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Man awarded $4.3 million after being stabbed by motorcycle gang prospect in Jefferson County

By Sage Kelley Denver Gazette September 26, 2025

Man awarded $4.3 million after being stabbed by motorcycle gang prospect in Jefferson County

\Richard Gribble, 53, was arrested in 2022 for stabbing another man. He will now owe that man over $4 million.

A Jefferson County man was awarded nearly $4.3 million Thursday after suing the man who stabbed him multiple times in 2022.

David Mello sued 53-year-old Richard Gribble for $4,286,713 after an incident that occurred between the two on Sept. 9, 2022. A Jefferson County District jury settled the civil case — which was filed on June 5, 2023 — earlier this week in front of Judge Chantel Contiguglia.

The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2022 outside of Mello’s home in Littleton. Mello was watching television with his wife when he heard a motorcycle outside of the home, according to arrest records.

Mello had been friends with Gribble, but had had a recent fallout when Mello recommended a mechanic to Gribble that ended up doing a bad job. After, Gribble had threatened Mello and said after he was done with him, he would be known as the “Exterminator,” according to Gribble’s arrest affidavit.

Gribble had been a prospect for the Sons of Silence motorcycle club, according to Mello’s wife. Gribble had allegedly gone “crazy” after a meeting at the clubhouse involving Mello and was stripped of his patch, meaning he was kicked out of the club. Gribble had been “humiliated,” according to arrest records.

Mello went outside of the home and told Gribble to leave, according to the civil complaint. Gribble then rode his motorcycle into Mello. The two fell to the ground in a fight and Gribble stabbed Mello “multiple” times in the abdomen, leaving injuries the victim is still suffering from.

Gribble was arrested by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of first-degree assault, possessing an illegal weapon and violating a protection order. He was later charged with second-degree attempted murder by the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Mello sued Gribble for emotional and physical damage. Gribble’s defense attorneys demanded a jury trial and claimed that Gribble had stabbed Mello out of self-defense during the fight, according to court records.

Ultimately, Gribble was found by the jury to have purposely caused the damages.

Furthermore, Gribble was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and illegal use of a weapon after a criminal trial on Oct. 21, 2024. He was officially sentenced to 18 years in prison on Feb. 14, 2025, concurrently with an unrelated sentencing in Douglas County.

Member of Thug Riders gang looks to change plea on organized crime charges

By WHIO Staff Dayton Ohio September 22, 2025
https://www.whio.com/news/local/member-thug-riders-gang-looks-change-plea-organized-crime-charges/XFT25LKGQBBKBLUJNRFGUGXCMI/

DAYTON — Another member of a violent motorcycle gang arrested as part of a federal organized crime investigation is looking to change his plea.]

Brandon Fisher, known as “Road Runner” in the Thug Riders motorcycle gang, filed an intent to change his plea last week, according to federal court documents reviewed by News Center 7.

The hearing was set to take place on Oct. 7 at 2:30 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Peter Silvain Jr.

Fisher would be the fifth member of the 14 originally arrested and charged in June 2024 to change his plea, or plead guilty.

As previously reported by News Center 7, Justin Baker pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering, but hasn’t been sentenced.

Cody Hughes filed a motion for a change of plea hearing and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, according to court documents.
Michael Seth Henry pleaded guilty earlier this year and was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Matthew Hawkins also pleaded guilty earlier this year. His sentencing date has not yet been scheduled.

The trial for the other 10 members is currently set for October.

The Thug Riders are accused of making money off organized crime and of committing violent crimes to support their illegal business and intimidate others.

News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.

Port St. Lucie man’s carpet caper fails as deputies catch peek-a-boo motorcycle
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by Sophie Pendrill CBS Channel 12 West Palm Beach Florida September 23rd 2025

Gregory Landry, 30, a known member of a motorcycle club, was arrested after he allegedly tried to hide his motorcycle, which he was driving recklessly on, underneath a carpet. (MCSO)

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — A Port St. Lucie man’s reckless motorcycle ride ended in an unusual attempt to hide from law enforcement, but his plan quickly fell apart.

The Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) announced on Tuesday that 30-year-old Gregory Landry was reported to be driving dangerously, weaving through traffic with a female passenger in the back.

According to MCSO, when a Traffic Sergeant attempted to pull him over, Landry decided to flee, putting both himself and his passenger at risk of injury.

