Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Hells Angels Interview On Geraldo Rivera
A 1974 television interview with the Hells Angels from Good
Night America, hosted by Geraldo Rivera, featuring Edward "Deacon"
Proudfoot (president of the Oakland charter), Sandy Alexander (president of the
New York City charter), and Vincent "Big Vinnie" Girolamo.
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Swap Meet back on after murder but Mongols MC and Iron Order banned
Denver, CO (December 26, 2017) BTN— Two years after a member of the Mongols MC was murdered at a swap meet, the event is being allowed to return to the National Western Stock Show complex.
One person was killed and several others wounded in a confrontation between a member of the Mongols MC and the Iron Order in February 2016. Derrick Duran of the Iron Order, was not charged after he claimed he fired in self defense at a member of the Mongols MC.
“One Mongol punched me four times. I said stop it ‘Stop it leave me alone.’ Boom. I discharged a weapon,” he said in an interview with police from that day. A Mongol was carried downstairs and Duran said he went to police. “I said, ‘I shot back in self defense here’s my weapons,'” he said.
The event was banned the following year.
Now its website announces it is back — but under certain conditions from the City of Denver and the Stock Show. Biker Trash Network
The Mongols MC and the Iron Order are banned, and no knives, guns, drugs or outside alcohol will be allowed.
Confederation of Clubs’ attorney, Wade Eldridge, said their members, which include the Mongols, would not attend due to city demands.
“The Confederation of Clubs would sign a document telling the city we would pay them if there was anything bad that happened. if someone got shot, beat up or perhaps if anyone slipped on a banana peel.”
So the Confederation is offering a different event the same day at Harley Davidson in Parker to benefit veterans.
At the Stock show event January 27-28th there will be metal detectors and extra security to prevent a return of violence. The Biker Trash Network posted both event links after the video below.
EVENT LINKS:
One person was killed and several others wounded in a confrontation between a member of the Mongols MC and the Iron Order in February 2016. Derrick Duran of the Iron Order, was not charged after he claimed he fired in self defense at a member of the Mongols MC.
Iron Order walking upstairs with gun in hand
“One Mongol punched me four times. I said stop it ‘Stop it leave me alone.’ Boom. I discharged a weapon,” he said in an interview with police from that day. A Mongol was carried downstairs and Duran said he went to police. “I said, ‘I shot back in self defense here’s my weapons,'” he said.
The event was banned the following year.
Now its website announces it is back — but under certain conditions from the City of Denver and the Stock Show. Biker Trash Network
The Mongols MC and the Iron Order are banned, and no knives, guns, drugs or outside alcohol will be allowed.
Confederation of Clubs’ attorney, Wade Eldridge, said their members, which include the Mongols, would not attend due to city demands.
“The Confederation of Clubs would sign a document telling the city we would pay them if there was anything bad that happened. if someone got shot, beat up or perhaps if anyone slipped on a banana peel.”
So the Confederation is offering a different event the same day at Harley Davidson in Parker to benefit veterans.
The Colorado Confederation of Clubs event will support the Vets for Vets of Colorado
At the Stock show event January 27-28th there will be metal detectors and extra security to prevent a return of violence. The Biker Trash Network posted both event links after the video below.
EVENT LINKS:
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Outlaws MC clubhouses tones down outside image
Joliet, IL (December 26, 2017) BTN— The Outlaws Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse in Joliet has been in the spotlight ever since it was searched in connection with the death of a young bartender who went missing in November.
The Outlaws clubhouse in the 1900 block of East Washington Street has attracted controversy in the past two years over the display of a Confederate flag, as well as having signage deemed inappropriate by a local pastor because of how close it was to the Barr Park playground.
The clubhouse attracted more controversy after Will County sheriff’s deputies searched it Nov. 16 as part of an investigation into the death of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns of Mokena.
One of the club’s former members and Kearns’ boyfriend, Jeremy Boshears, 32, of Coal City, was arrested for allegedly killing her.
The motorcycle club’s motto “God Forgives, Outlaws Don’t” was once prominently displayed on the front entrance of the clubhouse. It has since been scrubbed, along with many other signs, except for the acronym for the American Outlaws Association.Yet still behind the clubhouse is a small stage with the Outlaws’ name and a skull symbol.
“They’ve been totally cooperative throughout this investigation,” Jungles said.
No one answered the door to the Outlaws’ clubhouse Friday. Emails sent to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club were not returned.
Lake, who runs Saloon 2 with his son and daughter, said he has a few friends who are part of the Outlaws and many of its members either consist of old-timers or newer ones who are in either their mid-20s or 30s. He said their members visit his bar and he’s never had a problem. “They walked my bartenders to their cars and make sure everyone is safe,” Lake said. Biker Trash Network
Despite the controversy, Wade Lake, 53, one of the owners of Saloon 2, 1827 E. Washington St., said he believes the Outlaws get a bad rap and he’s never had a problem with their members. Will County Deputy Chief Dan Jungles said the Outlaws members have been open to speaking with deputies.
