Monday 30 January 2012

Top bikie's son dead after double shooting

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Comanchero bikie is dead and his father is fighting for life after a shooting in Adelaide's north last night. Twenty-two-year-old Giovanni Focarelli died in the shooting at Dry Creek. His father Vince Focarelli is in a stable condition after being wounded by up to four bullets.Giovanni Focarelli, 22, is dead and his father, Comanchero club president Vince Focarelli, is in Royal Adelaide Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after the shooting on Sunday night. Police Minister Jennifer Rankine said the state has tough laws to deal with the "scourge" of outlaw motorcycle gangs but some just shun the law."I am sure the police are as frustrated as what I am about what is occurring," she told ABC radio. Police say Mr Focarelli, the self-appointed head of the South Australian chapter of the Comancheros bikie gang, is refusing to help with investigations into his son's death. Detective Superintendent Grant Moyle says the two men were shot at Dry Creek and then went to Prospect in Adelaide's inner north. "We have a scene in a street at Dry Creek where we believe that the shooting did initially take place and that Focarelli has driven from there and down Prospect Road, where he's come across a patrol and he's stopped in front of that and sought their assistance," he said. "Detectives have spoken to Mr Focarelli at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. "He has declined to provide us any information that might assist us in identifying the offender. AUDIO: Comanchero bikie's son killed after Adelaide shooting (AM) "That is a difficulty we face in these particular cases. The people that do know information are often reluctant to assist the investigation." Detective Superintendant Moyle says police fear there could be reprisals. "We'll try to do what we can to talk some sense into these people and prevent anyone else from getting injured," he said. Vince Focarelli was shot in the leg last month and was the target of a failed bomb attack earlier by two Hells Angels associates. That bomb exploded prematurely, killing both of the would-be attackers. Adelaide lawyer Craig Caldicott says Vince Focarelli has alienated many other bikies. He says differences began when there was a falling out with a member of the Hells Angels. "It was on a personal level. They had been friends and then suddenly there was a huge falling out and I think out of the genesis of that Focarelli, with a view to try to protect himself, formed the New Boys and then tried to brand himself as a Comanchero," he said. PHOTO: Shot dead: Giovanni Focarelli, 22. (facebook.com) Urgent briefing South Australian Police Minister Jennifer Rankine will get a briefing from the Police Commissioner Mal Hyde this morning about the shootings. She says police are doing their best to deal with bikie gang members. "Hundreds of them have been arrested and charged. Hundreds of their associates have been arrested and charged," she said. "We've barred hundreds of them from licensed premises. The police have charged them over drug dealing and seized firearms from them." SA Opposition police spokesman Duncan McFetridge says Government efforts against gangs are not working. "Getting these charges to stick, getting these arrests is part of it, but following through [is needed], making consequences for their actions and at the moment it looks like in Adelaide it's 'Dodge City', you're able to dodge the consequences," he said. Ms Rankine says she has already been assured by police they have the resources in their crime gangs taskforce to deal with bikie gangs. "They have 44 sworn officers in that taskforce. They have a range of other specialists in there, forensic accountants, criminal intelligence experts, a whole range of experts and they bring-in other people as they need from other areas," she said.

 

Sunday 29 January 2012

Bikie gang member shot dead in Adelaide

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The shooting of a bikie gang member and his club president father has been declared a major crime as the South Australian police minister says some outlaw gangs have no regard for the law or the community. Giovanni Focarelli, 22, is dead and his father, Comanchero club president Vince Focarelli, is in Royal Adelaide Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after the shooting on Sunday night. Police Minister Jennifer Rankine said the state has tough laws to deal with the "scourge" of outlaw motorcycle gangs but some just shun the law."I am sure the police are as frustrated as what I am about what is occurring," she told ABC radio.

Saturday 28 January 2012

Alleged biker hitman dies in cell

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The man police believe killed the gangster who helped set up the now-defunct Halifax Hells Angels is dead.   The body of Jeffrey Albert Lynds was discovered in a Montreal jail cell, where the 43-year-old was on trial for a 2010 double murder in Quebec.   It is believed that the former member of the elite Hells Angels group the Nomads, committed suicide.   Police would not confirm the identity, but Sgt. Claude Denis of the Surete du Quebec told thechronicleherald.ca that a 43-year old man was found dead in his cell at Riviere des Prairies Detention Centre.   "He was found without life inside the (cell). We do not have any violence mark on the victim."   Sources told the Montreal Gazette the deceased is Lynds.   Denis said  police were called to Riviere des Pariries detention centre just after noon Friday. An autopsy is scheduled on Monday.   A former member of the Halifax Hells Angels, Lynds was named in court documents as the killer of Randy Mersereau whose body was discovered in a wooded lot in North River, outside Truro, in Dec. 2010.   He was never charged in Mersereau's death.   After cofounding the Halifax chapter of the outlaw biker gang, Mersereau left in the 1990s to set up his own drug operation.   He disappeared Oct. 31,1999, not long after a bomb exploded at a used-car dealership in Bible Hill that injured several people. Mersereau is believed to have been the target of that Sept. 23 bombing.   A year later, in Sept. 2000, Randy's brother, Kirk Mersereau, 48, and Kirk's common-law wife Nancy Christensen, 47, were also shot dead in their rural Hants County home.   In their book, The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada, journalists William Marsden and Julian Sher write that Kirk put a $50,000 bounty on the head of anyone connected to his brother's murder.   Police have charged Dean David Whynott of Truro Heights and Gerald MacCabe of Salmon River both with being an accessory after the fact in Randy Mersereau's murder.   Court documents filed in connection with MacCabe's case point to Lynds as Randy's killer. News reports in 2010 said Lynds admitted shooting Randy five times with a handgun provided by the Hells Angels.   Lynd's nephew, 34-year-old Curtis Blair Lynds, was charged with accessory after the fact in Randy Mersereau's death, and first-degree murder in the deaths of Kirk Mersereau and Christensen.   Leslie Douglas Greenwood, 41, is also accused of first-degree murder in the deaths of the couple.   Curtis Lynds and Greenwood are in jail, awaiting court appearances.   Michael John Lawrence, 37, from Windsor has already pleaded guilty - and is serving a life sentence - for shooting the couple, as well as Charles Maddison, a man who offered him a drive and whose truck he stole before committing the double homicide.   Jeffrey Lynds was picked up during a series of raids that targeted the Halifax Hells Angels chapter in 2001 and was eventually sentenced to three years in jail.   In Montreal, Lynds was accused in the shooting deaths of two men, Kirk Murray and Anthony Onesi, as they sat inside a car at a McDonald's parking lot in Jan. 2010. He was also facing charges in the Feb. 2010 shooting of another Quebec man, Mark Stewart.

