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Suspects in 2017 quadruple homicide in Seabeck found guilty
Prosecutors said restaurant owner John Careaga was dealing cocaine on the side, and his problems began when he stopped supplying Bandidos Motorcycle Club members.
Author: KING 5 Staff April 5, 2024
https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/seabeck-quadruple-homicide-verdict/281-a168acf1-1d94-4097-9402-13091ed9d052

PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A jury has found three men guilty of killing four people in Seabeck, Wash., in 2017.

In January 2017, four people in a Kitsap County family were killed by members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, although the lead investigator said the killings were not club-related.

Danie Kelly, Jr., Robert Watson III, and Watson’s younger brother, Johnny Watson were charged in the killings. Investigators said Kelly, Jr. and Watson III are Bandidos members, and Watson is not affiliated with the club.

On Friday, all three were found guilty of four counts of premeditated murder in the first degree, four counts of first-degree murder, attempted murder and first-degree arson.
“It’s over and they got justice,” said John Higgins, whose son Jonathon Higgins, 16, and ex-wife Christale Careaga, 37, were killed.

The bodies of Christale Careaga, her son Jonathon Higgins and stepson Hunter Schapp, 16, were found in a burned-out home near Seabeck on Jan. 27, 2017. Days later, police found the body of the Careaga’s husband, John Careaga, 43, in a car that had been set on fire in Mason County.

A 911 call made by Schaap inside the Careaga home initially led investigators to the scene.

Prosecutors said John Careaga, a family man and restaurant owner, was dealing cocaine on the side. They said his problems started when he stopped dealing drugs to club members.

“The things that came out (at trial), it was kind of a shock to us too, and honestly the feelings of how is the community going to perceive us now, because they were so supportive in the beginning,” said Erika Higgins, the stepmom of Jonathon Higgins.

Prosecutors argued the suspects planned to destroy the Careaga home by arson to get rid of any remaining evidence.

Throughout the five-month jury trial, the defense worked to cast doubt on the timeline and cellphone towers used to track the alleged killers’ movements. The defense argued there was no evidence of robbery or evidence that anything was taken from the Careaga home.
When the verdict was read Friday, John and Erika Higgins, said they were relieved and the feelings were overwhelming.

“There was never a smoking gun,” Erika Higgins said. “It could have gone both ways.”

It was a long road to get to a verdict. Over the last seven years, Erika Higgins said she had resolved that there might never be answers. She described feeling numb during the investigative process, as each day that passed was another day of waiting.

Man found guilty of murder in Marion County gang shooting
by: Sam Kirk WBOY TV April 5, 2024
https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/man-found-guilty-of-murder-in-marion-county-gang-shooting/

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — John Wolfe, who was accused of initiating the shooting death of a man in 2022, has been found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The jury, which was comprised of six men and six women, deliberated for about 45 minutes Friday morning. Wolfe’s trial lasted three days.

Wolfe was one of five people charged with murder in the death of Henry Silver. All of the accused had ties to the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, based on evidence presented on day two of the trial. A ski mask that was believed to have been worn by one of the murder suspects was also presented to the jury
on Thursday.

Friday afternoon, the jury deliberated again and determined in less than an hour that Wolfe will not receive mercy during his sentencing, which will take place in about two months.

Trial begins for man charged with murder in Marion County motorcycle gang shooting
by: Sam Kirk WBOY April 3, 2024
https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/trial-begins-for-man-charged-with-murder-in-marion-county-motorcycle-gang-shooting/

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — The trial for John Wolfe, one of the men charged with murder after a motorcycle gang-related shooting in Fairmont in 2022, started on Wednesday.

Court documents allege that Wolfe, who was 33 at the time, “did plan and initiate” the Sept. 9, 2022, shooting death of Henry Silver, who documents say was in a hidden relationship with Wolfe’s girlfriend. Wolfe, who was a member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, is accused of calling another masked member of the motorcycle gang who then shot and killed Silver in Carolina, West Virginia.

During the trial on April 3, that girlfriend took the stand and testified as a witness against Wolfe; she admitted that she had an affair with the victim and testified about the events that led to the alleged murder. During cross-examination, she admitted that she did not hear Wolfe threaten Silver but she did know that they were going to fight.