Leona Tichenor, a pastor at Ingalls Park United Methodist Church, has been critical of the clubhouse over its motorcycle club symbols and motto being displayed near the Barr Park playground.
“That’s a very adult-use (display) next to a children’s playground,” Tichenor said.
In an email, she said she appreciated that the Outlaws have “toned down the exterior signage and are only flying the Stars and Stripes,” referring the U.S. flag that now waves outside the entrance.
Jungles said the county sheriff’s office has not had any calls to the clubhouse itself. Deputies have also not received any blowback when speaking with Outlaws members for the investigation concerning Kearns’ death, he said.
Based on what’s been indicated to deputies, Boshears, who faces a first-degree murder charge, belonged to the Outlaws but his membership was revoked after Kearns had gone missing, Jungles said. He said he assumed it might have something to do with the criminal case.
“They have their own reasons for doing what they do. That’s not something I can really comment on,” Jungles said. Kearns worked at Woody’s bar, 1008 E. Washington St., roughly a mile from the clubhouse, and was with Boshears on the night and early morning she was last seen before she went missing on Nov. 13, police said.
Kearns was later found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on Nov. 16 in her 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee in a pole barn in Aroma Park Township in a rural area of Kankakee County. Jungles has said someone he refused to identify drove Boshears from Aroma Park Township after Kearns’ death. He declined to specify where Kearns’ death occurred.
Will County State’s Attorney Spokesman Charles B. Pelkie declined to comment on the case as it is under prosecution. Boshears’ attorney Neil Patel has declined to comment on whether Boshears’ is an Outlaw member and where Kearns’ death occurred, citing attorney-client privilege.
Boshears has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. His bond was set at $10 million and he remains in custody at the Will County jail.
SOURCE: The Herald News
The Outlaws clubhouse in the 1900 block of East Washington Street has attracted controversy in the past two years over the display of a Confederate flag, as well as having signage deemed inappropriate by a local pastor because of how close it was to the Barr Park playground.
The clubhouse for the Outlaws MC in Joliet has since been scrubbed
The clubhouse attracted more controversy after Will County sheriff’s deputies searched it Nov. 16 as part of an investigation into the death of 24-year-old Kaitlyn Kearns of Mokena.
One of the club’s former members and Kearns’ boyfriend, Jeremy Boshears, 32, of Coal City, was arrested for allegedly killing her.
“They’ve been totally cooperative throughout this investigation,” Jungles said.
No one answered the door to the Outlaws’ clubhouse Friday. Emails sent to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club were not returned.
Lake, who runs Saloon 2 with his son and daughter, said he has a few friends who are part of the Outlaws and many of its members either consist of old-timers or newer ones who are in either their mid-20s or 30s. He said their members visit his bar and he’s never had a problem. “They walked my bartenders to their cars and make sure everyone is safe,” Lake said. Biker Trash Network
Stage area behind the Joliet MC's clubhouse
Despite the controversy, Wade Lake, 53, one of the owners of Saloon 2, 1827 E. Washington St., said he believes the Outlaws get a bad rap and he’s never had a problem with their members. Will County Deputy Chief Dan Jungles said the Outlaws members have been open to speaking with deputies.
Leona Tichenor, a pastor at Ingalls Park United Methodist Church, has been critical of the clubhouse over its motorcycle club symbols and motto being displayed near the Barr Park playground.
“That’s a very adult-use (display) next to a children’s playground,” Tichenor said.
In an email, she said she appreciated that the Outlaws have “toned down the exterior signage and are only flying the Stars and Stripes,” referring the U.S. flag that now waves outside the entrance.
Jungles said the county sheriff’s office has not had any calls to the clubhouse itself. Deputies have also not received any blowback when speaking with Outlaws members for the investigation concerning Kearns’ death, he said.
Based on what’s been indicated to deputies, Boshears, who faces a first-degree murder charge, belonged to the Outlaws but his membership was revoked after Kearns had gone missing, Jungles said. He said he assumed it might have something to do with the criminal case.
“They have their own reasons for doing what they do. That’s not something I can really comment on,” Jungles said. Kearns worked at Woody’s bar, 1008 E. Washington St., roughly a mile from the clubhouse, and was with Boshears on the night and early morning she was last seen before she went missing on Nov. 13, police said.
Kearns was later found dead from a gunshot wound to the head on Nov. 16 in her 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee in a pole barn in Aroma Park Township in a rural area of Kankakee County. Jungles has said someone he refused to identify drove Boshears from Aroma Park Township after Kearns’ death. He declined to specify where Kearns’ death occurred.