The girlfriend who could finally endure no more

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There is an old proverb which says: "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly." Tammy Kingdon's folly was to return to Troy Mercanti on more than a dozen occasions during their tumultuous 16-year relationship. The final result was that she became, at least as far as the underworld is concerned, a dog - the derogatory term reserved for anyone who gives information to police. It was the prolonged brutality of Mr Mercanti's alleged attack on January 6 which turned the unerringly loyal Ms Kingdon against him. Her lawyers told the Perth District Court last year, after Ms Kingdon was convicted of stealing, that she was a victim of regular physical abuse and had once had her teeth knocked out and an eye socket broken. But she stayed with him anyway. This time it was different. She wasn't beaten because of a drunken quip or because of an argument. Police sources say Mr Mercanti believed Ms Kingdon had been cheating on him with another man. She was allegedly beaten mercilessly and degraded. Mr Mercanti went to Queensland to meet fellow Finks bikies after the incident, while Ms Kingdon stewed about it. Last Friday, she took the two boys she bore to Mr Mercanti and disappeared into police protection. When Mr Mercanti discovered Ms Kingdon and the children were missing, he went on a massive bender which ended when he was arrested on Sunday morning while trying to smash through the sliding glass door of a Duncraig home. He is in custody at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, under armed guard, and requires dialysis after his kidneys shut down. In the long-term, he needs a kidney transplant. But the next move is Ms Kingdon's. She has given police a statement in which she alleges Mr Mercanti bashed her three times in five years, including the attack on January 6. Will she continue with the claim or will she return to him as she has so many times before? The ramifications of her decision are dire. Bikies don't appreciate those who testify against them. And they rarely forgive and forget. Making matters worse for Ms Kingdon is that she has no visible means of support. Her assets consist of two properties - in Jurien Bay and Balga. Both are heavily mortgaged and the Balga property is the headquarters of the Finks. It's difficult to see them paying the rent while she is having their WA leader prosecuted. Just why Ms Kingdon continually returned to an allegedly abusive partner is something that a psychiatrist examined last year as part of the sentencing process after she was convicted of stealing. Dr Sam Febbo's report has been kept private, but the details of Ms Kingdon's life were revealed by her lawyer Stephen Shirrefs in court. Born on July 16, 1976, Tammy Cherie Kingdon grew up in Denmark, but her parents Norman and Faye separated when she was five. Ms Kingdon went to live with her father on a farm about 20km out of town and the District Court was told she was beaten and tormented by her stepmother. She had panic attacks at school because she feared going home. Ms Kingdon finished her schooling to Year 10 in Denmark before completing Year 11 at Albany. She then left to live on the Abrolhos Islands, near Geraldton, where she had a two-year relationship with a crayfisherman. When the relationship ended, Ms Kingdon, aged 18, moved to Perth and worked at the Wanneroo Tavern before moving to Kalgoorlie. There she met Mr Mercanti, then a nominee of the Coffin Cheaters bikie gang. They have been on-and-off ever since she was 19 and now have two children, aged 11 and 10. For a time, Ms Kingdon worked as a stripper, but these days she rarely works. Though she had said during last year's court case that she was leaving him and moving down south to be with family, she did not leave and has since travelled to the Gold Coast and Adelaide to be with Mr Mercanti. Few believe she could now return to Mr Mercanti after making the complaint to police. One said: "He's not the type to let sleeping dogs lie."

Wednesday 25 January 2012

Fury erupts over bikie 'war' claims

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A GOLD Coast nightclub owner says it's time to clear the air on "sensationalised" reports of bikie gang violence in Surfers Paradise. But the club owner blasted police for allowing bikies to parade through the Glitter Strip wearing gang patches. "The police at Surfers Paradise should hang their heads in shame as they are the ones unable to control these sorts of incidents," the club owner said. "They don't see trouble walk past the station at 2.30am on a weekend with gang members wearing full colours?

