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Bandidos gang member arrested by Lamesa PD, charged with possession of child pornography

By KCBD Staff February . 27, 2025
https://www.kcbd.com/2025/02/27/bandidos-gang-member-arrested-by-lamesa-pd-charged-with-possession-child-pornography/

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – 37-year-old Andrew Burdett Moore was taken into custody by the Lamesa PD SWAT team on Monday, charged with Possession or Promotion of Child Pornography with the intent to Distribute.

Lamesa Police Chief Joshua Peterson made the announcement on Thursday, saying his officers were assisted by the Texas Anti-Gang Unit “due to Moore’s affiliations with the Bandidos Motorcycle Club.”

Peterson said they executed a search warrant at Moore’s home and found “multiple weapons, gang memorabilia and electronics were seized in connection with current investigations.”

Man convicted of murder for fatal shooting at motorcycle club

DAVID PATCH The Blade dpatch@theblade.com Toledo, Ohio February 26, 2025,

A Lucas County jury convicted a Toledo man for murder Wednesday afternoon in another man’s shooting death almost a year ago during a melee at a central Toledo after-hours club.

The jury of eight women and four men took just over three hours to find DeAndre Koonce, 30, of the 1800 block of Airport Highway, guilty of alternative counts of murder and felonious assault for the March 3 shooting of Caprise Arnett.

Arnett, 34, collapsed outside the clubhouse of the Envy’Us Ryders Motorcycle Club in the 1400 block of Belmont Avenue following the incident inside.

Although he did not take the witness stand in Lucas County Common Pleas Court himself, Koonce’s defense lawyer contended he shot Arnett in defense of his sister, Vicky Smith, who was in a fistfight with the victim on the unlicensed club’s floor when the shot was fired.

But Ms. Smith’s testimony Wednesday as the trial’s last witness may have undermined her brother’s cause. She told the court that while she told Anrett three times to stop bothering her and then punched him after he spat at her, it seemed to her that once they ended up on the floor under the bar, Arnett was deliberately missing with his punches because she was female.

Koonce faces a likely term of life in prison with parole possible after 18 years when Judge Lori Olender sentences him March 13.
Both Kati Tharp, Koonce’s defense lawyer, and relatives of Arnett’s who watched from the courtroom gallery declined to comment after the verdict was read.

Jennifer Donovan, an assistant Lucas County prosecutor, conceded during closing arguments that Arnett was being “a jerk” when he aggressively hit on Ms. Smith and, before that, Koonce’s girlfriend Antoinette Cobbler, who testified Tuesday afternoon that she told him 10 times he wasn’t interested in him.

“But none of that justified what happened next,” Ms. Donovan said. “Miss Smith had taken care of it” and she and other club members had Arnett down on the floor, overwhelmed, and surrounded, she said.

Although police witnesses said Koonce confessed to the shooting under interrogation and allowed as how it would likely result in his “going away for a long time,” no recording of that interrogation was available because of a mistake at police headquarters.

Ms. Tharp argued in closing that prosecutors had not even proven Koonce fired the single shot, considering that several other club patrons were determined to have had guns, including one plainly seen in surveillance video from inside.

None was matched to the single spent shell casing found at the scene, and detectives testified Koonce told them they would never find the gun he’d used.

Investigators determined Arnett was not armed.

Ms. Tharp also repeated that Koonce himself had been shot on two different occasions — once by 13 bullets — to promote the idea that he would be particularly wary of aggressive people in a place like the motorcycle clubhouse while being protective of his sister.
“He did what any of us would do to protect a loved one,” the defense lawyer said. “Watch it [the videos] for yourselves and see what you see.”

But Ms. Donovan said Koonce’s past victimhood did not give him “license to give personal hardship to somebody else.”
First Published February 26, 2025, 6:08 p.m.

Former Marine and high school ROTC instructor granted bail in Bandido federal racketeering case

by Monroe TromblyFebruary 27, 2025 |

Former Marine and high school ROTC instructor granted bail in Bandido federal racketeering case

A U.S. magistrate judge granted bail on Thursday to a former Marine and junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) instructor accused of assaulting and attempting to rob a man, whom prosecutors say was a rival of the Bandidos motorcycle gang.

