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Outlaws MC criminal allegations and incidents

November 05, 2023

The Outlaws Motorcycle Club, also known as the American Outlaws Association, or A.O.A., is classified as a motorcycle gang by various law enforcement agencies internationally.[24][25][26] The Outlaws have been implicated in various organized crime activities, including drug trafficking, extortion, money laundering, prostitution rings, weapons trafficking, and violent acts directed at rival motorcycle clubs.[24][27] Members of the Outlaws have continuously denied that the club is an organized crime syndicate, asserted that the organization is simply a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who live a nonconventional lifestyle, and described allegations by investigators and prosecutors as exaggerated.[28][29][30]

Outlaws MC
Outlaws colors
Founded1935; 88 years ago (1935)[1]
Founding locationMcCook, Illinois, United States[1]
Years active1935–present
Territory416 chapters in 42 countries[2][3]
Membership (est.)Over 3,000[4][5]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, arms trafficking, prostitution, money laundering, bombings, auto theft, intimidation, insurance fraud, kidnapping, robbery, theft, stolen property, counterfeiting, contraband smuggling, murder, extortion, arson, and assault[6]
Allies
Rivals
Notable members

Belgium edit

The Outlaws are considered a criminal motorcycle gang by the Belgian Federal Police.[31] The club's first chapter in Belgium was formed in Mechelen on 5 March 1999.[13]

In April 2000, "full-patch" member Jan Wouters was killed Outlaw André Renard in the presence of two other Outlaws on the club's domain in Mechelen. All three members were given life sentences for the murder of their fellow Outlaw. Among them was the brother-in-law of the victim. According to the three convicted Outlaws, the murder took place after an argument escalated. Upon escalation, Wouters supposedly aimed a gun at his brother-in-law after which he himself was killed. It was largely believed that the murder was not the result of an escalated discussion, but rather an execution approved by the club's hierarchy.[32]

On 4 October 2009, several Hells Angels and allied Red Devils performed a raid on an Outlaws clubhouse in Kortrijk. Shots were fired and three Outlaws were wounded before the Hells Angels and their Red Devils comrades fled the scene. The incident occurred after members of the Outlaws supposedly pushed over a motorcycle belonging to Red Devils president Johan F. in Moeskroen. The raid is also thought to be a part of a territorial dispute between the Hells Angels and the Red Devils on one side and the Outlaws on the other. Several months before the raid, on the 24 July 2009, members of the Red Devils and Hells Angels already retaliated by setting fire to motorcycles outside an Outlaws clubhouse. Eventually, six Hells Angels and two Red Devils were convicted for attempted murder and given sentences from five to twenty years in prison.[33]

On 21 May 2011, one "full-patch" member, one prospect, and one supporter of the Belgium Outlaws were shot and killed by rival bikers of the Belgian Hells Angels. The killings took place in Eisden, not far from Maasmechelen where the Outlaws had opened a new clubhouse just several days earlier.[34] Two days after the murders, several Hells Angels were linked to the murder and arrested, including the president of the Zwartberg chapter.[35] The funeral of the "full-patch" member, Freddy Put, was joined by some 200 Outlaws from across Europe.[36] The investigation concerning the murders in Eisden is ongoing and is made difficult because within both the Hells Angels and the Outlaws there is a code of silence. In a response to these murders, the Belgian Army is investigating the possibility of removing members of criminal motorcycle clubs from their ranks since two of the primary suspects were paracommandos.[37]

On the night of 24 December 2012, during a rock concert in Dilsen-Stokkem, members of the Hells Angels were attacked by members of the Outlaws. Several Hells Angels were inside the Nieuwenborgh hall listening to the evening's last rock band finishing their final songs when, at about 1:30 a.m. by local time, several Outlaws armed with expandable batons (illegal in Belgium) arrived at the scene. The situation quickly escalated into a brawl with three wounded as a result. The police quickly arrived at the scene in large numbers. One of the wounded was a 41-year-old man who suffered an open fracture to the leg.[38]

Canada edit

The Outlaws entered Canada on 1 July 1977 when a number of Satan's Choice chapters under the leadership of Garnet "Mother" McEwen "patched over" to join the Outlaws.[39] In Canada, the Outlaws claim seven chapters and a membership of approximately 60.[40]

