Hells Angel arrested in killing of fellow gang member

  Ending a four-month-long manhunt, San Jose police arrested -- without incident -- a Hells Angel wanted for the murder of a fellow Angel in the middle of a funeral. The 38-year-old suspect, Steve Ruiz, is suspected of shooting fellow Angel Steve Tausan to death Oct. 15 at San Jose's Oak Hill Cemetery. Ruiz, who had been on the run for months, was caught Saturday evening at a motel in Fremont. "We're relieved to have him off the streets," said Sgt. Jason Dwyer during a Sunday news conference at police headquarters. "This was a difficult...

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Mongols Motorcycle Gang Member Convicted of Murdering President of San Francisco Hells Angels

 federal jury found Christopher Bryan Ablett, a/k/a “Stoney,” a member of the Modesto Chapter of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang, guilty of all four felonies with which he was charged including murder in aid of racketeering, assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and using a firearm causing murder during a crime of violence, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The charges stemmed from the defendant’s gang-related murder of Mark “Papa” Guardado, the president of the San...

COMANCHERO bikie who kept his membership a secret from his father has become the eleventh man to be sentenced over Sydney's fatal airport brawl.

 Zoran Kisacanin, 25, was found not guilty of murder or manslaughter last November, but guilty of riot and affray in relation to the March 2009 brawl. Anthony Zervas, the brother of Hells Angel member Peter Zervas, was killed during the violence involving the rival motorcycle gangs. Justice Robert Allan Hulme jailed Kisacanin in the NSW Supreme Court for at least three years two months and a maximum of five years and three months. "The Comancheros and Hells Angels motorcycle gangs were, in effect, at war with each other," the judge said....

DNA link alleged to child shooting scene

Police allege they have DNA evidence linking a prospective member of the Hells Angels to a home invasion during which an 11-year-old boy was shot at Semaphore in Adelaide. The man has been refused bail in the Magistrates Court. Former Fink Mark Sandery was enraged when his son was shot in their Military Road home last September. The boy was sleeping with his brother in a bedroom when the shots were fired, wounding him twice in the left leg. Five months later, Arron Cluse, 21, has been charged and faced court over the home invasion. Police...

Rebels gang member on run

 A gang member released on electronic bail has ripped the monitoring device from his leg and gone on the run. Bernard Simon Monk, 32, is wanted for breaching electronic bail while facing a charge of possession of methamphetamine for supply. Northland police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said officers had been searching for Monk since he fled from a Whangarei house on February 12, after an electronic device was removed. Monk, a Rebels motorcycle gang member, is described as Caucasian, 1.8m tall and of medium to solid build. When the gang moved...

The Rock Machine bikie gang is believed to have grown in numbers in recent months and may have established a new clubhouse.

Sources have told _The Weekend West _the gang has quietly engaged in a recruitment drive over recent weeks and has almost 20 members.It is believed they may have established a new clubhouse in O'Connor.In August, many of the Rock Machine bikies who had been involved in a violent feud with the Rebels bikie gang either left or were booted out of the gang, leaving only a few members.At the time, Assistant Police Commissioner Nick Anticich said police intelligence suggested Rock Machine was disintegrating, adding there was "unsubstantiated" intelligence...

THE murdered son of bikie Vincenzo Focarelli has been buried amid a visible police presence at a mosque in Adelaide.

Reflecting the intense public interest in the escalating bikie-gang violence in South Australia in recent weeks, police and media crews yesterday surrounded the fenced Al-Khalil mosque as more than 100 family and friends gathered inside.Police had earlier warned media and the public to be vigilant about their personal safety, with some television crews bringing private security guards for protection.Authorities had warned of the potential for renewed violence between rival bikie gangs and had opposed the release of Mr Focarelli on bail to attend...