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NewsJune 26, 2024

California Officers Arrest Entire Hells Angels Chapter

Those arrested included five active members of the club's Bakersfield chapter, as well as two others who are members of Sons of Hell, a motorcycle club that answers to the Bakersfield Hells Angels chapter.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 4, 2014

Planned Operations and Dogs

Some SWAT teams have become very adept at using non-lethal tools to neutralize the threat presented by dogs. Retired Cleveland SWAT entry team leader Robert O'Brien says that long before the Hells Angels case and its nearly $2 million in settlements his SWAT team always considered the presence of dogs in its planning. O'Brien's tool of choice for getting the dogs out of the way was the fire extinguisher.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 29, 2012

Student Wanted To Kill Officer To Join Hells Angels

A North Carolina State University student was involuntarily committed last month at the V.A. Hospital in Durham after telling campus police he planned to go on a killing spree, according to a court document.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 8, 2012

Hells Angels Members Indicted In 91-Count RICO Probe

Officers serving warrants arrested 19 Hells Angels members in North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday and charged them with 91 counts of operating a criminal conspiracy, the FBI announced.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 16, 2012

Mongols Member Gets Life for Murdering San Francisco Hells Angels President

The Modesto Mongols member who killed the president of the Hells Angels San Francisco chapter in a 2008 fight outside of a bar received life in prison. Christopher Bryan Ablett is a member of the Modesto chapter of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang known as "Stoney."

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 5, 2012

Calif. Hells Angels Leader Sentenced In Mortgage Fraud Case

The leader of the Santa Rosa, Calif., Hells Angels received a 12-month prison sentence and ordered to pay $130,000 in restitution for his role in a mortgage-fraud scheme.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2012

Calif.-N.Y. Hells Angels Meth Ring Busted

A federal grand jury in Rochester, N.Y., has returned a seven-count indictment charging Hells Angels members in Rochester and Monterey, Calif., with drug trafficking and racketeering offenses.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 30, 2011

26 Calif. Hells Angels Arrested on Drug Charges

Twenty-six members or associates of the Hells Angels motorcycle club were arrested in early morning raids on Thursday by SWAT teams of the FBI, as well as the San Diego and Oceanside police departments.

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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2011

Calif. Hells Angels Leader Killed In Shootout at Nevada Casino

The president of the Hells Angels' San Jose chapter was fatally shot at a Nevada casino during a gunfight with members of the rival Vagos motorcycle gang. Jeffrey "Jethro" Pettigrew, 51, was killed and two Vagos members were injured.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarMarch 8, 2011

Hells Angels: Taking Away Their Toys

When you plan a raid of Hell Angels outlaw motorcycle gang locations for felons, drugs, and guns, don't assume you'll encounter good old boys who ride bikes as a hobby and don't mean to hurt anyone.

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