Newfoundland and Labrador edit

The Outlaws' two chapters in Newfoundland and Labrador are based in Grand Falls-Windsor and Gander.[40]

Ontario edit

The Outlaws remained the largest club in Ontario until 2000.[41] The club has four chapters in the province; in Toronto, Ottawa, South Simcoe and Sault Ste. Marie.[40]

In 1981, Satan's Choice made an alliance with the Lobos and the Chosen Few gangs against the Outlaws.[42] On 17 July 1983, a bus carrying two Hells Angels was shot up in Wawa by a group of Outlaws led by Mario "Mike the Wop" Parente.[43] On 17 September 1983, an Outlaw, David Eugene Séquin, went on a shooting rampage when he stormed into the clubhouse of the Chosen Few in Emeryville.[42] Séquin killed three people and wounded three more.[42] One of those he killed was the national president of the Chosen Few, Edward Bruce Morris.[42] In 1984, the Outlaws entered Toronto when their national president, Stanley "Beamer" McConnery, persuaded the Iron Hawgs gang to "patch over" to the Outlaws.[44] In July 1985, Séquin, who had fled to the United States, was killed in a shoot-out with the police in Steger, Illinois, when he chose to resist arrest.[42]

Kingston Outlaws chapter president William "Wild Bill" Hulko died of natural causes at Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee on 12 August 2002 while awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulted a girl under the age of 14 in 1992, and with using a weapon during the assault.[45][46] Hulko's funeral was held in Sault Ste. Marie on 18 August 2002 and conducted entirely by members of the Outlaws and their support club, the Black Pistons.[47]

On 25 September 2002, the Outlaws were the subject of Project Retire by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) that saw 56 Outlaws arrested.[48] On 15 April 2007, Marcus Cornelisse was questioned by the police about whatever he violated his bail conditions, leading him to attack and beat two police officers.[49] Corelisse was arrested the next day.[50] Cornelisse made a plea bargain with the Crown that he was serve a year in prison for assaulting the two police officers in exchange for which he was forbidden to associate with other Outlaws.[50] William Mellow, the Outlaw national secretary, was found to have on his farm a loaded 10-mm handgun, 50 rounds of ammunition, a 12-gauge shotgun and $11,065 in cash hidden in his Cadillac.[50] In exchange for a plea bargain, Mellow pleaded guilty to having a handgun without a license in exchange for which he accepted he was not to associate with other Outlaws.[51] With the exceptions of the Outlaw national president, Mario Parente, and Luis Fereiria, all of the Outlaws arrested in Project Retire made plea bargains, which crippled the Outlaws.[51]

Recently, the Outlaws have clashed with the Loners in at least one incident in Cornwall. The Loners relocated their chapter from Cornwall to Brockville around 2020 following an aggressive investigation into its alleged drug trafficking.[52] On 8 July 2023, members of the Loners and Outlaws were involved in an altercation in Cornwall which police believe was targeted. One person was shot and two people stabbed, but their injuries were not considered life-threatening. Five people were arrested and charged, with details yet to be released.[53] Less than 36 hours later, the Outlaw clubhouse in Brockville was destroyed by a large fire. The fire was deemed suspicious because of the building's ownership and the presence of accelerants in the building. Police are not yet linking the two events.[54] A series of raids in Southwestern Ontario earlier in the month saw police seize a large quantity of drugs as well as weapons, including two sniper rifles. Police stated the results of the raid showed that the Outlaws and other MCs were expanding into smaller communities and that they are able and willing to use deadly force.[55]

Quebec edit

On 15 February 1978, two Outlaws were shot outside of a Montreal bar, sparking a biker war with the Hells Angels that lasted until 1984.[56]

United Kingdom edit

The Outlaws expanded into the United Kingdom in February 2000 after amalgamating the Midland Outlaws, an independent club which had been in existence since 1992.[57] The club has approximately 150 members and fourteen chapters in the England and Wales, and is primarily based around the Warwickshire, Staffordshire, South Wales, Derbyshire, Birmingham and London areas.[58][59][60] The British faction of the Outlaws took over the club's European presidency in early 2007.[61]

