Denton police arrest armed Bandidos gang member in traffic stop, report states
By Brooke Colombo Staff Writer Denton Re cord Chronicle (Denton, Texas ) February 14, 2024
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Denton police arrested a 31-year-old motorcycle gang member Tuesday on a charge of unlawfully possessing a handgun, according to a police report.
At about 10:58 p.m., the report states, an officer observed two motorcyclists weaving through traffic without using their turn signals.
The officer conducted a traffic stop on the motorcycles in the 1700 block of West University Drive.
The driver of a 2020 Harley-Davidson bike wore a leather vest with the word “Bandidos” written across it, according to the report.
The report states that the driver admitted he was carrying a firearm, and the officer located a 9mm handgun in a holster on the man’s belt.
A search of the driver’s name in a national criminal database returned results that indicated he is a criminal gang member, according to the report.
The officer arrested the man without incident. He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a gang member.
Texas law prohibits members of criminal street gangs from carrying handguns in some circumstances, such as in a vehicle.
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle club that formed in San Leon in 1966, and members have been implicated in numerous criminal cases around the U.S.
One example is a 2015 shootout at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, where Bandidos and other outlaw motorcycle clubs had gathered. Nine people were killed in the shootout with law enforcement. A total of 155 bikers were indicted on charges of organized crime, but by 2019, all charges were dropped
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