MCSO said that the chase escalated as Landry drove over sidewalks and eventually abandoned the motorcycle at a home on NW 13th Terrace.
In a bizarre attempt to conceal the motorcycle, deputies said he grabbed a household carpet and tried to cover it up.

Gregory Landry, 30, a known member of a motorcycle club, was arrested after he allegedly tried to hide his motorcycle, which he was driving recklessly on, underneath a carpet. (MCSO)

However, the MCSO Aviation Unit, which was monitoring the situation from the air, spotted the motorcycle peeking out from under the carpet.
When deputies arrived at the home, Landry came out of the house and was taken into custody.

MCSO said they uncovered that Landry was riding with a revoked driver’s license from a prior fleeing and eluding arrest and was also a known member of the Pagans motorcycle club.

Landry now faces charges of fleeing and eluding law enforcement.

‘Make it look like a fire’: Man, 47, accused of arson at Riviera Beach motorcycle club

Julius Whigham II, Palm Beach Post September 23, 2025 https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/look-fire-man-47-accused-152532287.html

A 47-year-old Lake Park man is facing an arson charge after investigators in Riviera Beach say he tried to set fire to a rival motorcycle club’s clubhouse.

The man is accused of second-degree arson, burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and criminal mischief of property over $1,000. Riviera Beach police investigators say he deliberately set fire to the Enforcers Motorcycle Club building on the 1500 block of Avenue E, west of Broadway.

According to a police statement, the fire happened at about 6 a.m. Sept. 11. Riviera Beach Fire Rescue crews quickly extinguished it and determined it had been started intentionally.

Detectives from the Florida Bureau of Fire, Arson, and Explosives Investigations and the Riviera Beach Police Department’s Strategic Investigations Division responded to the scene.

The man suspected of starting the fire was arrested by Palm Beach Gardens police the following day on unrelated drug charges.
Riviera Beach detectives went to the Palm Beach County Jail to interview him about the arson incident and the man confessed, a police department spokesperson said. According to his arrest report, he told investigators the Enforcers and another motorcycle club are in a feud due to losing members to each other.

The man said someone instructed him to destroy the Enforcers clubhouse and “make it look like a fire.” He declined to identify the person who gave him the order, police said.

35 Years for Violent Racketeering-Related Crimes for Leader of Two Midwestern Gangs

The Takedown September 10, 2025
fedagent.com/news/35-years-for-violent-racketeering-related-crimes-for-leader-of-two-midwestern-gangs

The individual who served as National President of the Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and a “Three-Star General” of the Vice Lords street gang has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for violent racketeering-related crimes.

Antonio Johnson, aka Mister Tony, MT or Big Bro, 39, of Detroit, led the Detroit-based Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and was also a member of the Chicago-based Vice Lords leadership structure.

According to evidence presented at trial earlier this year, the Phantom Outlaw Motorcycle Club and its members were involved in criminal activity that included conspiracy to commit murder, shootings, robbery, extortion and the possession and sale of stolen vehicles and motorcycles. Evidence also presented at trial demonstrated that the leadership of the Phantoms, including Johnson, were heavily involved with the Vice Lords, and that Johnson used the Vice Lords to assist the Phantoms in criminal activities, such as hunting down and attacking rivals of the Phantoms.

Evidence presented at trial showed that in September 2013, Johnson ordered numerous Phantoms to forcibly steal the “rags,” or motorcycle vests, of members of the rival Satan Sidekick Motorcycle Club. During the Phantoms’ attempt to carry out the order, a Satan Sidekick member was shot in the face and a Phantom member was stabbed, according to evidence presented at trial.

According to additional evidence presented at trial, a few weeks later Johnson and members of the Phantoms plotted the murder of three members of the rival Hell Lovers Motorcycle Club suspected for the shooting death of a member of the Phantoms. The plot involved killing the three Hell Lovers members, and then ambushing an anticipated wake at the Hell Lovers’ clubhouse, shooting all the members in attendance.

Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) intervened before the attack took place.

Johnson was convicted of engaging in a racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, use and carry of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and being a felon in possession of firearms at a multi-week trial earlier this year.

“Gang wars fuel violence in our community, and the resulting drive-by shootings create unacceptable risk to innocent lives,” said U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan. “The Detroit One partners are systematically dismantling violent street and motorcycle gangs that are destroying the peace in our neighborhoods.”

“This significant sentence is the result of our on-going state and federal effort to combat gun violence in our communities,” said ATF Special Agent in Charge Robin Shoemaker. “This investigation and resulting convictions is proof again that the Detroit One initiative and the CVRP are making a significant difference in our communities, there is a lot of work to do, but ATF is committed in the fight against violent crime.”

