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The Hells Angels Daly City Chapter will be hosting their 14th annual Red and White Poke Run. According to open sources this event is to take place on June 23, 2012 at the Club House, located at 886 Green St, East Palo Alto, California, with sign in starting at 9AM to 11AM. They are advertising that all riders are welcome, a live band and “5 Star” food.

http://www.wistv.com/story/18730311/feds-arrest

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) –

Federal, state and local law enforcement officers raided almost two dozen homes in North and South Carolina Wednesday in search of several members and associates of the Rock Hell City Nomad Chapter of the Hells Angels after a two-year investigation into the motorcycle club’s dealings. U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles and FBI Special Agent in Charge David A. Thomas announced Wednesday morning that hundreds of officers arrested approximately 20 individuals Wednesday after the return of a 91-count indictment charging members and associates with racketeering and racketeering conspiracy

The arrest warrants were served along with the execution of 23 search warrants around 6 a.m. in North and South Carolina. During the operation, law enforcement seized methamphatamine, cocaine, marijuana, pills and approximately 100 firearms, including 2 automatic machine guns.

Prosecutors said in an 80-page indictment that members of this “criminal enterprise” engaged in money laundering, arson, and drug selling.

Federal authorities would not release exact locations of the raids. WIS confirmed that one of those raids happened in Gilbert on Summit Estates Ct. Agents on the scene would not comment, but there was significant damage to a mobile home on the property. Neighbors in that area reported being awakened by a loud blast in the early morning.

According to the indictment, The Rock Hell City Nomad Chapter of the Hells Angels had a support motorcycle club named the Red Devils Motorcycle Club (RDMC). The RDMC River City Chapter utilized a clubhouse at 5622 Highway 302 in West Columbia. Support clubs, according to prosecutors, are feeder clubs for the main Hells Angels chapters.

Those arrested were:

Daniel Eugene Bifield, a/k/a Diamond Dan (Leesville)
Somying Anderson, a/k/a Ying (West Columbia)
Bruce James Long, a/k/a Bruce-Bruce (West Columbia)
James Frederick Keach, Jr., a/k/a Big Fred (Pelion)
Lisa Ellen Bifield, a/k/a Lisa Ellen Meyers, Lisa Ellen Stockton (Leesville)
Trent Allen Brown (West Columbia)
Bruce Ranson Wilson, a/k/a Diesel (Swansea)
Mark William Baker, a/k/a Lightning (Lancaster)
David Channing Oiler, a/k/a Gravel Dave (Lancaster)
Richard Thrower, a/k/a Little Mark, Rat (Lancaster)
David Pryor, a/k/a Yard Owl (York)
Frank Enriquez, Jr., a/k/a Big Frank (Rock Hill)
Donald Boersma, a/k/a Brooklyn Donnie (Clover)
Johanna Looper, a/k/a JoJo (York)
Thomas McManus Plyler, a/k/a Uncle Tom (Rock Hill)
Jamie Hobbs Long (Lancaster)
Kerry Chitwood (Gastonia, North Carolina)
Carlos Hernandez (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Ronald Dean Byrum, Jr., a/k/a Big Ron (Gastonia, North Carolina)

“The significance of the extensive and long-term investigative efforts that resulted in the arrests today represent the FBI’s continuing commitment to the dismantling of organized criminal organizations,” said Thomas. “By working in a joint environment with federal, state and local counterparts, we send a clear message that such pervasive criminal activities will not be tolerated.”

The arrests follow a two-year interagency investigation by the South Carolina Hells Angels Task Force (SCHATF). Assisting in the investigation and Wednesday’s operation were the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Columbia and Charlotte Field Divisions, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Lexington Police Department, Rock Hill Police Department, York County Sheriff’s Office, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, State Law Enforcement Division, Gastonia, Police Department, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Gaston County Sheriff’s Office and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.

“Today’s arrests and seizures are an important step in our ongoing fight against criminal gangs operating in South Carolina,” said Nettles. “This investigation is also another example of what can be accomplished through a close partnership among local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.”

The case will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jay N. Richardson.

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The Sons of Silence, Northern Colorado Chapter, will be hosting their 20th Annual Spring Run on June 3, 2012. Registration for this event is from 10am to 12pm at the Outlaw Saloon, 160 East Main Street, Lyons, CO 80540. According to open sources, all riders are welcome and they will depart the meeting place in a pack.