Troy Mercanti To Have Bedside Hearing

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Finks motorcycle gang member Troy Mercanti will have a bedside court hearing this afternoon due to his "significantly deteriorating" mental and physical state, a Perth court was told. Mr Mercanti was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning, charged with aggravated assault and trespassing following a home invasion in Duncraig. He has also been charged with assault charges in relation to another incident earlier this month, and police are yet to lay charges over the alleged discovery of drugs and ammunition in his home. Advertisement: Story continues below Mr Mercanti has been under police guard in a Perth hospital since his arrest in the early hours of Sunday, and was suffering from significant physical trauma which may include amphetamine abuse, the court heard on Monday. His lawyer Laurie Levy said today that Mr Mercanti's condition had deteriorated significantly, and he successfully applied for a bedside hearing this afternoon. Mr Mercanti was arrested and taken to hospital after police were called to the home of a Duncraig couple at 4.15am on Sunday, where they allegedly found Mr Mercanti bashing on the door. Police from the organised crime squad then carried out a raid on his home - less than one kilometre away - where it is alleged drugs and ammunition were found. Mr Mercanti was charged with one count of acts intended to cause bodily harm, three aggravated assaults occasioning bodily harm and one aggravated indecent assault. Those charges related to separate incidents which took place earlier this month. He was also charged with trespassing and damage, relating to the incident on Sunday. Mr Mercanti was due to have a bedside hearing on Monday, but the matter was postponed to this morning due to his ailing health. The court was told on Monday that Mr Mercanti had "significant physical trauma" but there was not any issues regarding his mental capacity at the moment. Mr Levy today argued that Mr Mercanti's current custody condition prevented him access from family and friends who could advise over the types of medical treatment that he needed. Police prosecutor Sergeant Andy Elliott did not oppose holding a bedside hearing so the gang crime detectives could be put back on the street and Serco guards put in their place at the hospital. Mr Mercanti's medical records have not yet been presented before the courts. He was not expected to apply for bail, however he will be read the full list of charges in relation to the incident on Sunday. Mr Mercanti was released from prison in August last year after he was jailed for causing grievous bodily harm in 2007. His defection to the Finks in 2008 sparked a feud between the two outlaw motorcycle gangs who have since engaged in violent clashes, including a brawl at the Kwinana Motorplex in 2010 in which a Finks member lost three fingers.

Hell's Lovers gang infiltrated in Denver

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Investigators raided a Hell's Lovers motorcycle gang in Denver Friday night. Many of the motorcycle gang suspects are now in jail awaiting a court hearing Monday. The arrests come after a near three-year investigation by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF agents raided the home and arrested at least 15 gang members for "violent crime." "We are not talking about traditional gang violence with younger youth that are from 17 to 24, which make up the bulk of gang violence. We are talking about...grandfathers even; some of them have different professions," says Terrance Roberts, a gang expert. The gang was formed in Chicago in the late 1960's, and has now spread to Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee and Texas. Agents say the gang has been associated with cocaine trafficking and use of weapons and explosives.

Monday 23 January 2012

Fourth arrested in Hells Angels shooting

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A fourth suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a member of the Hells Angels biker gang, police say. Nikota Martin, 26, of Brampton, Ont., was arrested Friday evening by Peel Region police officers at a Mississauga apartment building. Martin faces multiple charges, including being an accessory after the fact, failing to stop for police, dangerous operation of a vehicle, driving while suspended, improper storage of a firearm, occupying a vehicle with a firearm and possession of a firearm. London police issued a warrant for Martin’s arrest after a Jan. 11 shooting outside a suspected Hells Angels clubhouse in London. Diamond Ialenti, a full-patch Hells Angel, was shot along with a woman. Ialenti was in serious condition in hospital following the shooting. The woman was treated at hospital and released.

Former Hells Angels leader sues wrong government for seizing home

 

The former leader of the Manitoba Hells Angels says he's been the victim of a crime — the government allegedly stole his house. Ernie Dew has filed a unique civil lawsuit, claiming his property in St. Andrews, Man., was illegally seized and sold following his arrest on drug charges. Dew, 53, seeks unspecified financial damages. "The government has misused and/or exceeded the power of its public office," says a statement of claim filed in Court of Queen's Bench. "This was a reckless, wanton and egregious disregard of his rights." There's just one small problem with Dew's lawsuit, which was specifically filed against the provincial government. "It wasn't us that seized his house," a provincial spokesperson told the Winnipeg Free Press Tuesday afternoon. It was the federal government who took action, meaning Dew's lawsuit will likely fall quickly. He would have the option of re-filing it and naming Ottawa in the lawsuit. The provincial government did seize the Hells Angels clubhouse two years ago, which the spokesman said may have left Dew confused. But they had absolutely no role in the seizing of his property. Dew, 52, was convicted at trial last year of cocaine trafficking and possession of goods obtained by crime stemming from a 2006 arrest. He is to be sentenced on Jan. 18. However, Dew was acquitted of another drug-related offence that specifically involved selling his home. Dew claims — wrongly, as it turns out — the provincial government's criminal forfeiture unit jumped the gun by taking possession of his property under proceeds of crime legislation. "This was misfeasance of public office," Dew claims. He says the government is guilty of "conversion, trespass to chattels, unjust enrichment, misfeasance of public office and negligence," Dew never denied getting involved in several illegal transactions, but offered a unique explanation for his actions at trial. He claimed he only agreed to sell drugs to his friend, Franco Atanasovic, because the man said he was deep in debt and desperate for money to pay back several people who were after him. Atanasovic was working at the time as a police agent and helped capture the deals on audio and video. Dew insists he never made a cent from the transactions and was simply acting as a middle man between Atanasovic and the drug supplier — and a peacemaker between those looking to collect from Atanasovic. Dew said Atanasovic was in trouble and began pestering him at work, eventually convincing him to set up three different drug deals. The deals were done at Dew's workplace, while a fourth one allegedly happened at his home just north of Winnipeg. Dew always insisted he had nothing to do with that one, which he was ultimately found not guilty of and which is now the subject of his lawsuit. The judge found Dew was away hunting at the time a kilogram of cocaine was exchanged between Hells associate Jerome Labossiere and Dew's wife, Vera. Both Labossiere and Dew's wife ultimately pleaded guilty for their roles in that transaction. "My house would be the last place I'd do a drug deal. That would be grounds to have my home seized. I've seen it happen before," Dew told court.