Silver’s girlfriend also testified on Wednesday and said that she had sent photos confirming the affair between Silver and Wolfe’s girlfriend to Wolfe. She also said that Wolfe never threatened to harm or kill the victim.
A third witness testified about the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club garage meeting that allegedly happened before the shooting, which happened outside Wolfe’s girlfriend’s apartment. The witness said that he saw the meeting happening at a home in Millersville but that he never heard the victim’s name mentioned.

A fourth witness was a neighbor of the Carolina apartment where the killing allegedly took place who said that she heard the shots and saw the getaway truck in the parking lot of the apartment complex. Court documents from 2022 said that Wolfe, the alleged masked shooter, and several other men all fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.

The jury in the case, which consists of seven men and seven women, will continue to hear testimony on Thursday.

18 members of Clarksville motorcycle gang receive prison sentences

by: Ethan Illers WKRN: Nashville, Tennessee April 4, 2024 /
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/clarksville/18-members-of-clarksville-motorcycle-gang-receive-prison-sentences/

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A total of 18 people associated with a Clarksville motorcycle gang received prison sentences for their roles in various crimes, including murder.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said all of the defendants’ crimes stemmed from their involvement with the Clarksville Mongols Motorcycle Gang.

Court documents revealed the Clarksville Mongols were a violent motorcycle gang affiliated with the Mongols Motorcycle Club, an international organization that identifies as an “outlaw” motorcycle gang, meaning its members define themselves as within the “1%” of motorcycle clubs who do not adhere to the law or the rights of others. Members are known to identify themselves with vests, patches, tattoos, and insignia, and are known to say things like, “Respect Few, Fear None” and “Live Mongol Die Mongol.”

Authorities said in early 2015, some of the defendants were looking to transition from another motorcycle club and established the Clarksville Mongols 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 Mongols 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, including murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, assaults, narcotics trafficking, robbery, extortion, money laundering, witness tampering, and numerous gun offenses.

In an effort to establish themselves as the area’s dominant motorcycle club, members of the Clarksville Mongols, with help from Mongols members in California, participated in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering activities; the members from California reportedly supplied the Clarksville Mongols with over 50 pounds of almost 100% pure methamphetamine worth about $1 million to distribute around Tennessee and Kentucky, according to court documents.

The Clarksville Mongols’ violent crimes continued with the kidnapping and murder of a former Clarksville Mongol on Nov. 19, 2017.

On that day, authorities said the Mongols kidnapped the former member and took him to another member’s house where they held him hostage, zip-tied him, and beat, tortured, and interrogated him for hours, breaking three bones in his neck and five ribs. He also suffered a broken eye socket; one member reportedly told another that they beat the victim so hard that “his flesh was falling off his face.”

The victim was ultimately killed after the Mongols drove a 10-inch tent stake through his head, according to the DOJ. His body was buried in a secluded field behind an abandoned home and his body was recovered nearly one year later.
The sentences are as follows:
• James Wesley Frazier, age 36, was sentenced to Life plus 30 years in federal prison
• Aelix Santiago, age 35, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison
• Kyle Heade, age 37, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison
• Joel Aldridge, age 43, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison
• James Hines, age 47, was sentenced to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison
• Michael Forrester, Jr., age 35, was sentenced to 17 ½ years in federal prison
• Jamie Hern, age 44, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison
• Robert Humiston, age 31, was sentenced to 8 years and 4 months in federal prison
• Michael Myers, age 40, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison
• Michael Levi West, age 41, was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison
• Adrianna Miles, age 28, was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison
• Derek Leighton Stanley, age 49, was sentenced to 18 ½ years in federal prison
• William Boylston, age 33, was sentenced to Life plus 7 years in federal prison
• Jason Meyerholz, age 49, was sentenced to Life plus 7 years in federal prison
• Christopher Michael Wilson, age 41, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison
• Jessie Marie Decker, age 38, was sentenced to time served
• Janie Lee, age 28, was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in federal prison
• Christian Dykes, age 35, was sentenced to time served
The DOJ said Hines was the last remaining defendant to be sentenced.

