Phoenix
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Feds warn of increase of Outlaw Bikers in Florida
“We've seen them Outlaw Bikers riding colors with their jackets on.
MARATHON, FL ( December 3, 2016)The FBI warned local law enforcement last month that
Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs are increasing their presence in South Florida,
especially in the Keys.
And their presence has been particularly noticed at popular
Motorcycle events like the Peterson Poker Run, held annually throughout the
island chain in September.
“We’ve seen in the last couple of years, during events
like the Peterson Poker Run, an increase in Outlaw Bikers participating,” said
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay. “We've seen them Outlaw Bikers riding colors
with their jackets on. Historically, you haven’t seen that.”
“Colors” for motorcycle clubs generally are a three-part
arrangement of patches depicting the club name and its location.
The FBI in November sent a memo to Keys law enforcement
agencies stating that various Motorcycle Clubs are trying to gain territory in
South Florida. The Outlaws MC, regarded as the dominant Motorcycle Club in the
region, likely would respond by making efforts to increase its presence and
influence, according to the memo.
A member of the Black Pistons MC and Outlaws MC at an
event
Ramsay said the document warned of an increased incidence
of Outlaw Motorcycle Club activity in the Keys, and that there could be
“conflicts between club members.”
“The information put out was an FYI and to be aware and
mindful,” Ramsay said.
Nora Scheland, an FBI spokeswoman, declined to comment on
the warning.
City of Key West Police Department Chief Donald J. Lee
said that his department also received information about Outlaw Biker Clubs
would take part in the Poker Run, but he would not elaborate on which agency
shared the intelligence.
“We are constantly sharing intelligence information with
other law enforcement agencies, but, in the interest of public safety, do not
disclose active intelligence information,” Lee said.
“As far as shared information regarding Outlaw Biker
activity, we were made aware both before and during the Poker Run, that there
was a chance biker gangs would be in attendance,” Lee said. “This is not the
first year they’ve come to the Keys for Poker Run, by any means.”
Ramsay said life for Motorcycle Club members has changed
over the years. No longer are the organizations’ membership made up solely of
men whose only job is in the club.
“It used to be that groups like the Outlaws and the
Pagans were made up of guys whose sole job was being involved in criminal
enterprises,” Ramsay said. “They didn’t have day jobs.”
Now, he said members have “dual roles, dual lives.
They’re trying to blend into two different societies.”
Indeed, a member of the Outlaws MC involved in a barroom
brawl in Key West during the Poker Run in September also is a Hillsborough
County firefighter.
SOURCE: Florida Keys News
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