England edit

On 20 October 1996, Outlaws member Anthony Stephens and a group of friends were damaging cars parked outside The Plough pub in Coventry when they were asked to leave the premises by the pub DJ. Stephens shot the man in the face and subsequently fled to Ireland but was arrested when he arrived at Birmingham Airport in November 2013. In April 2016, he was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of causing of grievous bodily harm at Warwick Crown Court.[62]

Wales edit

The first Welsh Outlaws chapter was formed in 1993 following a "patch over" of the Henchmen MC, which was founded in North Wales in 1969.[63] The West Wales chapter originated in as the Strays MC in 1979. The South Wales chapter is the most recent.[64]

The Outlaws came under investigation after Dyfed–Powys Police informed North Wales Police of drugs exchanges between members of the club's North Wales chapter and representatives of the West Wales chapter. Two Outlaws were found in possession of two kilograms of amphetamine when police searched their vehicle in Betws-y-Coed on 14 August 2008. Mobile phones seized from the two were examined and a pattern emerged of regular calls between Outlaws European president Stuart Ian "Dink" Dawson, West Wales chapter president Michael Barnes and another club member, Michael Byrne. In September 2009, police discovered cocaine after raiding the Outlaws' clubhouse in Colwyn Bay. Another two kilograms of amphetamine were recovered from the roof lining of a van stopped by police on the A55 road on 11 November 2009.[65]

On 21 May 2010, three Outlaws members – Dawson, Byrne, and Adrian John Sherriff – were convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court of conspiring to supply more than £40,000 worth of drugs. Dawson and Byrne were sentenced to five years' imprisonment while Sherriff was sentenced to four years'. Barnes was cleared of conspiracy. Four other men involved in the drug ring received prison terms varying between eighteen months and two-and-a-half years for their roles.[66] Furthermore, on 25 June 2012, Mold Crown Court banned Dawson and Sherriff from holding office in the club.[67]

United States edit

 
A map showing locations of Outlaws chapters in the United States circa 1991.

The Outlaws are designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the United States Department of Justice.[10] The dominant biker gang in the Great Lakes region, the Outlaws have more than 700 members and 86 chapters in twenty U.S. states.[24] The club is involved in murder, bombings, assault, kidnapping, prostitution, money laundering, weapons trafficking, motorcycle and motorcycle parts theft, intimidation, insurance fraud, extortion, arson, robbery, stolen property, counterfeiting, contraband smuggling, and the production, smuggling, transportation, and distribution of narcotics.[6] The Outlaws are major producers and distributors of methamphetamine, although they are also involved in the transportation and distribution of marijuana, cocaine, MDMA, and prescription drugs.[24] Additionally, the Outlaws are more heavily involved in prostitution than other motorcycle gangs, and the sex trade is the club's second-most lucrative racket after drug distribution.[10]

The Outlaws are allied with the Bandidos,[6] the Black Pistons,[6] the Breed,[8] the Grim Reapers,[8] and the Gypsy Jokers[8] motorcycle gangs, as well as the Aryan Nations[7] and the Hammerskins.[12] The club has also been criminally associated with the Buffalo,[9] Chicago,[10] Detroit,[11] New Orleans[13] and Pittsburgh[14] crime families. They also maintain an alliance with fellow Hells Angels rivals, the Rock Machine.[68][69][70] Rival biker gangs of the Outlaws include the Devils Diciples,[17] the Diablos,[18] El Forastero,[8] the Galloping Goose,[8] the Hells Angels,[6] the Highwaymen,[19] the Iron Horsemen,[10] the Mongols,[21] the Pagans,[22] the Sons of Silence,[10] and the Warlocks.[8]

Connecticut edit

The Connecticut State Police raided a property belonging to the Outlaws in Enfield on November 9, 2021.[71] This raid was in relation to the homicide of 38 year old Jason Comes, who was found shot to death in a car in the neighboring town of Somers on August 5, 2021.[72]