Wednesday 18 January 2012

Bikie dispute leads to car park shooting

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dispute between Comanchero motorcycle gang members led to a shooting in Adelaide's west on Monday night, police believe. Two shots were fired in the car park of the Findon Hotel about 10:00pm (ACDT). Detective Inspector Paul Yeomans says two men were arguing in the car park before one of them fired the shots at a dark-coloured sedan. "We don't think this is a random attack," he said. "We think that the two males are known to each other. We do think, even though it's early in the investigation, we do think it is linked to outlaw motorcycle gangs, in particular the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang." The cars sped-off after the shooting and police have not said why they suspect Comanchero members. The shooting is the latest instance of bikie-related violence in the past two months. But Attorney-General John Rau insists the situation is not out of control. "There are always going to be lunatics who go out there and break the law as these people have done and when they're caught up with the law will deal with them," he said. There is no sign anyone was injured in the incident.

Two reputed Rock Machine biker gang associates were nabbed by police

 

Two reputed Rock Machine biker gang associates were nabbed by police just prior to a search of a St. Andrews home that netted drugs, ammunition and gang paraphernalia. Police said at about 3 p.m. Friday, Shane Allen Fischer, 31, and Nicole Joy Nykorak, 26, were arrested during a traffic stop at Highway 8 and Grassmere Road. The stop came about two hours prior to police executing two search warrants at the same alleged drug house on Lockport Road as part of a ongoing street crime investigation, police said Sunday. Police seized nearly $10,000 worth of cocaine and hash, along with coke-cutting agent, drug paraphernalia, ammunition, a bullet-proof vest and gang attire, Const. Jason Michalyshen said. The seizure of the armoured vest is significant, as it may prove to become the first test of provincial legislation that came into force Jan. 1 outlawing their use by the general public without a permit. Anyone unauthorized to have body armour and is caught with it faces a fine of up to $10,000, three months in jail or both. Michalyshen said he was unaware of any other pending arrests in the case. Fischer was out on bail at the time and was supposed to be living elsewhere, said police. Nykorak was out on statutory release from prison and is facing parole revocation, Michalyshen said. Police didn’t identify the gang involved, but said it was an outlaw motorcycle group. A police source said both have ties to the Rock Machine gang. Both suspects face “numerous” drug and weapons charges, police said. They are being held at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.

Sunday 15 January 2012

Sydney police investigate drive-by shooting

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Police say they are yet to determine the exact target of a drive-by shooting in Sydney's south-west, the eighth shooting since last Monday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting on Pelman Avenue in Greenacre about 4.20am today. A search of the area found six spent cartridges on the street but no damage to property. Acting Deputy Commissioner Alan Clarke says it is too early to say whether the incident is linked to recent shootings. "As we've been unable to establish a victim at this point in time, we'll go on the ballistic evidence before us and continue to conduct a canvas in that area and see if we can get to the bottom of this shooting," he said. He says the recent shootings seem to be targeting criminal networks. "Our biggest concern is the threat and the risk there is to innocent members of the public," he said. "As we've indicated continuously, this appears to be an intimidation tactic between criminal networks, and our fear is it is indicative of guns on the street. "We certainly wouldn't want an innocent member of the public to be caught up in one of these situations." Hannin Adra, who lives nearby, says she is worried. "I've got six grandkids - do you like your grandkids to grow up in this atmosphere?" she said. "It is a worry - if it's not a worry, you're not human." Neighbour Mounzer Adra says he heard five shots on the usually quiet street. "I woke up about 4.15, I hear the shooting, I wake up, I say, 'oh my God, what's happening? I thought it was a firecracker," he said. "It's not good feeling unsafe in this area, where the shooting is; something should be done about it." There have now been eight shootings in Sydney's west and south-west since last Monday night, and police have set up Operation Spartan to investigate the spate. There were two shootings in Yennora and Lakemba on Thursday night and one at Yagoona on Friday morning; no-one was injured in either of those incidents. Premier Barry O'Farrell has said he will consider new laws to compel people to speak to police about the shootings, but dismissed a call from the Opposition to recall Parliament to pass new anti-bikie legislation.

Saturday 14 January 2012

The head of the Hell’s Angels in Iceland was arrested yesterday and remand in custody for a week

The head of the Hell’s Angels in Iceland was arrested yesterday and remand in custody for a week, accused of having ordered attacks on a woman. A total of five people connected to the Hell’s Angels are in custody over the case. 

In the early hours of the 22nd December a physical assault in a residential building in Hafnarfjörður, near Reykjavík, was reported to police. Initial stories about the attack stated that a couple in their 30s had burst into the woman’s flat and attacked her violently. She was later transported, unconscious, to hospital. The police arrested the couple and put them in custody.