Veteran California sheriff’s deputy accused of living double life with outlaw biker gang as 160 guns, grenade launcher found at his home: police

By: Richard Pollina NY Post April 6, 2024,
https://nypost.com/2024/04/06/us-news/california-sheriffs-deputy-christopher-bingham-accused-of-living-double-life-with-outlaw-motorcycle-gang/

A Southern California Sheriff’s Deputy is accused of living a double life as a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang as police found an arsenal of firearms at his home — including a stolen shotgun from his department.

Deputy Christopher Bingham, 45, was arrested after he was caught riding with two members of “a local Outlaw Motorcycle Gang” on March 23, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

Bingham, an 18-year Sheriff’s Department veteran, allegedly had an unloaded, unregistered firearm and was booked at the Smith Correctional Facility but was later released.

The department had been on Bingham’s tail since January 2024 when police caught wind that he had been riding and socializing with members of the gang, prompting officials to open an investigation into the deputy.
Investigators from the Gangs/Narcotics Division were then granted a search warrant for his Twentynine Palms, Calif. home following his arrest in March.

Police found a treasure trove of “approximately 160 firearms,” including a fully automatic assault rifle, with an attached grenade launcher, the department said.

They also allegedly found “destructive devices,” silencers, paraphernalia from the gang, and “a stolen San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shotgun” during the search.

The 18-year Sheriff’s Department veteran was arrested at his home on Thursday at around 1 p.m. and booked at the West Valley Detention Center.

“The actions of this deputy are alarming and inexcusable; he not only tarnishes his badge but also undermines the integrity and credibility of the entire department,” San Bernardino Sheriff Shannon Dicus said in a statement.
“Criminal behavior will not be tolerated, and we have placed him on compulsory leave effective immediately. The investigation has been forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office, and charges have been filed.”

The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has slapped several felony charges against Bingham.
Bingham has been charged with possession of a machine gun, possession of a short-barreled rifle, grand theft of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a destructive device, possession of silencers, and participation in a criminal street gang.

These charges carry an enhancement for being done in association with a gang, according to California Penal Code 186.22 PC.

His bail was set at $500,000 after his arsenal was discovered.

While the department never specified which motorcycle gang Bingham had been riding with, District Attorney Jason Anderson believes Bingham was involved with the Mongols, according to The San Bernardino Sun.
“This appears to involve the Mongols, without question,” Anderson said.

Bingham owned a gun store in Twentynine Palms as a side business while working for the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department, according to public records obtained by the LA Times.

The store, O’Three Tactical, has been closed since June 2021.

The business was “unable to maintain any kind of inventory” and was “hemorrhaging” Bingham’s “own personal finances,” he wrote on the store’s Facebook page after announcing the closure.

Bingham was also mixed up in a murder trial back in 2019 after Rafael Aikens — a former Marine — was arrested for killing his estranged ex-girlfriend Christy McKissic and her mother in their Twentynine Palms home in 2017.

Bingham testified during the trial that he had sold Aikens a .45-caliber handgun weeks before the gruesome murders and had also arrived on the scene during the night of the double homicide, according to the Desert Sun.

Aikens was given a life sentence for his crimes, but the prosecution never revealed if the gun sold to him by Bingham was the one used in the killings.

A California sheriff’s deputy had a double-life with an outlaw motorcycle gang, police say
By Matt Hamilton LA Times Staff Writer April 5, 2024
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-05/a-california-sheriffs-deputy-had-double-life-as-motorcycle-gang-member-police

For years, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher Bingham had two jobs: as a law enforcement officer in the Inland Empire, and as the owner of a gun store in Twentynine Palms.

But authorities on Thursday said Bingham had more than two jobs — he had a double-life that was complicated and illicit. He’s accused of being a member of a local outlaw motorcycle gang and committing numerous firearms crimes in connection with the gang’s enterprise, including stealing a shotgun from his own Sheriff’s Department.