The arrest and conviction of Johnson, along with, to date, 12 other defendants, are the result of the Detroit One Initiative, a collaborative partnership between the community and law enforcement to reduce homicide and violent crimes in Detroit. Representatives with the FBI, ATF, Detroit Police Department, Michigan State Police, and Michigan Department of Corrections are participants of the Comprehensive Violence Reduction Partnership Task Force.

“Through his leadership positions in two gangs, Johnson spread violence in Detroit and beyond,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell. “Here, through the Detroit One initiative, the collective efforts of federal agents, state and local police, and private citizens helped thwart a mass murder plot and ensure the convictions and lengthy prison sentences of Johnson and his fellow gang members. This case is emblematic of law and order at its best: a true partnership between law enforcement authorities and the community they serve.”

Man arrested in connection with arson at Riviera Beach motorcycle club

Randall Ray Love, 47, has been charged in connection with an arson investigation at Enforcers Motorcycle Club

By: Audra Schroeder WPTV West Palm Beach Florida September 22, 2025
https://www.wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-beach-county/riviera-beach/man-arrested-in-connection-with-arson-at-riviera-beach-motorcycle-club

Riviera Beach police have arrested a man they say set fire to a Riviera Beach motorcycle club earlier this month.

Randall Ray Love, 47, has been charged in connection with an arson investigation at Enforcers Motorcycle Club, which was set ablaze at around 6 a.m. on Sept. 11.

Detectives say Love had been jailed on Sept. 12 on drug charges in another city, but once they interviewed him at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Main Detention Center, he confessed to the crime.

Love was charged with one count of second-degree arson, burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and criminal mischief of property over $1,000.

Man Arrested For Arson At Enforcers MC Clubhouse In Riviera Beach Florida

Gang expert says Saskatoon cop’s friendship with Hells Angels associate ‘incompatible’ with job

Sgt. Robbie Taylor fired in March over friendship with biker associate

Dan Zakreski · CBC News · Posted: Sep 17, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 17 2025
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-police-robbie-taylor-hells-angels-gang-1.7635742

Sgt. Alain Belleau with the Quebec provincial police is an internationally recognized expert on the Hells Angels.

An international expert on the Hells Angels says a former Saskatoon cop’s ongoing friendship with an associate of the gang “is incompatible with his employment.”

Sgt. Alain Belleau of the Quebec provincial police provided an expert opinion Tuesday on the circumstances around the March 2025 firing of Sgt. Robbie Taylor. The veteran officer is appealing his dismissal at a hearing underway this week in Saskatoon before independent hearing officer Ronni Nordal.

“It is my opinion that Sgt. Taylor’s relationship with (the associate) is incompatible with his employment,” Belleau wrote in his report.

“His past actions are problematic, and he has chosen to maintain that relationship even if he is aware of his links to the Hells Angels and that they are a criminal association.”

The identity of the biker associate is protected by a publication ban.

Belleau testified his main concern from reading the disclosure provided by Saskatoon police is not the possibility of corruption. Rather, he said it’s about the erosion of trust with officers and confidential informants that would impede the ability of other officers to do their jobs.

“Information could be released to (the associate), and eventually to the Hells Angels and other targets of investigations,” he said.
Belleau said that a combination of factors came into play in his assessment.

In 2023, Taylor tried to intervene when another officer was giving the associate a ticket after a traffic stop. He had gone on a vacation with the associate and accepted an expensive watch as a gift.

This was happening while the associate was an active supporter of the Hells Angels, with access to their restricted clubhouse, and was making vehicles available to out-of-town members when they came to Saskatoon.

“Sgt. Taylor doesn’t seem to consider this relationship problematic,” Belleau said.

Under cross-examination by Scott Hopley, one of Taylor’s lawyers, Belleau said he did not see any evidence of corruption in the material he reviewed, or any evidence that confidential material ended up in the hands of Hells Angels.

Belleau said it did not appear the associate was in the Hells Angels recruitment program, or personally involved in any criminal activity.
The hearing is scheduled to run all week

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90+ shots fired in shooting that wounded security guard outside Detroit motorcycle club
By FOX 2 Staff
Published September 18, 2025 9:12am EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/90-evidence-markers-dot-detroit-street-after-shooting-wounded-1

The Brief
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• A security guard was shot outside a motorcycle club on Detroit’s west side early Thursday.
• More than 90 shots were fired.
• Police said the club has been a quiet location with no calls to the business.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – More than 90 evidence markers covered a Detroit street after a shooting early Thursday that wounded a security guard outside a motorcycle club.