As the investigation progressed, the spotlight started to pan wider and according to RÚV sources putting the couple behind bars clearly did not work, because the woman was violently attacked again. Extra resources were quickly applied to the investigation and two more people were arrested and put behind bars.

Yesterday the case’s fifth arrested suspect, the head of the Hell’s Angels Iceland organisation, was also remand in custody for one week. According to sources, he is accused of ordering the attacks on the woman – reportedly as revenge for something.

All five in custody while the police continue their investigation are in isolation for the good of the case, so they cannot consult each other on their alibis.

 




Thursday 12 January 2012

Sydney's western suburbs came under siege again on Thursday about 12.30am (AEDT) when shots rang out in Bankstown

 

Police have declared war on the gangs responsible for four Sydney shootings in as many days. And any would-be vigilantes and copycats have also been warned to butt out. Sydney's western suburbs came under siege again on Thursday about 12.30am (AEDT) when shots rang out in Bankstown Witnesses told police they saw a man wielding a rifle in a neighbourhood where a bullet hit a bedroom window in a home. A woman and her four children, aged between two months and 10, were in the room but no one was injured. Acting Commissioner Nick Kaldas labelled as cowards the people responsible for a string of shootings since Monday. "A lot of the conflicts that occur between these criminal groups is drug-related, unfortunately," Mr Kaldas told reporters on Thursday. "It's a combination of many ethnic-based groups as well as criminal types." Police launched Operation Spartan on Thursday and will deploy extra resources to the affected suburbs from the Public Order and Riot Squad, Dog Squad, Gangs Squad and the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad. Gangs Squad head Arthur Katsogiannis said the nature of the crimes was keeping vital information from getting to police. "Our frustration as investigators and police officers on the front line is the lack of assistance we're getting from both the victims and the witnesses," Superintendent Katsogiannis said at the same media conference. Police also warned would-be vigilantes and others to stay away. "One thing I hope that doesn't occur is any sort of copycat attraction," Mr Kaldas said. "Others may feel they want to take the law into their own hands. And my advice to those people is all you'll simply do is turn yourself from a victim into an offender." Mr Kaldas denied suggestions that gun crime was on the increase and said the incidents since Monday were a "spike" in shooting crimes. Around 2am (AEDT) on Wednesday the occupants of two cars were involved in a gun battle in Greenfield Park, in western Sydney. On Monday night, two drive-by attacks occurred in Auburn and Arncliffe, in Sydney's west and south respectively. Around 25 people were inside the two homes when the properties were sprayed with up to 35 bullets. Police are confident they will make arrests over some of the shootings. Asked if the shootings were all related, Mr Kaldas replied, "I have to say the bulk of them are not." NSW opposition emergency spokesman Nathan Rees said tweaking tough anti-bikie laws would be one way to help put an end to "gang warfare". As premier in the former Labor government, Mr Rees gave the Supreme Court powers to outlaw bikie gangs and prevent members from contacting each other. But the Crimes (Criminal Organisation Control) Act was struck out in June 2011 after Sydney Hells Angel Derek Wainohu challenged it in the High Court. The National Coalition for Gun Control has called on NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and the government to strengthen gun control laws. Police seized 6155 guns in the 2010/11 financial year and have seized 3663 guns in the first half of the current financial year. Most guns used in crimes are stolen from legitimate sources.

Turf war feared as Gypsy Joker bikies descend on Brisbane hotel

 

ONE of Australia's most notorious bikie gangs is poised to expand its presence in Queensland, prompting fears of a turf war. But Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson says the public will be warned first if there's real danger of conflict. The Gypsy Jokers are this week expected to gather at an inner-city Brisbane hotel, catching the attention of police. The fears follow a spate of bikie violence and a subsequent police crackdown resulting in more arrests and almost 40 people being banned from Surfers Paradise's party precinct.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

Goon squad gang tied to several shootings in past four years

 

The Goon Squad — a gang that Waterford Township police say is connected with the Dec. 23 Rolladium shootings — has been associated with shootings around the Pontiac area in recent years. The Rolladium roller rink situation involves three armed men spraying gunfire inside the rink, striking five patrons at 1:44 a.m. Waterford police found that the shooting stemmed from issues involving rivalry between two Pontiac gangs, the “Goon Squad” and “1st Enfantry.” On Saturday, police released the name of a second suspect, Pontiac resident Cheyenne Benjamin Ingram, 17. The first suspect is Robert Lee German, 18, from Pontiac. A third man, whose name has not been released, has been shown only in a surveillance photo. The three suspects, all in their late teens to early 20s, are considered armed and dangerous. According to police, one of the five victims shot was an intended target and considered a rival. The victim was previously shot by members of the gang in a similar incident at a Pontiac night club in December 2010. Willis and Roberson James Cecil Willis III, 18 — accused of being among members of the Goon Squad — was charged in 2008 with shooting 14-year-old Alabama resident Dawan Allan France Roberson in the face after a June 14, 2008, party at the Life Worship and Training Center on Auburn Avenue in Pontiac. The Goon Squad gang, police said, crashed a party at the center and were involved in physical altercations with party attendees. People were thrown out of the party but came back in, and the party was eventually shut down. Roberson was believed to be a bystander and not involved in the fight. The teen was in Pontiac visiting family, police said