Marcell Lett, 56, is set for release Friday morning on an unsecured $75,000 bond. He will be placed on home confinement with GPS monitoring but will be allowed to go to work, meet with his lawyer, and attend church if he chooses. If Lett violates the conditions of his release, he will be required to pay the full bond amount.

During a Thursday hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Byron Black argued that Lett would pose a risk to public safety if allowed to remain free on bond until the charges against him are resolved. However, U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Bennett, while acknowledging the seriousness of the charges, found that Black had not substantiated his claim.

Bennett also considered arguments presented by Lett’s court-appointed defense attorney, Richard Kuniansky, who contended that if Lett were truly a danger to the community, he would likely have been arrested and charged years ago when the alleged assault occurred.

Bennett’s decision followed the reading by Kunianksy of several letters of support for Lett, including one from a former student who described him as “one of the most kind, compassionate, and supportive people I have ever met.” The student also mentioned they still keep in touch with Lett.

According to his LinkedIn page, Lett has worked as a junior ROTC instructor at Ridge Point High School in Fort Bend for the past decade. The Fort Bend Independent School District did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Lett is still employed by the district. A webpage listing Lett’s employment appears to have been deleted from the district’s website.

Lett, a decorated former Marine who has deployed overseas at least ten times, is among 14 men arrested and charged last week by federal authorities in connection with a six-year racketeering investigation into the Houston chapters of the Bandidos motorcycle group. Authorities allege that this group was responsible for the murders of at least two rival gang members and the attempted murder of three others.

Lett faces charges of assault in aid of racketeering activity and using, carrying, brandishing, discharging, and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence — crimes that could result in a lengthy prison sentence. The charges stem from an altercation between a group of Bandidos and three men they considered rivals at the Hawg Stop Bar and Grill on September 26, 2020.

According to Joshua Lyons, an investigator with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Office of Inspector General and an FBI task force officer, the bar in northeast Harris County — now apparently closed — was hosting a bikini contest and motorcycle-washing contest that evening. Three men, identified as members of the Brothers East (B*EAST) motorcycle club, were among the spectators. Originally formed as an affiliate of the Bandidos, Brothers East broke away around 2019, leading the Bandidos to declare war on the group, according to Lyons.

Several Bandidos were present at the event and called for reinforcements when they spotted the Brothers East members, Lyons testified. Lett was among those who answered the call for backup. Lyons further testified that motorcycle groups often claim bars as their turf.

John Pfeffer, then the sergeant-at-arms for the Mascareros, another Bandidos support group, also responded to the call for backup. In the Bandidos, a sergeant-at-arms is a high-ranking member responsible for enforcing rules and discipline within the club. Pfeffer, who would later become the chapter president of the “Welcome to Hell” Bandidos chapter, spoke with Adam Burns, one of the Brothers East members, before allegedly punching him in the face.

Other Bandidos rushed in, causing Burns to fall to the ground in the bar’s unpaved parking lot. Burns was then kicked and beaten in an altercation captured on surveillance video and by a photographer present for the contest. Lyons testified that Lett was among those who kicked Burns.

Approximately 30 to 45 seconds after the altercation began, shots were fired. Burns was struck six times, five of them in his back. Lyons testified that Lett’s co-defendant, Roy Gomez, was the person responsible for fatally shooting Burns.

Gomez, known as “Repo,” was charged with Burns’s murder by Harris County prosecutors shortly after the shooting. He is scheduled to stand trial in late March, though he is not facing murder charges in the federal racketeering case. Lett was reportedly injured by a ricochet during the shooting, although it is unclear whether the bullet came from Gomez or Burns, who allegedly fired four shots from the ground.
A ‘hangaround’ Bandido

Lett faces charges of aiding and abetting others in the assault and murder of Burns, based on the allegation that he participated in the violent crime by using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm. However, during questioning by Kuniansky, Lyons admitted that authorities have no evidence to suggest that Lett brought a firearm to the bar, knew his co-defendant was armed, or was informed that Gomez intended to use a firearm.

Kuniansky argued after the hearing that merely being present during a shooting does not automatically make someone guilty of aiding and abetting. “The law says that you didn’t have to personally do it, but you had to at least know that someone was going to use a firearm,” he said. “He didn’t aid or abet anybody in that shooting.”