Florida edit

The influence of the once powerful South Florida chapter of the Outlaws waned severely following the RICO case against the club, which lasted from 1987 until 1989. By the end of the case, the chapter's membership had diminished to less than a dozen.[73][74] According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory Kehoe and Sergeant Bob Faulkner of the Broward County Sheriff's Office, the chapter suffered severely from the absence of its charismatic leader, James "Big Jim" Nolan.[73] Outlaws international president Harry "Taco" Bowman transferred Wayne "Joe Black" Hicks to the Fort Lauderdale chapter in order to revive the faltering South Florida faction.[75]>[76] The Fort Lauderdale Outlaws had gone rogue, refusing to follow orders from national leadership in Detroit, skimming profits, and partaking in ever-increasing drug use. Under Hicks' management, Fort Lauderdale was revived and reclaimed its status as the Outlaws' strongest chapter after Detroit and Chicago.[77] Hicks rose from chapter president to Florida regional president in 1990.[76] Following a prolonged period of near inactivity, the Outlaws emerged again as a major force following the establishment of two additional chapters in Daytona Beach and Walton Beach, in February 1991.[78]

Georgia edit

The Outlaws entered Georgia when the Iron Cross gang of Atlanta "patched over" on October 31, 1970.[79] The Outlaws in Georgia obtain methamphetamine from Mexican cartels and also transport the drug into the state from Mexico, California and Southwestern states, which the club then distributes at midlevel and retail level quantities, primarily in the Atlanta metropolitan area.[80]

Frank Rego Vital of Roberta, an Outlaws member, was shot and killed in an early morning gunfight on June 24, 2007, in the parking lot of The Crazy Horse Saloon strip club in Forest Park by two members of the Renegades MC in what has been described as a self-defense shooting after Vital and other Outlaws members followed the men from the club. Both Renegade members were shot several times but survived.[81]

Illinois edit

The Outlaws have 14 chapters and over 150 members in Illinois.[82] The chapters are based in Chicago, Joliet, Pontiac, Kankakee, Peoria, Rockford, and in numerous counties in Downstate Illinois.[30] The club has three chapters in Chicago; "South Side", "West Side", and "North Side".[83] The South Side chapter, located at a clubhouse on 25th Street and Rockwell Street, was designated the Outlaws' "mother chapter" in 1964.[30][84] The North Side chapter was initiated via the absorption of the Wheelmen MC in 1993 and was based on Division Street before relocating to a West Side industrial park in 2017.[30][85] The West Side chapter was formed in 1994 when the Outlaws amalgamated the High Spirits MC in Bensenville; the chapter later moved to Elgin.[85] In 1993, the club also initiated its "Stateline" chapter in Antioch by absorbing the Booze Runners MC led by Kevin "Spike" O'Neill.[85][86][78] The Stateline chapter subsequently relocated to Janesville, Wisconsin.[85]

The Outlaws are involved in the distribution of marijuana, methamphetamine and powdered cocaine in the Chicago metropolitan area.[87] The club has been criminally associated with the Chicago Outfit.[88] The Outlaws are also affiliated with the Menard Brotherhood, a "prison biker gang" operating in the Illinois state prison system.[89][90]

Double O Alliance edit

The coalition between the Outlaws and the Outfit, known as the "Double O Alliance", began as far back as early 1975, when Peter "Greased Lightning" Rogers, the club's security chief, bodyguarded by two Outlaws enforcers, Joseph "Crazy Joe" Spaziano and William "Gatemouth Willie" Edson, held a meeting with senior Mafia members at a Chicago pizzeria.[91] Links between the Outlaws and representatives of mob boss Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo pertaining to vice rackets were established in 1977 by Thomas R. "Westside Tommy" Stimac, a Chicago Outlaws chapter president who later became a member of the club's national ruling board.[92][93][94] Stimac served as the contact between various Outlaws chapters and the Mafia.[95] Beginning in 1977, the bikers and mobsters controlled and shared the profits of organized prostitution in Chicago.[93]