Apache Junction man arrested in I-10 road rage incident

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Tempe police have arrested a man involved in Saturday's road rage incident in which a driver was shot, but they are still investigating who is responsible for shooting the victim. The investigation revealed that a group of motorcycles and a champagne/tan-colored SUV were traveling westbound on Interstate 10 from Wild Horse Pass Boulevard. Witnesses reported that a gray Jeep was attempting to collide with the motorcycles. The motorcycles began to chase the Jeep. As they reached the area of I-10 and Elliot Road, the SUV rammed the Jeep, causing the driver to lose control and crash. One of the motorcycle riders, Andre Jordan, 35, of Apache Junction, was seen pointing a handgun at the victim according to Sgt. Steve Carbajal. Witnesses reported that several of the individuals involved had guns. After a physical altercation, shots were fired and the driver of the Jeep received a gunshot wound to the cheek.  Investigation into the person responsible for shooting the victim is ongoing. Tempe police detectives have identified two of the individuals involved as members of two separate criminal street gangs. Jordan was booked into Tempe City Jail on one count of aggravated assault, threat by gang member assisting a criminal street gang and endangerment.

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(1) .Bandidos Australia (1) 000 in cash she had provided to keep her son out of jail (1) 13 bikies for trial over airport brawl (1) 21 Central St. (1) 23 (1) 25 (1) 30 members of the Vagos Motorcycle Club were arrested (1) 31 (1) 32.Sample was convicted of aggravated assault and of acting for the benefit of a criminal street gang. (1) 34 people arrested reputed to be affiliated with the Zig Zag Crew and Hell’s Angels. (1) 35 (1) 36 (1) 37 (1) 39 (1) 41 (1) 44; Leonard (Dad) Moore (1) 46 (1) 46; Gary (Junior) Ball Jr. (1) 47 (1) 48 (1) 48-year-old gang member from Wanganui has been charged with possession of cannabis (1) 49. (1) 54 (1) 58 (1) 59 (1) 61; Joseph (Little Joe) Whiting (1) 76 members and supporters of “Centro (1) 80 motorbikes accompanied the coffin of popular Hells Angel Mike Bugler to his funeral on Tuesday. (1) AK81 (1) Alexandro John Scilio was shot once in the arm (1) Alleged associate of the Hells Angels who was acquitted of drug trafficking has had his acquittal overturned (1) Amsterdam (1) Amsterdam’s luxurious brothel (1) Anzac Day is traditionally a big day on the bikie calendar and this year it is likely to be a flashpoint (1) Arizona (1) Ashley (1) Assault and torture charges against four members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang have been mentioned in the Brisbane Magistrates Court. (1) Australia (1) Bail hearings begin for alleged Hells Angels (1) Bandidos biker (1) Bandidos clubhouse in Petersham (1) Berkshire Hells Angels pleads not guilty (1) Berlin (1) Bid to ban 'intolerable bikie' from all pubs adjourned (1) Biker Defection (1) Bikes (1) Bikie Gangs Mother of Hells Angel hopes Comancheros rot in hell (1) Bikies (1) Bikies linked to Coogee bombing (1) Black Pistons MC (1) Blair Athol (1) Blues and Barbeque (1) Bulldog gang member of Fresno (1) Cameraman filming the police stopping of a car full of AK81 gang members (1) Canada Wide Warrants for these Hells Angels (1) Chosen Few (1) Chosen Few motorcycle gang (1) Christies Beach (1) Christopher Brisson was cited for contempt of court Wednesday after refusing to testify earlier in the week against two longtime Hells Angels accused of violently attacking him (1) Chuck Zito -- in which the bike gang member-turned-actor claims he developed an idea for a show about an 'outlaw motorcycle club (1) Comanchero (1) Comanchero 'rolled over': (1) Comanchero and Rebels bikie clubs. (1) Comanchero and the Notorious gang (1) Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang (1) Comancheros and Hells Angels (1) Commancheros (1) Complaints About Horsemen Led To Deadly Shootout (1) Considered to be violent. Take no action to apprehend this person yourself. (1) Crime Stoppers (1) Dallas (1) Daniel Benjamin Kachkan (1) David MacDonald Carrol (1) Dean Rudge's actions were questionable (1) Dominic Guardado (1) East End Hells Angels pleaded guilty Monday to cocaine trafficking and conspiring to produce methamphetamine. (1) Eight suspected Hells Angels members allegedly involved in drug trafficking and intimidation have been arrested in eastern Ontario. (1) Elizabeth Diane Sluder (1) FIVE men (1) Finks bikies face contempt charges in WA (1) Finks bikies found guilty of contempt (1) Finks bikies front court over CCC contempt charges (1) Four feet phallus causes offence in North Yorkshire village but shopkeeper vows to ‘Free Willy’ (1) Full Throttle Motorcycle Club (1) German Hells Angels gang member was arrested Wednesday after shooting dead a policeman (1) Germany (1) Green met with foul play (1) HELLS Angels member has handed himself into UK Police after going on the run (1) Hanover Township (1) He was a Cultural Force (1) Hell's Angels and Bandidos are arranging a truce in Germany (1) Hells Angel (1) Hells Angel associate (1) Hells Angels president of the East End Chapter (1) Hells Angels Biography Part 1 (1) Hells Angels Biography Part 2 (1) Hells Angels Forever (1) Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and Milford and Co. Motorcycle Club (1) Hells Angels Sydney Chapter president (1) Hells Angels and Drugs (1) Hells Angels