Mongols MC members sentenced to federal prison

Nashville, Tennessee, USA (April 5, 2024) - After years of investigations, the last associate of the Clarksville chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after the Mongols were federally prosecuted for RICO conspiracy, murder, kidnapping, large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes. James Hines, 47, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months, said Henry C. Leventis, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee in a U.S. Attorney's Office media release Wednesday. All 18 of the defendants’ crimes stemmed from their involvement with the Clarksville chapter, and Hines was the last remaining defendant to be sentenced.

 

Authorities said in early 2015, some of the defendants were looking to transition from another motorcycle club and established the Clarksville chapter because, at the time, the Mongols did not occupy any territory in Tennessee. To show loyalty to the Mongols, those defendants committed a drive-by shooting and burned down the Sin City Motorcycle Club’s clubhouses in Clarksville and Nashville, according to investigators.



On May 22, 2015, the Mongols reportedly kidnapped and murdered a young mother because they thought she had stolen narcotics, money, and guns, and had knowledge about the items being stolen. She also reportedly spoke negatively to other people about the Mongols. On the day she was murdered, the Clarksville chapter reportedly kidnapped her at gunpoint and drove her to an area behind a secluded cemetery where they shot her. Her body was recovered more than a year after she was murdered, according to the DOJ.

The Mongols also allegedly engaged in a pattern of racketeering activity from 2015-2018. During that span, officials said the Mongols engaged in various crimes. In an effort to establish themselves as the area’s dominant motorcycle club, members of the Clarksville chapter, with help from Mongols MC members in California, participated in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering activities; the members from California reportedly supplied the Clarksville chapter with over 50 pounds of almost 100% pure methamphetamine worth about $1 million to distribute around Tennessee and Kentucky, according to court documents.

SOURCE: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Tennessee

Hells Angels MC members arrested following investigation

Quebec City, Canada (March 28, 2024) - Two members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were arrested Wednesday following a drug-trafficking investigation in the Quebec City region. In a release, the Sûreté du Québec said the two Hells Angels were arrested along with 14 other people following an investigation by the National Organized Crime Repression Squad (ENRCO). The probe began in 2021.

 

“The arrests of the 14 men and two women, aged between 22 and 62, took place in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, St-Étienne-des-Grès, Quebec City, La Pocatière, Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, St-Férréol -les-Neiges, Vallée Jonction, Lévis and Saint-Bernard,” the SQ wrote in the release.

The two Hells Angels who were arrested are Marc Roberge of Stoneham et Tewkesbury, and Mario Auger, of St-Étienne-des-Grès. Both men are named in an arrest warrant issued from the Quebec City courthouse. They each face six charges in all, including committing a crime for the benefit of a criminal organization, conspiracy to traffic in drugs, trafficking in GHB, cocaine and methamphetamine, and possession of money that came from a crime.

Auger is a Buddhist and has been a member of the Hells Angels since 1998.

Since the start of this investigation, roughly 40 search warrants were carried out. Police seized more than $585,000 in Canadian money, two kilograms of cocaine, more than 550 litres of GHB and several weapons.

Man indicted in death of Bandidos MC members

La Marque, Texas, USA (March 20, 2024) - A man reached a plea agreement for his role in a deadly shooting involving members of the the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, nearly two years later. On Monday, Anthony Miles was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being indicted for capital murder and pleading guilty to murder.

 

Investigators said the series of events happened on May 15, 2022, when Miles and a co-conspirator, Marvkese Crawford, plotted to rob Audry Eugene Wayne Fuller III, and Jarrod Lee Clark. Miles and Crawford lured Fuller, a member of the Bandidos MC, and Clark, a Bandidos MC prospect, by pretending to buy drugs from them at a home in La Marque.

According to the Galveston District Attorney's Office, Crawford drew a weapon, prompting Fuller and Clark to do the same. Crawford, Fuller, and Miles were all struck by bullets during the shootout, according to officials.



Investigators said Crawford died while running through the backyard, and Clark dragged Fuller out of the house and drove him to a hospital, where he died. At the plea hearing Monday, Crawford and Fuller's mothers and grandmothers told the court how the loss of their sons has affected the family and community.

After the hearing, La Marque Police Detective Matthew Cypert said he was "glad to bring to justice all involved parties. We could not have solved the puzzle without all officers, investigators, forensic scientists, and experts involved." Clark still faces charges of narcotics trafficking and tampering with evidence.

Motorcycle Club Runs Continued

 

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