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Essex MA
Police & Fire
FBI Agents, Police Raid Hell's Angels Clubs In Lynn, Danvers, And Others: Report FBI Agents, Police Raid Hell's Angels Clubs In Lynn, Danvers, And Others: Report
FBI Agents, Police Raid Hell's Angels Clubs In Lynn, Danvers, And Others: Report FBI agents and Massachusetts State troopers raided several Hell's Angel's clubhouses in Massachusetts, including the North Shore, on Thursday, July 21, news reports said.  Agents wouldn't go into specifics about the raids, telling WPRI they were “court-authorized activity in connection with an ongoing federal investigation.” The report said heavily armed FBI agents were seen at two of the gang's Westport clubs and Hell's Angel facilities in Lynn and Danvers.  ABC6 reported there has been escalating tensions between the famed outlaw biker gang and the Pagans Motorcycle Club.  A member of t…

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by Josh Lanier
Essex NJ
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Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge
Pagans Shoot At Hells Angel On NJ Turnpike After Baseball Bat Bar Brawl, Feds Charge Two high-ranking members of the Pagans who were beaten with baseball bats in a barroom brawl sought revenge by shooting at one of the Hells Angels on the New Jersey Turnpike, federal authorities charged. Larry "Savage" Ortiz, 31, of Elizabeth, and Junius "Jayo" Aquino, aka 38, of Vauxhall, were in a Verona bar when they were attacked on Oct. 21, 2020, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. A week later, the pair shot at an associate of the rival biker gang "in retaliation for the Verona assault," an indictment returned by a grand jury in Newark charges. The indictment retur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Nassau
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Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party
Pagans Leader From Long Island Sentenced After Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party A Long Island man who was the former national president of the Pagans was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 14 to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for having a gun while returning home through New Jersey from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, Pennsylvania when he was stopped in Mercer County, New Jersey this past February. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Essex NJ
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Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party
Pagans Leader From Long Island Gets Nearly 3 Years For Gun Found In NJ Stop Following PA Party UPDATE: The former national president of the Pagans was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 33 months in federal prison for having a gun while returning home through New Jersey from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore (Suffolk County) home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped in Mercer County this past February. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Rather than risk trial, Ri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Essex NJ
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Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party
Pagans Motorcycle Gang Leader From Long Island Takes Plea On NJ Gun Charge Following PA Party The former national president of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang took a guilty plea in federal court on Wednesday after police caught him with a gun in New Jersey while returning to his Long Island home from a party in Pennsylvania. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore (Suffolk County) home from a Pagan's Motorcycle Club party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped in Mercer County on Feb. 20. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Rath…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack
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Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop
Hackensack PD: Hells Angel Busted With Loaded Gun, Drugs In Route 80 Stop A Hells Angel with a record was found carrying a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop on a Route 80 entrance ramp, Hackensack police said. Narcotics detectives stopped a 2018 Jeep Wrangler driven by Mark E. Johnson, 44, on the eastbound highway entrance ramp off Polifly Road shortly before 5:30 p.m. Friday. Investigators had witnessed a drug deal involving Johnson moments earlier, Detective Lt. Michael Antista said. When he couldn’t produce a driver’s license or registration, they asked him to get out of the Jeep, he said. Once he did, the detectives spotted a hammer sticking out be…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mercer
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National Leader Of Pagans Busted On Federal Gun Charge In NJ National Leader Of Pagans Busted On Federal Gun Charge In NJ
National Leader Of Pagans Busted On Federal Gun Charge In NJ The national president of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang was in federal custody after he was caught with a gun in New Jersey while returning to his Long Island home from a party in Pennsylvania, authorities announced Friday. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore home from a Pagans party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped late last Saturday in Mercer County, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Honig said. Identified by the FBI as one o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cortlandt
Police & Fire
FBI Offers Reward In Connection To Investigation Of Westchester Man FBI Offers Reward In Connection To Investigation Of Westchester Man
FBI Offers Reward In Connection To Investigation Of Westchester Man A reward has been issued for a known member of the Hell’s Angels outlaw motorcycle gang that operated out of the Hudson Valley. The FBI’s New York Field Office and Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force are assisting the U.S. Marshals Service in tracking down Christopher Slightham, who has ties to New Rochelle dating back years. Slightam was released on bail after being arrested and charged in February of 2017 on federal RICO and narcotics conspiracy charges.  Slightam pleaded guilty and was ordered to surrender to U.S. Marshals in July of 2017, but he failed to appear. A federa…

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop
Hells Angels, Pagans: Police, SWAT Team Break Up Brewing Brawl At Rochelle Park Cycle Shop Police from several towns defused a potential brawl between groups of Hells Angels and Pagans at the Bergen Harley Davidson store in Rochelle Park -- and expect more trouble in the future. A Hells Angels member was buying a motorcycle at the Essex Street shop on Saturday when a Pagan reportedly told him "this is Pagan territory," according to Rochelle Park police. They began to argue, after which several members of each gang showed up "to support their member," according to a police report. "The situation was de-escalated by a large police presence," the report said. Rochelle Park police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk
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Seen Him? FBI Asks Public's Help In Search For 'OMG' Westchester Fugitive Seen Him? FBI Asks Public's Help In Search For 'OMG' Westchester Fugitive
Seen Him? FBI Asks Public's Help In Search For 'OMG' Westchester Fugitive The FBI Westchester County Safe Streets Task Force is asking for the public’s help in locating what it calls an OMG (Outlaw Motorcycle Gang) fugitive who agents believe may be in the Hudson Valley area. The man wanted in connection with an investigation into the Hell’s Angels gang operating in New Rochelle. Agents and US Marshals are searching for Christopher Slightam, who was released on bail after being arrested and charged in February 2017 on federal RICO and narcotics conspiracy charges, FBI officials said. Slightam pleaded guilty and was ordered to surrender to US Marshals in July 201…

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by Kathy Reakes