From 2001 or earlier, members and associates of the Outlaws and the Outfit colluded to oversee a gambling and burglary ring which was active primarily in and around Cicero but also operated throughout Illinois and in the neighboring states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana.[96][97] The enterprise was headed by Michael "The Large Guy" Sarno, a "made man" in the Outfit, and his second-in-command, Mark "Pork Chop" Polchan, a "patched" member of the Outlaws. Another prominent member of the group was Anthony Volpendesto, an Outfit associate, who was the main perpetration in numerous robberies carried out by the gang.[97] Through a business called Amusements Inc., the gang distributed electronic gambling devices to local bars and restaurants, with the enterprise and establishment owners each taking a share of the profits from the machines. Video gambling devices were also placed in Outlaws clubhouses in Chicago's south and west suburbs. In addition to gambling, the enterprise committed over a dozen robberies on homes and jewelry stores in several states. Many of the stolen items were fenced through Goldberg Jewelers, a store owned by Polchan. Members of the enterprise also dealt in other stolen goods, such as cigarettes and electronics.[97]

In the summer of 2002, Vincent Dublino, the owner of a rival video gambling business, C & S Amusements, began supplying video devices to the 47th Street Grill in Lyons, a business previously serviced by Amusements Inc. Dublino was warned by Sarno to "stay the fuck away from the 47th Street Grill" and began to receive threatening phone calls.[97] On February 25, 2003, Polchan, along with Samuel "Sam" Volpendesto, the father of Anthony Volpendesto, detonated a pipe bomb outside the premises of C & S Amusements in Berwyn.[98] The ring was also responsible for numerous heists, including the April 26, 2001 robbery of The Gold Mine Jewelry Store in St. Charles; the May 1, 2002 robbery of Lenna Jewelers in Hinsdale; the May 23, 2002 robbery of Jacqueline's Jewelry in Valparaiso, Indiana; the June 6, 2002 robbery of Husar's House of Fine Diamonds in West Bend, Wisconsin; the March 2003 attempted armed robbery of a residence in Berwyn; the July 9, 2003 armed robbery of Uffenbeck Jewelers in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; the July 24, 2003 armed robbery of LD Jewelers in Hickory Hills; and the August 25, 2003 armed robbery of Marry Me Jewelry Store in LaGrange Park.[98] The robberies began to taper off following the botched robbery of Marry Me jewelers, during which a salesman was shot in the chest when he resisted.[97]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation, known as Operation Double O, into the enterprise.[96] In 2007, one member of the ring, Kyle Knight, was arrested by the government and charged with participating in the Berwyn bombing. Knight pled guilty to a federal charge and agreed to turn state's evidence.[97] On July 30, 2008, several facilities associated with the Outlaws in the Chicago area were raided by agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).[99] The FBI brought in a SWAT team and an urban assault vehicle to the clubhouse in the west side of the city in case violence were to break out.[100] Polchan and Samuel Volpendesto were arrested in the raids, and numerous weapons, including a live grenade, as well as police badges, a bulletproof vest and a stun gun were seized.[101] On May 27, 2009, federal agents executed search warrants at over two dozen locations in suburban Chicago, and five additional suspects in the Double O Alliance — Sarno, Anthony Volpendesto, Mark Hay, Cicero police officer Dino Vitalo, and Berwyn police officer James Formato — were indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges related to armed robberies, thefts, arson, illegal gambling, and obstruction of justice.[98]

Three defendants in the case, Formato, Hay and Vitalo, pleaded guilty before trial. Hay and Formato agreed to cooperate with the government. Five other members of the enterprise went to trial and were convicted of numerous offenses, including racketeering conspiracy, illegal gambling, conspiracy to damage property by means of an explosive device, and conspiracy to obstruct justice.[97] Anthony Volpendesto was sentenced on August 4, 2011 to 15 years' imprisonment.[102][103] Samuel Volpendesto was sentenced to 35 years', on August 17, 2011.[104][105] Polchan was sentenced on October 28, 2011 to 60 years'.[106][107] On February 8, 2012, Casey Szaflarski, the owner of Amusements Inc., was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, and on February 9, 2012, Sarno was sentenced to 25 years' and ordered to pay $1.8 million in restitution.[108][109][110][111][112]

Samuel Volpendesto died in prison at the age of 89 on May 17, 2013.[113][114]

War against the Hells Angels edit

On September 18, 1987, Outlaws were involved in a brawl with two Hells Angels members in a bar outside Joliet which left Cleveland Hells Angels chapter president Kenneth "Kenny" Yates shot in the foot and robbed of his club "colors".[115][116] The shooting reportedly thwarted an attack on an Outlaws clubhouse by Yates and another Hells Angel using automatic firearms and other weaponry.[117]