biker gang (1) Hells Angels bikie clubhouse at Petersham (1) Hells Angels boss (1) Hells Angels bullied their way into legitimate businesses and used them for money-laundering (1) Hells Angels chapter in Gunnilse in Gothenburg (1) Hells Angels clubhouse in Oshawa (1) Hells Angels gang was restarting the Skull Valley chapter (1) Hells Angels members get short jail sentences (1) Hells Angels members in Canaan declined to talk about the incident (1) Hells Angels patch with the words Halifax or Nova Scotia underneath (1) Hells Angels spokesman charged with extortion (1) Hells Angels-related clothing and tattooist business in Nørrebro last September (1) Hells Angels. (1) Hell’s Angels (1) Hell’s Angels and the Neumünster chapter of the Bandidos (1) Hell’s Angels and the New Boys street gang (1) Highwaymen Motorcycle Club (1) Hunter S. Thompson Remembered: Hunter Thompson was More than Gonzo (1) Hurstville (1) I do bounty-hunting work (1) I have a license to carry (1) Independent Soldiers (1) Iron Horseman Motorcycle Club member Harry Seavey Jr. was killed during the fight after police said he fired at officers when they entered JD's Honky Tonk (1) Iron Horsemen (1) Iron Horsemen Gun battle at JD's Honky Tonk Bar (1) Jandakot (1) Jason William Brown (1) John Punko and Jean Violette. (1) John Virgil Punko (1) John Virgil Punko and Randy Potts (1) Juel Ross Stanton (1) Lake Illawarra (1) Lea Sheppe (1) Lew Erskine (1) Long Island (1) Manitoba Hells Angels (1) Member of the East End Hells Angels convicted on four weapons counts in July was ordered freed on bail Tuesday on his next round of charges. (1) Member of the Misfits motorcycle gang (1) Mongol members arrested (1) Mongols Motorcycle Club (1) Mongols award a special skull-and-bones patch to members who commit murders or shootings to increase their status in the club (1) Mongols logo has been used as a source of “intimidation.” (1) Mother of the Hells Angels bikie Peter Zervas has taken back $20 (1) N.Y. chapter of the Pagans Motorcycle Club (1) Nanaimo RCMP (1) Nathaniel Sample (1) Nevada and Utah. (1) New Zealander (1) Niagara Hells Angels (1) Nineteen of the defendants will be prosecuted in Luzerne County (1) Nomads (1) Normand (Casper) Ouimet (1) North Valley Chapter of the Vagos Outlaw Motorcycle Club (1) Notorious are embroiled in a gang war with the Hell's Angels (1) Notorious have been around things have been getting hotter and hotter (1) Old School Riders (1) Ont. was demolished on March 30 (1) Ontario Superior Court (1) Outlaw (1) Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG) (1) Pagans feared retaliation from the Hells Angels. (1) Pagans the Hell's Angels (1) Parramatta Bail Court (1) Pet Emergency Treatment Service in Berkeley. (1) Phil Aguilar (1) Phoenix (1) Police have charged the wife of former Coffin Cheater Troy Mercanti with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a trust fund (1) Polk County Jail (1) Project Axe centered on the city's most influential street gang members (1) Quebec Superior Court (1) Randy Potts (1) Red Deer has a 12 to 20-member chapter of the Nomads (1) Red Scorpion gang (1) Rhythms of the Night on South Main Street on Sunday when the Hells Angels Newark hosts its annual spring party (1) Scott Lee Sollars (1) Set Free Soldiers Christian motorcycle club (1) Simcoe Chapter of the Hells Angels (1) Sioux Falls (1) Smith's 11 vehicles are Al Capone-era "gangster" cars (1) Soldiers of Islam (1) Steven Templeton was arrested in Ventura. Templeton was also under the influence of methamphetamine (1) Sudbury (1) Svanevej in Copenhagen and Lindgreens Allé in Amager. (1) Sydney (1) Sydney Airport (1) Sydney jails (1) Sylvain Boulanger openly described to Police how he had murdered someone (1) TJs Sports Bar (1) Tensions among rival gangs such as 'Hells Angels' (1) Terrence Tongolini to serve a minimum eight years jail. (1) The Iron Horsemen (1) The Outlaws Motorcycle Club (1) The Slopes (1) The club ain’t going to take this lying down. This is a legal war (1) Three Outlaws Motorcycle Club members and two women with them were injured. (1) Topdogz gang (1) Toronto Hell's Angel Murdered in Club (1) Trois Rivieres chapter (1) Two Hell's Angels gang members were jailed (1) Two alleged bikie gang members have been charged with a string of offences after police raids in Sydney's west. (1) Two members of the Hells Angels wanted by Quebec police (1) Vagos is California’s largest motorcycle gang. Known for violence (1) Vahe Hacopian (1) Vigilantes and Hells Angels (1) Warlocks motorcycle gang (1) Wayne Shuttleworth learned Monday he will have to remain behind bars (1) Western Australia (1) White Haven (1) a 39-year-old P.E.I. native with no criminal record (1) a Hells Angels puppet club (1) a member of the East End chapter of the notorious motorcycle gang (1) aged 26 and 30 (1) all my guns are legal (1) and Albert Dee Ahlfinger (1) and James Scott Parnwell Knight (1) and John Reginald Alcantara (1) and a Hells Angels nominee member (1) and also had a loaded handgun (1) and difficult to control. Its members have repeatedly made savage attacks on rivals in the Hell’s Angels (1) and several members of his motorcycle ministry (1) and the head of the Fort McMurray drug gang is Jeffrey Mark Caines (1) are Comanchero members and were arrested about 7am (AEST) on Monday at home in Matraville (1) are reportedly trying to defect to the Hell’s Angels camp. (1) arrest Thomas 'Tomcat' Mayne (1) arrested in relation to two violent incidents at