Detroit Police Cmdr. Philip Rodriguez said he could not confirm the number of shots fired, but noted that evidence markers indicate shots fired.

Rodriquez said officers responded to the area of Ewald and Livernois after receiving a ShotSpotter report around 5 a.m. When they arrived, they found the security guard, a man in his 40s, suffering non-life-threatening gunshot gunshot wounds to his leg and back.

According to police, one or two suspects pulled up outside the club in a vehicle and started shooting. Rodriquez said there may have been return fire from inside the club, but that is not clear at this time.

The suspects fled, and no arrests have been made.

Dig deeper:

Rodriquez said that there have been no calls to the motorcycle during his tenure, which began in April.
“This has been a quiet location,” he said.

He said his department is now looking into whether the club should have been open at 5 a.m., and the department’s Organized Crime Unit, along with federal law enforcement partners, have been contacted to help with an investigation.
What they’re saying:

Though a motive for the shooting is unknown, Rodriquez is calling for peaceful resolution to conflicts.

“Conflict resolution is my message,” he said. “We need to make sure that we respect each other, respect life.”

Former Pagans Motorcycle Club leader shares his story after prison release

By Steve Keeley Fox 29 Philadelphia September 16, 2025
https://www.fox29.com/news/former-pagans-motorcycle-club-leader-shares-his-story-after-prison-release

BRISTOL, Pa. – Scott Alford, a high-ranking member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club, is navigating life outside prison after serving time for various charges.

Alford, who was a ‘Sergeant at Arms’ for the Philadelphia chapter, sat down with Steve Keeley to share his experiences in a story exclusive to Fox 29.

What we know:

Alford, now 55, became a Pagan in April 2020, describing the club as “the NFL of the biker world.”

His role involved security and protection, but his career as a Pagan led to a prison sentence.

Alford spent 44 months in maximum security federal penitentiary for gun possession and a combined five years in county jail.
He faced charges including criminal solicitation of homicide, witness intimidation, running a crime syndicate, and assault, with a potential sentence of 225 years.

Despite the serious charges, Alford’s case took a dramatic turn.

Investigators sought his cooperation on unsolved cases, including a homicide of a Hells Angel on the Schuylkill Expressway and drug running through Pennsylvania.

Alford maintained he had no information to offer.

In February 2023, all charges were dismissed, and he pled guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge, serving 15 to 30 months in state prison.

What they’re saying:

Alford expressed frustration over his treatment.

“How do you put a guy on CNN and in newspapers as a murder-for-hire Pagans suspect and then say sorry we have nothing?” he said.
He questioned why the state attorney general and police have not investigated the handling of his case, which he claims was fraudulent.
Life After Prison

Denied parole despite a clean prison record, Alford served the full 30 months before his release. He now faces challenges finding employment due to his past. “I’ve been turned down for job after job. People think ‘hey you beat it.’ I didn’t beat anything. The case was dismissed,” he said.

Adjusting to life outside, Alford finds joy in family. “I like being a pop pop and father to my son. I was at my grandson’s first little league game on Saturday and it was out of this world.”

As Alford rebuilds his life, he continues to seek answers and accountability for his prolonged incarceration and the impact on his future.

Feud with Hells Angels members heats up on Durham biker’s social feeds: ‘I’m not scared’

This month in Durham, Satan’s Choice motorcycle club leader Harley Guindon, 39, waged a withering online offensive against two Oshawa-area bikers.

Updated 4 hrs ago
Sept. 15, 2025
3 min read

y Peter EdwardsStaff Reporter

A war of words is playing out on social media between rival bikers in Durham, adding barbed comments on TikTok and Facebook to more traditional tools like fists, guns and bombs.

This month in Durham, Satan’s Choice motorcycle club leader Harley Guindon, 39, waged a withering online offensive against two Oshawa-area bikers.

Guindon repeatedly posted attacks saying they were unworthy of membership in any outlaw motorcycle club, and had campaigned for their exclusion from the Hells Angels.

Guindon declined to comment and the bikers could not be reached for comment.

Guindon’s social media offensive included repeated attempts to goad them into a real-life confrontation, including repeated use of the prison slang term “goof,” considered a direct attack on their masculinity.