Kuniansky also emphasized that while Lett’s actions were wrong, the federal assault charge seemed disproportionate. “Should he have done that? No,” Kuniansky said of Lett’s involvement in kicking Burns. “But that’s a class A misdemeanor in state court. They’re charging him with felonies that could put him in jail for decades.”

Lett’s connection to the Bandidos is complex. While he has never been a full-fledged Bandido, according to Lyons, he was affiliated with the Mascareros, a Bandidos support group, and served as the president of its central chapter. Lett attempted to resign as president because Bandidos’ bylaws prohibit Black members, according to Lyons, who added that the Bandidos have had only one Black member in nearly 60 years of existence. Lett remains a “hangaround” Bandido, or a prospective member undergoing a trial phase, Lyons said.

According to Lyons, Bandidos often start their involvement with the group by joining support groups like the Mascareros. However, Kuniansky argues that groups like the Mascareros are misunderstood and that they often engage in charitable work. He cited a letter of support for Lett from Melissa Saldivar Hamilton, an administrative specialist for the city of Houston, who stated that the Mascareros participate in the Toys for Tots program each year.

“The government throws out that term ‘criminal gang.’ I mean, there are good apples and bad apples I guess in any sort of motorcycle club,” Kuniansky said, adding that he has not represented a Bandido before.
Five of 14 charged free on bond

Five of the 14 individuals charged in the extensive federal racketeering case have been released on bond, including Lett, who has the highest bond, at $75,000. He also requires GPS monitoring.

Michael Dunphy, released on a $50,000 unsecured bond on Monday, was a member of the Bandidos for about ten years and served as the national sergeant-at-arms before leaving the group in 2023, according to Lyons. U.S. Magistrate Judge Yvonne Ho granted Dunphy’s release, ruling that prosecutors failed to present “clear and convincing” evidence that he had ordered Bandidos to assault 14 members of the Greybeard Motorcycle Club in February 2023 at Bimboz Bar and Grill near Tomball.

Prosecutors, for their part, contended that Dunphy had issued a “smash on sight” order sometime in 2020, directing Bandidos to assault or kill any Brothers East member they encountered. They maintained that this order applied to the 2023 incident as well.

Brandon Hantz, a two-time Survivor contestant, was also granted release on bond. Hantz, who was associated with the Bandidos for about two years, faces charges related to the 2023 assault on the Greybeards and an arson incident in Montgomery County.

Jeremy Cox and Scott Christinson have also been released on $50,000 unsecured bonds. Cox, also known as “JD,” faces the same charges as Lett, and Christison, allegedly called “Skinman” by the Bandidos, is charged with selling cocaine and possessing a firearm while doing so. The remaining defendants’ detention hearings are scheduled for next week after defense attorneys requested continuances to review the evidence.

The final two defendants in the case, Darvi Hinojosa and John Sblendorio, both charged with attempted murder, were denied bail in November by Ho, who determined that the nature of the alleged crimes warranted continued detention.

Altogether, the superseding indictment details six separate incidents over nearly three years in which people associated with groups that authorities say the Bandidos consider their rivals were threatened, robbed, assaulted, or killed.

Hells Angels kingpin has statutory release revoked

By Paul Cherry Updated Montreal Gazette February 17, 2025
Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/article759614.html#storylink=cpy

A man considered to be one of the most powerful Hells Angels in Quebec will have to spend the next 10 months behind bars. In a decision made last week, the Parole Board of Canada decided to revoke the statutory release Marvin (Casper) Ouimet, 55, automatically qualified for in 2013. Police believe he returned to his old ways while still serving the 14-year sentence he received in 2014, after he pleaded guilty to charges filed against him in two major investigations led by the Sûreté du Québec: Operation SharQc and Operation Diligence.

SharQc was an investigation into how almost all members of the Hells Angels in Quebec voted in favour of taking part in a conspiracy to murder rival members of several criminal organizations, notably the Rock Machine, in a conflict over drug-trafficking turf. The conflict dragged out between 1994 and 2002 and came to be known as Quebec’s biker gang war.

It resulted in the deaths of more than 160 people, including several innocent people.
Diligence was an investigation into how organized crime had infiltrated Quebec’s construction industry. It revealed that Ouimet used companies to launder his drug money.

