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Monday, March 26, 2018
Family of shot biker still seeking justice 1 year later
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (March 25, 2018) BTN — This
week will mark one year since a deadly shooting at a northwest Albuquerque
car wash, in which Earl Roybal was killed while his motorcycle was drying in one
of those car wash bays.
A year later, Roybal's family and friends say there has been
no justice; the person who shot him hasn't been charged.
The district attorney's office reviewed the evidence and ruled that the March 26, 2017 shooting was in self-defense. Meanwhile, family members have hired a private investigator to review that evidence with the hopes that charges could still come in this case.
Earl Roybal
Now, they are doing what they can to keep his memory alive.
"We still don't feel justice was delivered in this
case," said Raymond Gallegos of the New Mexico Motorcycle Rights
Organization. "The DA did review the case. It was up to the DA to
prosecute that, but we don't feel that the family saw justice. We don't feel
that it was still a self-defense shooting. We don't feel like it was
justifiable self-defense."
Roybal's loved ones will be gathering for a motorcycle ride
and vigil on Monday. The ride will begin at Bullhead Park at 6:15 p.m. and go
towards the Hose It Car Wash on Coors Boulevard, where they will gather for a
candlelight vigil expected to start around 7 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Hells Angels murder case in Canada continues on
Nova Scotia, Canada (March 22, 2018) BTN — The Crown may
seek to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a ruling by Nova Scotia's highest
court that quashed the convictions against one of the men accused in a Hells
Angels murder nearly two decades ago.
Dean Daniel Kelsie, 45, was found guilty of first-degree
murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the Oct. 3, 2000, shooting death of
Sean Simmons in the lobby of an apartment building in north-end Dartmouth.
But last December, his convictions were overturned by the
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal and a new trial ordered.
On Thursday morning, Kelsie was brought into Nova Scotia
Supreme Court to provide an update on his status. He told the judge his case
has stalled because the Crown is still considering whether to appeal the Court
of Appeal ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada.
"I think it's going to be pursued," Crown
prosecutor Peter Craig said in reference to a possible appeal. "The
ultimate decision hasn't yet been made."
Kelsie said until the Crown makes a decision on appeal,
"My situation is stagnant."
"Three judges already quashed my sentence after 18
years in prison," Kelsie said, referring to the three-member Court of
Appeal panel who ruled in December. Kelsie has been in custody since his arrest
in 2001.
At Kelsie's first trial in 2003, the jury heard that Simmons
was shot to death because he'd allegedly had an affair with a Hells Angel.
Kelsie was accused of pulling the trigger.
Two other men, Neil William Smith and Wayne Alexander James,
are both serving life sentences for their roles in Simmons's killing. A fourth
man, Steven Gareau, was set free last month after a judge ended the prosecution
against him.
Gareau had been twice found guilty of first-degree murder,
but both convictions were overturned on appeal. Last month, Justice Campbell
ruled that it would be unfair to subject Gareau to a third trial.
On Thursday, Kelsie told Justice Glen McDougall that Toronto
lawyer Philip Campbell has agreed to represent him in his new trial, but that
Campbell was unable to appear with him on this occasion.
Without Campbell present, McDougall agreed to a request to
put Kelsie's matter over for two weeks to allow time to sort things out.
SOURCE: CBC News – Nova Scotia
Source: Biker Trash Network
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Police planning on increase in Outlaws, Hells Angels and Rock Machine activity
Peterborough, Ontario, (March 21, 2018) BTN — Peterborough
Police Service anticipate the city will see an increase in Outlaw Motorcycle Club (OMC) activity this year.
“We’re kind of here for the picking right now,” says
Peterborough police Insp. Larry Charmley, adding that the Outlaws, Hells
Angels, Rock Machine and other motorcycle groups are looking for opportunities here.
“They are worldwide and want to take over territory.”
He says biker activity and representation began to increase
in the fall of 2017 and will become more visible this spring.
“We do know that there has been Hell's Angels that have been
in town, and the Rock Machine has also been around town so we suspect that we
are going to see them here,” adds Charmley.
Peterborough Police say Outlaw Motorcycle gang activity is
expected to pick up in 2018. The Outlaws on Park and Perry streets burned to
the ground last March, but they have relocated to this clubhouse on Parkhill
Road East. - Todd Vandonk/Metroland
According to sources, a recent drug bust involving city and
Peterborough County OPP involved people associated with Hell's Angels.
Last March the former Outlaws clubhouse at the corner of
Perry and Park streets burned to the ground in a suspected arson.
Charmley says the investigation is ongoing.
“You don’t get a lot of people wanting to talk to the police
about what happened,” he says, adding he doesn't think the arson is a result of
bikers fighting for turf.
The Outlaws has since moved to a less visible clubhouse
located on Parkhill Road East.
There’s been little activity there accept at the end of last
year when the clubhouse held a memorial for one of its members. He says the
other criminal organizations haven’t officially set up shop in the city.
“Not a clubhouse but we are suspecting that can happen this
year and that there could be another motorcycle club in town,” Charmley
explains.
SOURCE: Peterborough This Week
Source: Biker Trash Network