Will County State’s Attorney Spokesman Charles B. Pelkie declined to comment on the case as it is under prosecution. Boshears’ attorney Neil Patel has declined to comment on whether Boshears’ is an Outlaw member and where Kearns’ death occurred, citing attorney-client privilege.
Boshears has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. His bond was set at $10 million and he remains in custody at the Will County jail.
SOURCE: The Herald News
Monday, December 25, 2017
New York State: The Kingsmen MC is no more
Buffalo, NY (December 23, 2017) BTN — For more than six decades, the gold knight's helmet with the red plume on top – a frequent sight on local streets and highways – served as a reminder of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club's dominating presence here. No other biker club enjoyed deeper roots in the community.
But earlier this month, a yearlong legal fight over the Kingsmen name and organization resulted in a court-approved agreement requiring the club's two factions to form new clubs under new names.
In short, the Kingsmen, at least in the eyes of New York State, are no more.
Not surprisingly, in an organization whose motto is "Live Kingsmen, Die Kingsmen," both sides are disappointed in the outcome.
"That is as important, if not more important than, the ownership of any property," said Charles J. Marchese, a lawyer for the previous leadership, of the Kingsmen name and history.
The agreement, drafted by State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Nowak, grew out of a dispute between the club's two factions, a dispute first aired in a federal indictment accusing the Kingsmen of operating a criminal organization that relied on drug dealing, gun sales and prostitution to make money.
The indictment also charges David Pirk, then national president of the club, with orchestrating the murder of two Kingsmen in North Tonawanda and suggests the killings were a message to club members opposed to Pirk and the transition to a criminal enterprise.
The agreement, known as a stipulation, is part of a larger resolution still being finalized.
As part of the agreement, the court gave each side in the dispute ownership of one of the Kingsmen's four local clubhouses — one in Lockport, the other in Niagara Falls — and ordered the other two put up for auction next month.
The clubhouses being sold are at 846 E. Eagle St. in Buffalo and 332 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda, the site of the double murder.
"After several months of litigation, my clients and Mr. Marchese's clients thought it best to agree to the stipulation in order to bring closure," said Joseph G. Makowski, a lawyer for the new leadership group.
Makowski said the auction is expected to take place in late January.
The settlement does not affect club chapters in other states but, here, it means the Kingsmen name, a fixture in the biker community since the 1950s, cannot be used in forming a new club.
Under the agreement, the Kingsmen will continue to exist on paper as an organization but without any legally recognized leadership.
When asked if the Kingsmen still exist in Western New York, Marchese said, "I think both sides would say 'yes,' and it is them." Biker Trash Network
Filed in February, the civil suit was an effort by the club's new leadership to assert control over the organization in the wake of Pirk's arrest and detention. The suit, filed by a member who asserts to be the national secretary and others, points to a nationwide election in 2013 that put Pirk in charge as evidence of their legitimate claim to the club's leadership.
The other faction, led by John Spry, one of the founding members of the Kingsmen, opposed the takeover and challenged the legitimacy of Pirk's election.
Unlike most biker feuds, this one ended in four-day trial before Nowak, who was faced with deciding if any of the Kingsmen's national elections followed the law and club's bylaws, and if the people elected during those elections are now the club's legitimate leaders.
"Resolving the issue of which election, if any, complied with the law, was difficult, if not impossible for the court to determine," Marchese acknowledged.
In the end, the four clubhouses, most of them with deep roots in their neighborhoods, became the core of the suit. Nowak's stipulation gives each side one clubhouse and orders the other two put up for sale. An auction date will be announced soon.
"There's still a fair amount of work to be done," Makowski said Saturday.
Under the agreement, the clubhouse on North Transit Road in Lockport will go to the group led by Spry and the clubhouse on Cudaback Avenue in Niagara Falls will go the group led by Richard Rook, national secretary for the club.
The agreement also requires the two sides to form new clubs without using the Kingsmen name. Use of the Kingsmen patch — the well-known knight's helmet — is not affected by the stipulation.
Marchese said Spry and the others have already chosen a new name: Knights of Armor. He doesn't know if the other side has chosen a name.
The agreement is the latest chapter in a year-old civil suit over the use of the Kingsmen name in New York State. Marchese said the club was started by Spry and others in the 1950s and was incorporated in 1988 as a nonprofit organization.
Federal prosecutors say a feud within the club erupted when Pirk took over as president and led an effort to convert the Kingsmen to a "one percent" club, biker slang for gangs that engage in criminal activity.
"They prided themselves on not being a one percent club," Marchese said of his clients, the leadership replaced by Pirk and others.
The feud, which pitted members in New York against members in Florida and Tennessee, led to the murders of Daniel "DJ" Szymanski and Paul Maue outside the North Tonawanda clubhouse, prosecutors allege.