He has been a full-patch member of the biker gang since 1999 and during his recent parole hearing he told the Parole Board of Canada that he is still a Hells Angel and plans to remain one when his sentence expires.

“The review of your file and your hearing demonstrates that you are part of a criminal group that is considered a threat to public safety, which you proudly admit in the hearing. At this time, the board has not noted any questioning related to your membership in this group,” the parole board wrote in a summary of its decision.

The summary describes how Ouimet’s life changed after his mother died when he was 15. Her death changed the family’s dynamic and his older siblings moved out, leaving him responsible for a younger brother

“You were left alone with your younger brother and became solely responsible for him. It is noted in the file that it was in this context that you began to commit crime in order to meet your primary needs. Drug use and bad company followed,” the parole board wrote. “It is also noted that it was during this period that you turned to another type of ‘family,’ namely people associated with a criminal biker gang.”
In 2014, Ouimet pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, laundering the proceeds of crime and instructing people to commit a criminal act for the benefit of a criminal organization.

He was not granted parole, and he automatically qualified for a release on Sept. 21, 2013. Almost all offenders serving time in federal penitentiaries in Canada automatically quality for a release when they reach the two-thirds mark of their sentence.

For months he appeared to follow the surveillance conditions the parole board imposed on him, but last year his release was suspended after he was questioned by police who suspect he resumed criminal activities while he worked at a job that is not disclosed in the summary of the decision made by the board.

“On Sept. 3, 2024, a security intelligence agent notified your case-management team (the people who prepare an offender for a release) that police authorities were requesting a meeting with you because of new information suggesting you had resumed your criminal activities. The information also suggested it was likely you were responsible for financial matters for a third party since you were negotiating with suppliers, which was in violation of a (surveillance) condition. In addition, the police authorities wanted to inform you that your safety was under serious threat. According to the information obtained by your case-management team, the information came from three different police forces,” the parole board wrote.

“You were met the next day, and at the end of the meeting your-case management team determined the risk you presented had become unacceptable. “Before the suspension, your case-management team had shared with you its perception that your employer seemed to be using you as a front: you said you felt insulted, stating that you did not want to play the role of a puppet for anyone.

“Under these circumstances, your case-management team assesses that you present an unacceptable risk to the protection of society. It therefore recommends that the commission revoke your automatic release.

” Ouimet’s case will be reviewed in November.

Weapons, drug charges against former Pagans member dismissed in New Kensington

BRIAN C. RITTMEYER FEB 13, 2025
https://community.triblive.com/news/3732677

Weapons and drug charges against a former member of the Pagans motorcycle gang have been dismissed.

The charges, including prohibited possession of a firearm, against Bill Robert Rana, 44, of Sharpsburg were dismissed after a preliminary hearing Thursday before New Kensington District Judge Frank J. Pallone Jr.

Rana and three others where charged in October after state, county and local police investigated what they said was a drug dealing ring at Valley Royal Court in New Kensington.

Cases against the others charged — Marc D. Farabaugh, 42, Stephanie Lynn Miller, 41, and Ciera Siegworth, 25 — are not affected by the dismissal of Rana’s charges and are still proceeding, Westmoreland County district attorney’s spokeswoman Melanie Jones said.

The charges against Rana were dismissed because of a lack of evidence, according to Jones.

However, pending DNA results, she said the state could possibly refile them.

Rana’s attorney, Ashley Marie Cagle, did not comment on the possibility of the charges being refiled.

She noted that the burden of proof for a case to proceed past a preliminary hearing is very low.

“That should go to show, the fact that this case was dismissed at this level, is demonstrative of the lack of any evidence or tie of Mr. Rana to any of the charges,” she said.

The investigation had targeted Rana, who was staying in an apartment at Valley Royal Court.

There, authorities said they found quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, psilocybin mushrooms and anabolic steroids, along with packaging materials and scales. Four guns were found, as was Pagans motorcycle gang apparel.

Rana was sergeant of arms for the Pagans Pittsburgh chapter when he was charged in December 2020 as part of a long-term investigation by the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force led by the FBI. Investigators said Rana sold cocaine and methamphetamine, leading to him and eight others being charged.

Rana is on federal parole.

Cagle said Rana is no longer involved with the Pagans, calling that part of his past.