The Outlaws attempted to coerce the Hell's Henchmen – a motorcycle gang of around 20 members with chapters in Calument City, Rockford and South Bend, Indiana – into "patching over" to join the Outlaws after the Henchmen had forcefully amalgamated the Devil's Ushers gang on the West Side of Chicago, bringing them into the Outlaws' Chicago turf.[118][119] The Outlaws had previously coexisted with the Hell's Henchmen as the Henchmen had showed no ambition to expand their territory.[118][120] The Hell's Henchmen resisted the Outlaws' attempts to merge, however, and instead agreed to "prospect" for the Hells Angels after holding a meeting with the Angels in Indiana.[121] In late 1993 or early 1994, Outlaws leaders came to suspect that the Hells Angels were attempting to gain a presence in the Chicago area by "patching over" the Hell's Henchmen.[122]

Indiana edit

The Outlaws chapters in Indiana are involved in the wholesale distribution of methamphetamine and maintain a sophisticated methamphetamine distribution network by utilizing associates and puppet clubs to conduct retail operations in the Evansville, Terre Haute, Fort Wayne, Lake County and Vigo County areas.[123]

On July 11, 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided Outlaws clubhouses in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and arrested 42 members for crimes ranging from mail fraud to money laundering.[124] Law enforcement agencies conducted the raids at dawn in an attempt to catch members off guard. U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett said their offenses included using violence to collect debts and illegal gambling operations.[125]

Kentucky edit

The Outlaws merged with the Gypsy Raiders motorcycle gang of Louisville in August 1964.[126][127]

Two Outlaws members were shot and wounded while riding motorcycles on Interstate 275 in Campbell County on September 10, 1982.[128]

Ohio edit

The Outlaws have formed chapters in Dayton, Columbus, East Columbus, Warren, Middletown, Toledo, Sandusky, Canton and Athens.[129] The Outlaws in Ohio are involved principally in drug manufacturing and distribution, prostitution, and extortion.[130] The Youngstown Outlaws chapter has been associated with the Pittsburgh crime family in contract killing, witness intimidation, debt collection, drug dealing, arson and assaults.[14]

A gunfight between members of Outlaws, the Animals, and the Invaders resulted in an Invaders biker being shot in the hip in Batavia on March 2, 1969. The Outlaws allegedly initiated the conflict in an effort to prevent the rival clubs from gaining prominence.[128]

A violent rivalry between the Outlaws and the Iron Horsemen in Greater Cincinnati began in the late 1960s.[131][132] An Outlaws biker was shot in the back by a member of the Iron Horsemen on Montgomery Road in Cincinnati on December 2, 1972 following a fight between two women associated with the clubs.[128]

The Iron Horsemen's clubhouse in Norwood was bombed by the Outlaws on July 10, 1973. Two days later, on July 12, 1973, the home of an Iron Horsemen member in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati was also bombed.[128]

On May 18, 1975, Invaders member Billy J. Schmidt was killed and four others were wounded during a gun battle at the Fugueros clubhouse in Middletown that also involved members of the Outlaws, the Iron Horsemen and the Saints.[128]

A police officer was critically wounded in a shootout during a raid of the Outlaws' clubhouse in Miamisburg on January 8, 1980.[128]

In August 1984, two leaders of the Youngstown Outlaws chapter and three associates were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs, including LSD, methadone and cocaine, distributing 2,000 Valium tablets, and possession with intent to distribute 16,000 more.[14]

The conflict between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels resulted in at least twelve homicides in Northern Ohio in the years leading up to 1986.[130]

The outlaw biker scene in Cincinnati has historically been dominated by the Iron Horsemen, and Outlaws members traditionally avoided the city.[128][133] In early January 1989, two Outlaws members were assaulted by members of the Iron Horsman in Cincinnati.[134] On January 14, 1989, two members of the Freeboarders, an AMA-sanctioned biker club affiliated with the Outlaws, were assaulted by Iron Horsemen during a bar brawl at Franz Brothers Cafe in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, after inviting Outlaws members to a party at the bar.[128] One of the victims was hit in the face with a baseball bat and the other was shot in the back.[133] According to law enforcement, the Outlaws were in the process of recruiting the Freeboarders in order to gain a foothold in Cincinnati, which provoked retaliation from the Iron Horsemen.[128][133][135]