Ivanhoe pub on Main Street (1) arrested member of the Mad Dog gang after reports that he fled Belgium following criminal charges (1) based in Milford Haven." (1) biker gang has obtained most of a large shipment of Chinese heroin (1) bikie boss Mick Hawi was seen swinging a bollard in the direction of Mr Zervas' upper body "as you would putting or doing a chip shot". (1) brawl at a Manchester pizzeria (1) bystander was hit by gunfire during a violent dispute between two groups outside a city bar this weekend (1) car bomb that exploded in Århus early yesterday morning was aimed at a former Hells Angels member (1) close as "family" to a Hells Angel associate injured in a 2007 Langley shooting (1) cold-blooded contract killer (1) convicted were: Aref (Steve) Nagi (1) detective who shot a Hells Angels gang member (1) died accidentally while transporting a bomb meant to kill the rival gang member (1) eight members of the Hells Angels and Outlaws motorcycle clubs fought about 2 p.m. Saturday in the parking lots of the Eagle View Bar and Grill and Buck's Bar and Grill (1) feud (1) fight between the Hells Angels and Outlaws motorcycle gangs (1) fight outside of a downtown nightclub has landed a Hells Angels member in jail. (1) former New York City chapter head of the Hell's Angels (1) former president of the Manitoba Hells Angels says he’s been wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking (1) founder of the Anaheim-based Set Free Church (1) founding members of the Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels in Montreal (1) four Comanchero bikies jumped in a taxi back to the home of their boss's mum. (1) four Hells Angels currently on trial -- Ronaldo Lising (1) full-patch Hells Angels are Alan Peter Knapczyk (1) funeral procession for a well known and well loved biker called ‘Charger’. (1) gangland fatalities and disappearances remain unsolved (1) guns may belong to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang (1) harassing bikers in Kingman (1) have been charged with cocaine trafficking (1) highest speed that the police have ever recorded in Scotland. (1) in Sydney's inner-west (1) in Sydney's southeast. (1) including 10 from North Carolina (1) including two Rebels bikies (1) indicted 27 members of a motorcycle gang (1) is a member of the Hells Angels Quebec Nomads chapter (1) is facing assault and weapons charges (1) is the daughter of local Hell's Angels president Dwight Sluder (1) judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal has been pulled off a case involving the Hells Angels (1) killing of 46-year-old Mark "Papa" Guardado (1) leader of one of Europe's most notorious biker gangs is facing a prison sentence after being found guilty of drug offences. (1) licensed as a bail bonds business (1) massacre of Bandidos Motorcycle Club members sheds more light on the lives of several York Region residents connected to the club. (1) member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (1) most brutal news report surrounding the Hell’s Angels Australian member (1) motorcycle gangs played any role in the shooting death of a tattoo parlor owner. (1) near Kurrajong in Sydney's north west.Finks (1) now aged 43 (1) of Munno Para West (1) of Walkley Heights (1) on charges ranging from attempted murder to drug distribution (1) one of the worst Quebec has ever seen. Working primarily for enemies of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang (1) outlaw motorcycle gang (1) pizza restaurant in Pico Rivera (1) police and bikers are fighting (1) police served a search warrant at a Hells Angels house on East Bonanza Road in Las Vegas. (1) sentenced Nicholas Frank "Shonky" Cassidy (1) sergeant-at-arms Hells Angels' Nomads bikie club (1) sergeant-at-arms for the Sherbrooke chapter Hells Angels (1) shoulder-bumping" members of the Hells Angels and the Throttle Lockers (1) son of the late Mark Guardado (1) successfully challenged by a member of the Hells Angels (1) suspected murder of high-ranking Nomads bikie Neil Green (1) the Canadian (1) the Outlaws and the Bandidos (1) the Set Free Soldiers (1) the gang specializes in the sale of methamphetamine that includes the tri-state area of Arizona (1) the so-called “puppet club” of the Manitoba Hells Angels. (1) three members of the motorcycle gang known as the Hells Angeles were arrested under the suspicion of drug crimes in Ventura County (1) to two years and six months in jail for assaulting two men in the brawl at the Airport Hotel (1) two bomb victims (1) two dozen leaders of the American Outlaws Association motorcycle gang have been arrested and one was killed in a shootout (1) underground crime groups on the east coast arranged for lethal 'hot shots' to be given to people to kill them over time (1) war against the Hell's Angels (1) was among 18 members of the Hells Angels or associates arrested (1) was charged with illegal possession of a firearm in liquor permit premises. (1) was scheduled to be tried in B.C. Supreme court (1) was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment (1) who confirmed that he and his brother are Riders members (1) who was found dead from a gunshot wound to his head. (1) “Lone Brother Group.” (1) “Nomads” of the Hell’s Angels are kind of a combination elite corp/death squad that operate independent of any particular Chapter authority and are known to do the hits for the club if need be. (1) ” as the Berlin chapter of the Bandidos is known (1)

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