Hells Angels: First witness testifies to order of events at preliminary hearing
By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com August 14, 2024
https://www.bakersfield.com/news/hells-angels-first-witness-testifies-to-order-of-events-at-preliminary-hearing/article_5955efb0-5aa6-11ef-9039-fbe7b72c918d.html
The 69-year-old man who moved into the former Hells Angels Motorcycle Club’s clubhouse did not have a problem with members from the group coming to collect club property the first time.
However, when members of the club allegedly started taking items that did not belong to them and threatening the victim not to contact law enforcement, James Dickens began to fear for his life
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Hells Angels: Prosecutor establishes one gang expert; one pending
By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com August 16, 2024
As the preliminary hearing for four Bakersfield Hells Angels accused of robbery continued Friday, two of the prosecutor’s witnesses were called as gang experts — but only one was approved by the judge to give expert opinions.
One of the lead investigators — Kern County Sheriff’s deputy Austin Burgess — in the alleged robbery case against Ricardo Alvarez, Armando Villasenor, Joshua Zavala and Joshua Vaugh testified for a second time Friday.
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