Building shared by Outlaws MC catches fire

Toronto, Ontario (December 20, 2017) BTN— Toronto firefighters discovered a small, licensed cannabis grow operation while battling a three-alarm blaze in a building complex shared by the Outlaws motorcycle club overnight Wednesday.

Crews responded to the fire at 40 Barbados Blvd., near Eglinton Avenue E. and McCowan Road, at 1:37 a.m. and discovered the location is home to a heating and air conditioning company.

The building also houses the Outlaws motorcycle club's Toronto East chapter

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Firefighters had to "forcibly gain access" to the interior of the building which also houses the clubhouse of the Toronto East chapter of the Outlaws, a Chicago-based motorcycle club with chapters throughout the world. The complex was empty when firefighters arrived. Biker Trash Network.

It soon became clear that the fire was also burning in the building's roof, which required crews to cut a hole in it and use an aerial ladder to douse flames from above.

Firefighters had to battle the blaze from inside and from an aerial ladder over the roof 

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In all, about 20 trucks responded to the scene. The blaze was under control by 3:20 a.m., according to Toronto fire Capt. David Eckerman.

Firefighters eventually discovered what police said is a licensed, legal cannabis growing operation in the building. Eckerman said it was determined that the grow-op was unrelated to the fire.

Investigators were at the scene this morning, probing how the blaze may have originated.

SOURCE: CBC News

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Iron Horseman MC Chapter President sentenced to 35 years

Covington, KY (December 14, 2017) — Part of Northern Kentucky's crystal methamphetamine supply rode in with the Iron Horsemen motorcycle club for two years. Earlier today, a federal judge sentenced an Iron Horsemen motorcycle club leader from Boone County to 35 years in prison.

Florence Iron Horsemen chapter president and national "enforcer" Matthew Wesley Shaffer was convicted by a jury on drug distribution and weapons charges, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

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U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning gave the sentence to the 39-year-old Walton resident Thursday in a Covington courtroom. Shaffer has to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence under federal law.

Trial evidence showed Shaffer led a group of people who smuggled crystal methamphetamine in October 2016 into the Boone County Detention Center. Shaffer directed a group transporting "large" amounts of crystal meth in 2015 and 2016 from California to Northern Kentucky, according to trial evidence.

On Aug. 25, 2016, police found Shaffer at his Walton home in possession of 180 grams of crystal meth, two loaded firearms, body armor and nearly $9,000 in cash.

The DEA, ATF and Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force ran the investigation of Shaffer. Biker Trash Network.

“This investigation and prosecution highlights the importance of a strong partnership between local, state, and federal law enforcement in reducing violent crime and drug trafficking activities,” said Robert M. Duncan, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

“Our communities are made safer through the cooperative efforts of law enforcement, and I commend the officers and agents for their hard work and dedication on this case and others like it.”


The sentencing was announced by Duncan, DEA special agent in charge TImothy J. Plancon and ATF special agent in charge Stuart Lowrey. Biker Trash Network

SOURCE: Cincinnati dot com