The case against the deputy is the result of a months-long probe by gang and narcotics detectives who uncovered a cache of 160 firearms in the lawman’s home, including the stolen shotgun, according to a statement from the department.

Bingham, 45, was detained Thursday afternoon at his Twentynine Palms home and booked at around 1 p.m. in county lockup. He’s being held in lieu of $500,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in court Monday.

He could not be reached for comment, and it’s unclear if he has an attorney.

“The actions of this deputy are alarming and inexcusable; he not only tarnishes his badge but also undermines the integrity and credibility of the entire department,” said Sheriff Shannon Dicus in a statement. “Criminal behavior will not be tolerated, and we have placed him on compulsory leave effective immediately.”

The investigation into Bingham began in January, when detectives with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that he socialized with and rode bikes with members of the motorcycle gang. The group’s name was not publicly disclosed.

On a weekend in late March, investigators along with the California Highway Patrol conducted a traffic stop of Bingham and two other gang members. During the stop, investigators found him carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm. Bingham was arrested March 23 and later released.

During a subsequent search of Bingham’s residence, authorities found 160 firearms, including an automatic assault rifle with an attached grenade launcher, along with silencers and motorcycle-gang-related paraphernalia.
Authorities also found the shotgun that was allegedly stolen from the Sheriff’s Department.

Bingham was charged Thursday with 10 felonies including possession of a machine gun; possession of a short-barreled rifle; grand theft of a firearm; possession of a stolen firearm; and participation in a criminal street gang. All 10 counts carry an enhancement for being done in association with a gang.

For years, Bingham had a side business running a gun store in Twentynine Palms called O’Three Tactical, according to public records and news reports.

The business shuttered in June 2021, with a message posted on the store’s Facebook page stating, “After being unable to maintain any kind of inventory and hemorrhaging [sic] my own personal finances over the last year trying to keep our doors open, O’Three Tactical will be permanently closing its doors.”

He referenced a shortage of ammunition and firearms as one factor crippling the business.

“We had a good six year run, but all the drama that caused the last few hoarding issues hit a majory [sic] artery, just like thousands and thousands of other small businesses,” Bingham said, suggesting he was close to bankruptcy.
That year, former customers and a vendor brought him to court alleging unpaid bills or failing to provide firearms they had purchased. An ammunition vendor claimed it was owed just under $2,000 for ammo it had delivered, and another customer filed a small-claims action claiming that his approximately $6,000 order was canceled and that Bingham had kept the money in a business account. Both cases were dismissed.

In 2017, Bingham’s personal and professional lives merged. That year, a former Marine machine gunner, Rafael Aikens, was accused of killing his onetime romantic partner, 32-year-old Christy McKissic, and her mother, Renee Metcalf.

At Aikens’ 2019 trial, Bingham testified to arriving at the scene of the slayings, and also selling Aikens a .45-caliber handgun weeks before the double homicide, according to news reports on the trial.

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San Bernardino sheriff’s deputy arrested on felony weapons charges, accused of ties to outlaw biker gang

Police say 160 firearms were found at Christopher Bingham’s home in Twentynine Palms
By Greg Norman Fox News April 5, 2024

https://www.foxnews.com/us/san-bernardino-sheriffs-deputy-arrested-felony-weapons-charges-accused-ties-outlaw-biker-gang

he sheriff-coroner of California’s San Bernardino County is decrying the alleged actions of one of his deputies as “alarming and inexcusable” after the 45-year-old was arrested on multiple felony weapons charges following an investigation into his connections to a local biker gang.

Christopher Bingham has been taken into custody and is now being held on $500,000 bail after investigators found 160 firearms at his home in Twentynine Palms, including a “fully automatic assault rifle with an attached grenade launcher,” according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.

“The actions of this deputy are alarming and inexcusable; he not only tarnishes his badge but also undermines the integrity and credibility of the entire department,” Sheriff Shannon Dicus said in a statement. “Criminal behavior will not be tolerated, and we have placed him on compulsory leave effective immediately. The investigation has been forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office, and charges have been filed.”

The sheriff’s department said its investigation into Bingham and his association with a “local Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMG)” began in January. On March 23, Bingham “was observed riding his motorcycle with two OMG members,” they said.