Kenneth “Rusty” Park was a 2006 Robert Faulkner Outstanding US Investigation Award winner for “Operation Oklahoma Outlaws” at the 32nd Annual Conference in San Diego

Prosecutor has a wild law-enforcement past
By JESSE DAVIS/Daily Inter Lake Daily- Kalispell , Montana Sunday, April 29, 2012
What do terrorist-attack response, multimillion-dollar drug busts and undercover infiltration of motorcycle gangs have in common?
No, they’re not part of a script for a new television show — they are past responsibilities of Flathead County Deputy Attorney Kenneth “Rusty” Park before he moved to Kila with his wife and daughter.
Park, now 45, was born in 1966 in Lubbock, Texas to Jerry and Susie Park.
“I say I was born on Mars,” Park now says, jokingly, of the Lubbock landscape. “Texas Tech is a cool campus, but I don’t miss Lubbock.”
His family moved to Dallas in 1975, when his father got a job as a sportscaster. His mother worked as a teacher, eventually teaching at all levels, including the collegiate level.
Park’s own career started when he joined the Oklahoma City Police Department as a patrol officer in 1988. He was promoted to sergeant after a little more than four years.
Then came the April 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City by Timothy McVeigh. In his duties with the police department, Park responded as a rescuer on its emergency response team.
“We spent 17 days picking up the pieces, I guess would be the best way to put that,” Park said.
But the work that would pique Park’s interest and be the driving force for the rest of his career didn’t begin until the following year, when he went undercover as part of a street-level narcotics “impact unit.”
“THAT WAS PROBABLY the funnest part of my career, that was a blast to be in,” Park said. “It was a constant run-and-gun, drug raid, chase people. That was a great part of my career.”
Park was one of seven people on the Oklahoma City team, which spent 99 percent of its time dealing with drug crimes. His participation on that team led to an assignment to the Drug Enforcement Administration through the special projects unit of the police department in 1999.
According to Park, one of the main reasons for working with the drug agency was access to funds. Because it was part of the federal government, it had the resources to make larger drug buys and thus larger busts that made a bigger impact.
It was while he was working undercover with the agency that Park would begin one of the defining works of his career.
He had started making buys from a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms (now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives), took notice.
“Shortly after that we had a meeting, and my supervisor at Oklahoma City was contacted by the ATF because I guess they had monitored a couple of these buys,” Park said. “So we all sat down, a fella from ATF, me from DEA and a guy from the Oklahoma City special projects unit, my supervisor there, and decided, ‘Hey, let’s combine our efforts and see what we can do.’”
That meeting led to the creation of a motorcycle gang task force with Park, among others, being tasked with infiltrating the Outlaws.
So Park grew his hair out, grew a long beard, got a Harley Davidson motorcycle — courtesy of the bureau — and spent his working hours undercover for four years.
At the end of the investigation, Park’s work contributed to the arrest of 84 Outlaws members and to the club pulling its chapter out of Oklahoma.
Park and others involved later received the Investigation of the Year Award from the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association.
Park’s partner in infiltrating the Outlaws, Allen “Big Al” Chute, retired about three months ago and is writing a book about the investigation.
IN 2004, PARK started taking night classes in law school, and after a little more than a year of further undercover work was assigned back to the drug agency as the lead investigator for the new Central Oklahoma Metro Interdiction Team.
The team focused most of its attention on one area in the center of the city where Interstates 35, 40 and 44 cross. Some call the confluence the “crossroads of America,” but Park knew it as one of the most active drug trafficking crossroads in the country.
Park and the other members of the team tracked drugs moving north and money moving south through the interchanges, and completed many large busts, among them the seizure of $3.5 million from a single stop.
“We used the proceeds we recovered from that that they gave back to us to buy a money counter, because it took seven of us 12 hours to count that cash,” Park said. “It was terrible.”
In 2008, Park graduated from law school and went back to the Drug Enforcement Administration, but this time did not participate in any specialized work. At the same time, he was running his own civil law practice.
“I spent two years being tired,” Park said. “Then I finally decided I’d had enough.”
Park had put in 22 years with the Oklahoma City Police Department by that point, two more than he needed to take retirement. It was at that point that he left the force and decided he wanted to go be a prosecutor in the mountains.
During his time doing undercover work and working with the interdiction team, Park made approximately 400 drug buys, more buys of guns and explosives, and participated in roughly 2,000 drug raids.
PARK’S INTRODUCTION TO Kalispell came during an August 2009 vacation. During that vacation, he and his wife found themselves at the entrance to the district court building.
“I pointed at the ground and I said, ‘Right here. I’m coming to work at this place,’” Park said. “She said ‘Really?’ I said ‘Really. Just watch me.’”
By the time Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan advertised for an open deputy attorney position, Park had long since completed his resume and application, and mailed it the same day.
Three weeks later, he was back in town for an interview. Just three hours after that interview, Corrigan called to offer Park the job.
Now, with Tuesday marking two years with the office, Park couldn’t be happier.
“I love every minute of it,” Park said. “Ed is really good to work for if you enjoy working and enjoy working hard.”
Park plans to work another 26 years so he can claim the distinction of 50 years working in law enforcement and related fields. He also has another reason.
“For the past 24 years, bad guys have hated me,” he said. “I want to keep that up.”
Reporter Jesse Davis may be reached at 758-4441 or by email at jdavis@dailyinterlake.com.
U.S. Army’s Combating Terrorism Center.