Kingsmen Andre Jenkins, the man who killed Maue and Szymanski, was convicted in state court and is serving life without parole.
Pirk, who is charged with orchestrating the murders, will go on trial next month with Jenkins and five others in the federal case.
SOURCE: The Buffalo News
But earlier this month, a yearlong legal fight over the Kingsmen name and organization resulted in a court-approved agreement requiring the club's two factions to form new clubs under new names.
In short, the Kingsmen, at least in the eyes of New York State, are no more.
Not surprisingly, in an organization whose motto is "Live Kingsmen, Die Kingsmen," both sides are disappointed in the outcome.
"That is as important, if not more important than, the ownership of any property," said Charles J. Marchese, a lawyer for the previous leadership, of the Kingsmen name and history.
The Kingsmen MC Back Patch — showing the well-known knight's helmet — is not affected by the legal stipulation. (Biker Trash Network)
The agreement, drafted by State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Nowak, grew out of a dispute between the club's two factions, a dispute first aired in a federal indictment accusing the Kingsmen of operating a criminal organization that relied on drug dealing, gun sales and prostitution to make money.
The indictment also charges David Pirk, then national president of the club, with orchestrating the murder of two Kingsmen in North Tonawanda and suggests the killings were a message to club members opposed to Pirk and the transition to a criminal enterprise.
The agreement, known as a stipulation, is part of a larger resolution still being finalized.
As part of the agreement, the court gave each side in the dispute ownership of one of the Kingsmen's four local clubhouses — one in Lockport, the other in Niagara Falls — and ordered the other two put up for auction next month.
The clubhouses being sold are at 846 E. Eagle St. in Buffalo and 332 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda, the site of the double murder.
"After several months of litigation, my clients and Mr. Marchese's clients thought it best to agree to the stipulation in order to bring closure," said Joseph G. Makowski, a lawyer for the new leadership group.
Makowski said the auction is expected to take place in late January.
The Kingsmen MC Clubhouse at 332 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda is also being sold at auction
(Biker Trash Network)
The settlement does not affect club chapters in other states but, here, it means the Kingsmen name, a fixture in the biker community since the 1950s, cannot be used in forming a new club.
Under the agreement, the Kingsmen will continue to exist on paper as an organization but without any legally recognized leadership.
When asked if the Kingsmen still exist in Western New York, Marchese said, "I think both sides would say 'yes,' and it is them." Biker Trash Network
Filed in February, the civil suit was an effort by the club's new leadership to assert control over the organization in the wake of Pirk's arrest and detention. The suit, filed by a member who asserts to be the national secretary and others, points to a nationwide election in 2013 that put Pirk in charge as evidence of their legitimate claim to the club's leadership.
The other faction, led by John Spry, one of the founding members of the Kingsmen, opposed the takeover and challenged the legitimacy of Pirk's election.
Unlike most biker feuds, this one ended in four-day trial before Nowak, who was faced with deciding if any of the Kingsmen's national elections followed the law and club's bylaws, and if the people elected during those elections are now the club's legitimate leaders.
The Kingsmen MC Clubhouse at 846 E. Eagle St. in Buffalo is
also being sold at auction
(Biker Trash Network)
In the end, the four clubhouses, most of them with deep roots in their neighborhoods, became the core of the suit. Nowak's stipulation gives each side one clubhouse and orders the other two put up for sale. An auction date will be announced soon.
"There's still a fair amount of work to be done," Makowski said Saturday.
Under the agreement, the clubhouse on North Transit Road in Lockport will go to the group led by Spry and the clubhouse on Cudaback Avenue in Niagara Falls will go the group led by Richard Rook, national secretary for the club.
The agreement also requires the two sides to form new clubs without using the Kingsmen name. Use of the Kingsmen patch — the well-known knight's helmet — is not affected by the stipulation.
Marchese said Spry and the others have already chosen a new name: Knights of Armor. He doesn't know if the other side has chosen a name.
The agreement is the latest chapter in a year-old civil suit over the use of the Kingsmen name in New York State. Marchese said the club was started by Spry and others in the 1950s and was incorporated in 1988 as a nonprofit organization.
Federal prosecutors say a feud within the club erupted when Pirk took over as president and led an effort to convert the Kingsmen to a "one percent" club, biker slang for gangs that engage in criminal activity.
"They prided themselves on not being a one percent club," Marchese said of his clients, the leadership replaced by Pirk and others.
The feud, which pitted members in New York against members in Florida and Tennessee, led to the murders of Daniel "DJ" Szymanski and Paul Maue outside the North Tonawanda clubhouse, prosecutors allege.
Kingsmen Andre Jenkins, the man who killed Maue and Szymanski, was convicted in state court and is serving life without parole.
Pirk, who is charged with orchestrating the murders, will go on trial next month with Jenkins and five others in the federal case.
SOURCE: The Buffalo News
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