“With the assistance of the California Highway Patrol, a traffic stop was conducted on Bingham and the two OMG members. During a search of Bingham’s person, a loaded, unregistered firearm was located,” according to the sheriff’s department. “Bingham was arrested and booked at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.

“Investigators from the Gangs/Narcotics Division conducted a search warrant on Bingham’s residence. Investigators located approximately 160 firearms,” police also said. “One of the firearms was a fully automatic assault rifle, with an attached grenade launcher. Investigators also located, destructive devices, silencers, OMG paraphernalia, and a stolen San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shotgun.”

Bingham is now facing charges of Possession of a Machine Gun, Possession of Silencers, Possession of Destructive Device, Possession of Stolen Firearm and being an Active Participant in a Criminal Street Gang.

The arrest comes after several recent officer-involved shootings with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, including one in which deputies shot and killed a 17-year-old with mental health issues after he armed himself with a knife and locked himself inside a bathroom at a home.

In early March, deputies also shot and killed a 15-year-old with autism in an incident that has prompted the family to sue the department, KTLA adds.

The station cited Dicus as saying that all the incidents are under investigation

Two Police Officers Suspended in Caroline County Following Viral Altercation
Lauren Miller WBOC April 3, 2024
https://www.wboc.com/news/two-police-officers-suspended-in-caroline-county-following-viral-altercation/article_20b5e53e-f20f-11ee-8fd0-e393bd7f4930.html

DENTON, MD. — Two police officers in Caroline County are currently serving suspensions after an altercation that occurred last year in the town of Denton, all of which was captured on video. The officers, identified as Corporal Mayo and Corporal Snyder, were each suspended for five days without pay and have additionally lost five days of their leave.

The incident, which took place on S Fourth Street in Denton, began with a dispute over an above-ground pool situated in front of an apartment and escalated quickly, leading to a viral video capturing the confrontation. In the video, a man can be seen punching a front door, prompting the individuals inside the apartment to request the officers, who were standing nearby, to intervene and arrest the man.

According to Denton Police Chief George Bacorn, the dispute stemmed from a landlord-neighbor-tenant disagreement regarding the placement of the pool. “It was a landlord-neighbor-tenant dispute over a swimming pool, and the landlord wanted the pool moved. The folks that had the pool didn’t want the pool moved. Basically that part got settled. An acquaintance of the landlord arrived on scene and caused a commotion over this pool,” stated Chief Bacorn.

Following the incident, an anonymous complaint was filed with Caroline County’s Police Accountability Board, leading to deliberation by the Administrative Charging Committee (ACC). Subsequently, the committee found both officers in violation, citing concerns over their judgment and tactics employed during the altercation.
“It basically came down to my officers’ judgment on how they were going to handle this, and they elected not to use force and try to de-escalate it, but their tactics did not work, and that caused me some concerns,” Chief Bacorn explained.

As a result of the investigation, both officers faced numerous violations, including neglect of duty and unsatisfactory work performance. Corporal Mayo was further demoted to patrolman first class.
While Chief Bacorn acknowledges the ruling, he emphasizes that nobody was injured during the incident, and the man involved in punching the door, Christopher Morgan, was promptly arrested and charged with second-degree assault. Morgan pleaded guilty and received three years of probation without any jail time.

>Denton Police officers under investigation over argument circulating on TikTok
By: WMAR STAFF
Posted at 3:04 PM, Apr 12, 2023 and last updated 3:04 PM, Apr 12, 2023

DENTON, Md. — The Denton Police Department ordered an investigation into its own officers over their response to an April 7 incident that’s now circulating on social media.

Officers were initially called for a landlord tenant dispute at a residential building on S. 4th Street.
On scene the property owner and residents were involved in an argument over a pool in the yard.
Christopher Morgan, 38, who appears to be associated with the property owner, threatens to assault one of the residents.
Someone recorded part of the altercation on TikTok, which shows Morgan punching through a glass screen door in front of at least three police officers.

In the video, Morgan is seen wearing a Chosen Sons Motorcycle Club vest, and is accompanied by multiple other members who try removing him from the situation.