Accused Mass Shooter From Motorcycle Club Rejects Murder Plea

By Sage Cho – Baltimore Witness February 21, 2025

Accused Mass Shooter From Motorcycle Club Rejects Murder Plea

A member of the Thunderguards motorcycle club who was accused of an August 2024 mass shooting waived his Hicks date before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland on Feb. 21. Waiving a Hicks date, which marks 180 days since a defendant’s initial appearance in court, denotes a defendant’s concession of a right to speedy trial.

Eric Byrone Kibler, 43, faces 47 charges, including multiple counts of first-degree murder, attempted first- and second-degree murder, and firearm use in a felony or violent crime, along with related conspiracy charges. The mass shooting occurred at 1301 N. Spring Street, near the Caroline and Hoffman Park basketball courts, and left 36-year-old Anthony Martin dead and seven others injured.

Martin was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital and pronounced deceased at 11:53 p.m. the same day. Medical examiners ruled the cause of his death to be a homicide.

According to charging documents, the incident occurred when Martin became involved in a verbal dispute over a residential parking spot with the Thunderguards, who were holding a memorial cook-out for a former member.

Video surveillance from the area captured multiple shooters, including an individual identified as Kibler, who was armed with a handgun, involving themselves in the altercation as it escalated.

The state offered a plea deal of life, suspending all but 60 years, with five years of probation. Kibler, who was arrested Oct. 7, 2024, rejected the offer and will return to court June 27 for a pretrial hearing before Judge Copeland.

Outlaw motorcycle gang member caught with weapons and drugs

Police seized cash, ammunition, prescribed hydroponic equipment and drugs.

By Lauren Thomson7 News.com Australia February 19, 2025
https://7news.com.au/news/outlaw-motorcycle-gang-member-caught-with-weapons-and-drugs–c-17777227

Detectives from the Crime Gangs Task Force and Serious and Organised Crime Branch together conducted multiple searches in the southern suburbs of Adelaide on Wednesday, arresting a Comanchero member.

The arrest follows an in-depth investigation from the detectives into the outlaw Comanchero motorcycle gang regarding an alleged incident of aggravated affray, breach of firearms prohibition order and a firearms offence that allegedly occurred at Christie Downs in 2024.

A 36-year-old man who is a member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club and was arrested and charged with a number of serious offences including aggravated affray, breaching a firearm’s prohibition order and possessing a prescribed firearm.

Further searches of houses associated with the investigation resulted in the seizure of approximately $14,000 in cash, ammunition, prescribed hydroponic equipment and half a kilogram of dried cannabis

He has been refused bail and will appear in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court on Thursday.

‘Survivor’ alum Brandon Hantz charged in indictment against Bandidos motorcycle gang

By Nardine Saad Staff Writer Los Angles Times February . 20, 2025
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-02-20/brandon-hantz-survivor-bandidos-indictment-racketeering-arson-texas

“Survivor” alum Brandon K. Hantz is facing racketeering and arson charges after being named in a federal indictment connected to a violent, transnational motorcycle gang in southern Texas.

The former reality star was indicted in Houston along with 13 other current and former members of the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and Mascareros Motorcycle Club, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, said Wednesday in a statement. The 22-count indictment, unsealed Feb. 11, alleges that the Bandidos, a self-identified “outlaw” motorcycle organization, allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to commit racketeering activity and committed violent crimes, including murder, attempted murder and assault.

Hantz, 33, also known as Loco and Gun Drop, is charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering activity, as well as arson. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years on each count.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the indictment is “an important step in eliminating” the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
“The Bandidos declare war on rivals — and they wage that war on our streets,” Supervisory Official Antoinette T. Bacon of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division said in the news release. “Criminal behavior like this has no place in America, and the Department of Justice is fully committed to bringing peace back to our communities.”

The indictment alleges a violent turf war erupted in 2019 between the Bandidos and B*EAST, a rival motorcycle gang, in the Houston area. Federal prosecutors allege that the Bandidos’ national leadership allegedly put out a “smash on site” order to commit physical assaults, including murder, against B*EAST members. The turf war, they said, resulted in gunfire exchanged on public roadways and in public establishments with civilians present
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“Ensuring the safety of the public is SDTX’s paramount concern,” U.S. Atty Nicholas J. Ganjei said. “The indictment here not only alleges shocking crimes of violence, but also alleges that these offenses were committed openly and wantonly, where any innocent member of the public could have been hurt or killed.”