Posted in Local montana on Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:16 pm. Updated: 8:27 pm.

The Mongols, California Chapter are advertising a Birthday Party for May 12, 2012. This event is to take place at The Bar located at 1055 Mills Ave, Montclair, CA with a 7PM start time. According to their web site, everyone is invited, the dress code is their colors and the following members will be in attendance, Lil Dave, Joe Whittier, Cuate, Cartel and “Lefty.”

SHAWNEE, Okla. —
The Bandido’s Motorcycle Club, along with 15 named plaintiffs, have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Shawnee, local law enforcement, the county jail, a local hotel and its manager.
The filing stems from 15 arrests at a Shawnee hotel following a bar fight in December 2009.
The 35-page document, filed in U.S. Western District Court, alleges Constitutional rights violations and asks for more than $1 million in damages. The plaintiffs claim they were falsely arrested, subjected to illegal searches and falsely imprisoned and charged. It also alleges an invasion of privacy.
The suit also asks for all defendants to issue a written apology and an order for retraining of all officers.
It names 33 defendants, including the city and its police department, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, several listed police officers and jail personnel, as well as numerous “John Doe” law enforcement officers yet to be identified. The America’s Best Value Inn and its manager also are named in suit.
The case involves incidents that unfolded Dec. 19, 2009, when the OK Riders Motorcycle Club hosted its annual Christmas party at the hotel, 4900 N. Harrison. Police were called to a disturbance outside the hotel bar, City Lights. Officers gave chase after seeing persons wearing vests with club patches identifying themselves as members of the Mongols and Bandido’s motorcycle clubs, the suit claims.
Officers allegedly approached the hotel manager, gaining access to a specific room allegedly known for being rented out and the hiding place of the Bandido’s involved in the disturbance, the filing reads.
While several arrests occurred, the suit claims no one in the specified hotel room “is or was at any time a member of the Bandido’s…” The suit also claims that of those arrested, none were wearing vests identifying themselves as Bandidos and none were found in the hotel room.
Among the allegations are that police entered the hotel room with guns drawn, screaming for occupants to lie face down on the floor and that several plaintiffs were “violently handled” by defendants. Arrests were made when plaintiffs were unable to provide answers to police, with the suit claiming the defendants were made to go outside in 30 degree temperatures, some without coats or shoes, while officers searched the motel room “without warrant or probable cause.”
The plaintiffs were taken to jail. While being transported, the filing claims several plaintiffs were questioned about their affiliation with the Bandido’s Motorcycle Club and whether they were part of the “Bandido’s gang.”
The suit claims, “At no point in time were the plaintiffs ever advised of their Miranda rights or given the reason for their arrest.”
The filing makes several claims regarding the jail, alleging jailers were asked to violate internal policies because of the large number of prisoners being booked in at once.
During the book-in process, plaintiffs were called to the counter by a jailer to sign papers, with allegations that a jailer questioned them about the night’s activities and made “insinuating comments about the Bandido’s Motorcycle Club in a clear attempt to elicit information.”
The hotel and its manager also are named in several allegations as part of the suit.
Of the 15 arrested, 10 were in the motel room and five were outside, with eight being charged with obstructing an officer and seven charged with disturbing the peace and drunk and disorderly. The filing suggests none were able to be tested to prove their innocence.
The suit was filed for the plaintiffs by Tulsa attorney Jonathan M. Sutton.
Attempts to reach attorneys for the city, county and the jail for comment on the filing were unsuccessful.

The Lake County Chapter of the Warlocks will be hosting their 3rd Annual Leesburg Bike Fest Party. This event is advertised to start on April 27 and end on April 29, 2012 with the main activities to be held at the Lake County Clubhouse located at 31518 Anderson Drive, Tavares Florida. The club is advertising Biker Games, Camping, Vendors and live music on Saturday, April 28 starting at 14:00.