Sentencing date reset for member of Vallejo chapter of Hells Angels
Richard Bammer | rbammer@thereporter.com | Vacaville Reporter February 11, 2025
Sentencing date reset for member of Vallejo chapter of Hells Angels
Sentencing for a fourth member of the Vallejo chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was reset for May 20 in federal court in Sacramento.
Kenneth Caspers Jr. of Vacaville, who in October last year pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of ammunition, was scheduled for sentencing Tuesday in Judge John A. Mendez’s courtroom in the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse. However, the judge rescheduled the proceeding for May 20.
According to court documents, in October 2021, two different victims — both members of a different motorcycle club that is considered a “puppet” (or subordinate) club of the Hells Angels — were beaten by Caspers, Michael Mahoney, Jaime Alvarez, Dennis Killough, and other club members. The assaults were based on perceived infractions of the Hells Angels’ rules, said Phillip Talbert, at the time the U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice’s Eastern District of California.
Court records indicate that on Dec. 8, 2021, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Caspers’ Vacaville home and found several firearms and ammunition, including 18 rounds of .22 caliber, .25 caliber, and/or .38-caliber ammunition in Caspers’ master bedroom and bathroom.
Caspers, who is in his late 50s and remains out of custody, has previously been convicted of several felony crimes — including a previous felony conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm — that prevent him from possessing guns or ammunition.
The case stemmed from an investigation by the Solano County District Attorney’s Office, the Solano County Sheriff’s Office, the Vacaville, Vallejo, and Fairfield police departments, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jason Hitt, Alsytn Bennet, and Adrian T. Kinsella lead the prosecution.
At sentencing, Caspers faces a maximum prison term of 10 years and a $250,000 fine. The actual sentence, however, will be determined by the court and federal sentencing guidelines, which take into account a number of variables, said Talbert
The three other defendants have previously pleaded guilty and were sentenced as follows: Alvarez was sentenced to 21 months in prison on March 21, 2023; Killough was sentenced to 46 months in prison on June 26, 2023; and Mahoney was sentenced to 37 months in prison on May 2, 2023.
The case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make neighborhoods safer for everyone, noted Talbert.
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