The Bandidos allegedly have approximately 1,500 to 2,000 members in the United States and an additional 1,000 to 1,500 members internationally, including in Mexico, according to the the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Several of the individuals named in the indictment are expected to make an initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Hanovice Palermo on Wednesday at 2 p.m. It is not yet clear if Hantz will be among them. Representatives for the DOJ did not immediately respond to requests for confirmation.

Hantz, the nephew of notorious “Survivor” villain Russell Hantz, is from Crosby, Texas, and appeared in Season 23 of “Survivor: South Pacific” in 2011 and in Season 26 of “Survivor: Caramoan” in 2013. In the latter season, he infamously dumped his tribe’s food reserves after an altercation with another cast member. According to TMZ, a family member said Hantz’s home was raided Wednesday by the FBI and that he left the Bandidos last year.

Suspect arrested in kidnapping, murder of Mass. man found dead in Somers

An investigation was launched in August 2021 when the victim was found dead in a vehicle on Durkee Road in Somers.

Author: Leah Myers Fox 61 Hartford to Connecticut February 20, 2025
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SOMERS, Conn. — A years-long investigation into a Massachusetts man’s death in Somers has led to the alleged murderer’s arrest, according to Connecticut State Police.

Timothy Lange, 35, of New Britain was arrested in Haddam Wednesday in connection to the death of Jason Comes, of Wilbraham, Mass., who was 38, state police said.

An investigation was launched in August 2021 when Comes was found dead with a gunshot wound in a vehicle on Durkee Road in Somers.

Months into the investigation, police searched a home on Moody Road in Enfield that was connected to a known motorcycle club. It was later determined that Lange was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang, state police said.

Lange is facing multiple charges, including murder, kidnapping, robbery, and related conspiracy and accessory charges. He was held on a $1.5 million bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.

This is an active and ongoing investigation.

Thug Riders Motorcycle Club member pleads guilty to conspiracy

Fourteen members of the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club were indicted in federal court in an organized crime scheme that reportedly involved multiple violent acts in Ohio and Kentucky.

By Kristen Spicker February 19, 2025
https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/thug-riders-motorcycle-club-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy/5PKVWRVAQRHW5LP5FUWOS545TY/

One of the 14 members of the Thug Riders Motorcycle Club facing charges in federal court in connection to an organized crime scheme has pleaded guilty.

Seth Michael Henry of Xenia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in racketeering, conspiracy to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering and commission of a violent crime in aid of racketeering as part of a plea agreement earlier this month, according to U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio records.

The court has not issued a decision on whether it will accept Henry’s plea.

He was referred to the probation department for a pre-sentence investigation pending the court’s decision.
Henry is the first motorcycle club member to plead guilty in the case.

In total, 14 members were indicted last summer for running a criminal enterprise and engaging in violent behavior, including murder, arson and assault.

Some of the violent acts the group is accused of include:
• Blowing up a former member’s truck in Huber Heights on May 25, 2021.
• Killing a man during a shootout in Harrison Twp. on Sept. 26, 2021.
• Traveling to Lexington, Kentucky, to attack a rival motorcycle club in April 2023. Nearly 200 rounds were reportedly fired during the shootout.
• Breaking a man’s leg during a fight at a Dayton bar on June 17, 2023.
• Engaging in a gunfight with a rival motorcycle group in Springfield on March 20, 2024.

• In addition to Henry, 13 others were indicted in the case: Juan A. Robles of Arizona; Joey A. Marshall of Xenia; Jared T. Peters of Dayton; Brandon W. Fisher of Piqua; John A. Smith of Dayton; Norman D. Beach of Dayton; Daniel B. Hutton of Fairborn; Michael L. Reese of Miamisburg; Mathew J. Hawkins of Pennsylvania; Joseph M. Rader of Kentucky; Justin J. Baker of Columbus; Cody D. Hughes of Columbus; and Brent A. Egleston of Xenia.

• Robles helped created the local Thug Riders chapter and was the Midwest “boss” at the time of the indictment, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Marshall, Peters, Fisher and Smith also reportedly held leadership roles in the Midwest and Dayton chapters.