Police allow Morgan to leave the scene without charges.

“Morgan was not arrested at that time due to his highly agitated state and the officers intent to deescalate the situation,” said Denton Police Chief George Bacorn.

Officers ended up taking the residents to the District Court Commissioner to obtain a peace order against Morgan.
Police ultimately got a warrant for Morgan’s arrest, charging him with second degree assault and malicious destruction of property.

Morgan turned himself into police on April 11, and was released on $1000 unsecured bond.

“I have reviewed the officers body worn camera footage and it raises serious questions about how the call for service was handled,” said Bacorn. “The response by the officers involved will be investigated by Talbot County Sheriff’s Office and those findings will be provided to the Administrative Charging Committee. It is extremely important that we always take every step available to ensure victims feel protected and are protected.”

Two Hells Angels among 16 arrested in drug-trafficking investigation in Quebec City area
“The defendants will appear in court (Wednesday) to answer to charges including gangsterism, conspiracy and drug trafficking.”

Paul Cherry • Montreal Gazette March 27, 2024

Two members of the world’s most notorious outlaw motorcycle gang 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.

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, 60, 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.
pcherry@postmedia.com

Hells Angels biker gang is terrorising holidaymakers in Majorca

Sarah Hooper Metro UK March 31, 2024,

Hells Angels biker gang is terrorising holidaymakers in Majorca

Hells Angels have terrified holidaymakers in Majorca, with many tourists and locals saying they ‘live in fear’ of the gang.

The leader of the gang is German Frank Hanebuth, who first began terrorising the region in 2013, when he became president of the local Hells Angels chapter.

Now a decade on, Hanebuth and his gang have been accused of extortion – as he and his colleague were recently arrested after beating a local restaurant owner in Palma.

Hanebuth and his second in command were accused of demanding €10,000 from the restaurant owner, and grabbing his €7,000 gold chain.

But now Hanebuth is back on the streets, terrifying residents and tourists alike, with one German tourist telling Ultima Hora he fears the group will rule the entire area.

He said: ‘The Hell’s Angels want to rule the entire area and I get the feeling that all this is going to get worse. We knew it was going to happen again. We hope that a remedy is found.’

The gang receives most of its revenue from prostitution, according to prosecutors, by allegedly coercing women to work in brothels and making them undergo plastic surgery.

They’ve also moved into real estate and the drug trade to target foreigners – and the Majorca chapter of Hells Angels is mainly German, but also includes foreigners from the Dominican Republic and Britain.

One restaurant owner told Ultima Hora: ‘They come to a bar, consume and don’t pay. If you tell them something they threaten you, it is unbearable.’

And the business owner who was recently attacked told local media Hanebuth threatened him saying: ‘If you want to keep the shop open, you have to pay us 10,000 euros. If you don’t pay, you’ll get in a lot of trouble.

‘The damage, apart from the physical injuries , is very large. Our customers, the vast majority of whom are German vacationers and residents , are afraid to come to our restaurant. They are afraid that there could be further robberies and attacks.’

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was formed in the United States in 1948 and has some 5,000 members at about 350 branches – dubbed ‘chapters’ – around the world, where they wreak havoc on innocent people.

Columbia man charged in shooting near motorcycle club
Tiffany Rigby ABC 25 March 28, 2024in Columbia, South Carolina

SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO)– A Columbia man is charged in connection with a shooting that that left a man injured, said police.

Robert Lee Wilson is accused of shooting a man earlier this month.
Investigators said they responded to reports of shots heard in the Manning Avenue area around 4:30 a.m. on March 16.

When officers arrived to the scene, a man inside a Bee Street motorcycle club was found with gunshot wounds.
Witnesses inside the club saw at the time of the shooting, they only saw the victim go inside the building with gunshot wounds.

The 53-year-old victim was taken to Prisma Health Tuomey and then transferred to a Columbia hospital where he remains in critical condition.

Officers said based on information gathered in the case they were able to identify Wilson as the shooter.
He turned himself into the police on Tuesday and was booked at the county detention center.

Wilson, 47, of Creek Way Lane, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.