“You can’t even hide with a VPN,” Guindon said in a Facebook post earlier this month, mocking the two Hells Angels.

“Pair of unbecoming goofs,” Guindon posted on TikTok this month. “Called you all on a week ago and it was all over the internet and I’m going to continue to make noise until you come and meet me on my (expletive) lawn so I can bang both of you guys out at the same time like it’s the 1960s.”

Guindon’s father, Bernie, was the president of the outlaw biker gang Satan’s Choice four decades ago.
He also boxed for Canada in the Pan Am Games, winning a bronze medal.

The term “one percenter” refers to motorcycle enthusiasts who say they are not necessarily criminal, but choose to live under their own code, which staunchly protects its own brand.

The Hells Angels take the term particularly seriously. They are the original motorcycle club, formed in 1948 in California by U.S. servicemen returning from World War II, who were restless in civilian life and seeking the brotherhood they experienced during wartime.

The now-global Hells Angels’ organization has been declared a criminal enterprise in multiple jurisdictions, including Ontario and Quebec, meaning longer prison terms for crimes considered gang related.

That makes it tough to physically cross borders, so some have taken to the internet.

Guindon is using the internet to revive the Satan’s Choice, the club his father founded in the 1960s.

Satan’s Choice claims its social media blitz has helped it rocket up to 350 members since its revival this summer.

The club claims it now has members from coast to coast in Canada, as well as in 10 American states and Costa Rica.

“Congratulations to my Quebec brothers,” Guindon wrote online. “Great group of men. Very excited to ride beside you for the rest of my life. L&R. (Love and Respect).”

“Congratulations Hamilton. It’s Steel City time!!!!”

In his online feud with the Oshawa bikers, Guindon repeatedly said they are a disgrace to the brand of all one-percenters.
“A goof,” Guindon posted earlier this month on Facebook. “Still being a little bottom feeder.”

A cardinal rule in the one-percentre subculture is not to lie to a fellow member and Guindon’s posts said the two bikers were repeat offenders.

“You’re a (expletive) liar,” Guindon said in a post. “You don’t (expletive) follow the same (expletive) rules that you should. There’s a (expletive) line, right and wrong.

“I wouldn’t be mad if I didn’t have a reason to be mad. You’re a pair of (expletive) goofs that don’t belong to wear the patch and now I’ve got to do things my way.

“I’ve called you on. You know my number … You know where I work. You know where I live. Do something (expletive).”

In the post, Guindon has his shirt off, revealing tattoos made when he was a member of the Hells Angels and tattooed the club’s crest across his belly.

“Let’s end this internet (expletive),” Guindon wrote. “Do what you should. This is pathetic.”

The OPP has cautioned about buying biker support gear from feuding biker clubs and wandering into the line of fire in any hostilities between them.

In the midst of the online hostilities with the Oshawa bikers, Guindon accused them of using artificial intelligence to conjure up bogus court documents that make it seem like he is co-operating with the legal system.

Earlier this month, Guindon posted what he says are AI generated, fake legal documents that suggest he was co-operating with police. He points out suspicious font changes and phrasing that point to a ham-handed attempt at forgery.

Guindon wrote: “If you’re going to make Al paperwork boy make sure you do it properly lmao wow you guys are pathetic.”

He added that the supposed police documents refer to him by his first name, noting “police do not refer to persons by their first name.”
Guindon also accuses his online biker enemies of filing attacks against him while hiding behind fake profiles.

“Save your bs fake profiles,” Guindon wrote. “Understand I don’t care and I’m not scared.”

For real online insiders, there’s also a subscriber’s only forum, which promises particularly juicy information about Guindon’s enemies.
“Confessions of a scarred sex worker tomorrow at 7 a.m. on the subscribers only personal page,” a post reads.

Despite their outlaw leanings, the U.S.-based Hells Angels are particularly sensitive about rules and brand issues, copyrighting their name and winged skull “death head” insignia.

That includes sometimes taking legal action against upscale retailers like Saks Inc. to block them from selling jewelry, handbags and other accessories with names like “Hells Angels Pashmina,” “Hells Angels Jacquard Box Dress” and “Hells Knuckle Duster.”

They’ve also sued over what they considered brand infringement regarding domain names, posters, yo-yos and Marvel comic books.

They even went to court in 2006 against Walt Disney Co. to keep their name and logo out of the film “Wild Hogs,” starring John Travolta and Tim Allen as middle-aged bikers.