On January 21, 1989, members of around ten motorcycle clubs, including the Freeboarders, the Aeolas, the Iron Horsemen and the Outlaws' Dayton chapter, were meeting at Vic's Brew and Cue, a tavern in Mount Carmel, to organize various motorcycle runs and charity events when a shootout erupted, killing two people – Kenneth "Hambone" Hammond, the president of the Dayton Outlaws and the club's international sergeant-at-arms, and Kenneth Cassella, an Iron Horsemen member from New York – and leaving another four Outlaws – Joseph Brown, William Bragg, Patrick Puttick, and James Russell – hospitalized in serious condition.[131][132][136] Three people were arrested and charged with carrying concealed weapons, and an assortment of guns, including a high-powered assault rifle, were confiscated by police.[136][137] Hammond was buried next to the graves of other Outlaws members at Bear Creek Cemetery in Dayton on January 27, 1989, following a funeral attended by around 300 gang members.[131]

North Carolina edit

The Outlaws transport various drugs – primarily cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana – into North Carolina via allied motorcycle gangs and associates in the Southwestern United States, which are then distributed at retail-level throughout the state on the club's behalf by smaller biker gangs and female associates from fronts such as motorcycle shops, exotic dance clubs, bars, and tattoo parlors.[138]

Wisconsin edit

The American Outlaws Association "patched over" the Gypsy Outlaws gang of Milwaukee on July 4, 1964.[127] Establishing drug trafficking and car theft operations, the Milwaukee Outlaws chapter came to be known as the "Wrecking Crew".[139][140] The club has seven chapters and approximately 60 "full-patched" members in Wisconsin.[141] The Outlaws are involved in the distribution of cocaine and marijuana throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area.[142]

On September 30, 1977, three members of the Milwaukee Outlaws chapter – Michael "Sledge" Goodman, Roger F. "Rocker" Lyons and "Horrible" Harry Ross – were involved in a bar brawl with three other men who were playing pool at the Bus Stop Tavern on Milwaukee's northwest side. After police were called, twelve officers arrived and evicted five of the men from the premises. Lyons refused to leave until he was allowed to finish his drink, however, and he was restrained and handcuffed. According to several witnesses, Lyons was then beaten unconscious by police with batons and placed in a police van. He was first taken to District No. 7 station house and subsequently pronounced dead on arrival at Milwaukee County Hospital. A medical examiner's inquest ruled that Lyons' death was "the result of brain swelling and concussion due to multiple blunt trauma injuries" and concluded that the "manner of death was the unlawful homicide by reckless conduct caused by a person or persons undetermined".[143] A coroner's inquest and a federal grand jury found no evidence to justify prosecution of the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD).[144]

After private detective Ira B. Robins was hired by the Outlaws to seek new evidence in the case, retired police officer Robert M. Schmidt shed new light on the events surrounding Lyons' homicide in 1995, claiming that Lyons was already dead when he arrived at the District No. 7 station house and that the officers involved convened in a room to write their reports as the van carrying Lyons sat in the station garage for "at least 15 minutes". In 1996, Wisconsin State Senator David Zien sought to reopen the case, saying: "There has been a wrong done here, and we need to right that wrong".[143][144]

See also edit

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Bibliography edit

  • Barker, Thomas (2007). Biker Gangs and Organized Crime. Oxfordshire: Routledge. ISBN 9781593454067.
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External links edit

  • Official Outlaws website – listing many chartered local chapters, with links

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The Outlaws Motorcycle Club also known as the American Outlaws Association or A O A is classified as a motorcycle gang by various law enforcement agencies internationally 24 25 26 The Outlaws have been implicated in various organized crime activities including drug trafficking extortion money laundering prostitution rings weapons trafficking and violent acts directed at rival motorcycle clubs 24 27 Members of the Outlaws have continuously denied that the club is an organized crime syndicate asserted that the organization is simply a group of motorcycle enthusiasts who live a nonconventional lifestyle and described allegations by investigators and prosecutors as exaggerated 28 29 30 Outlaws MCOutlaws colorsFounded1935 88 years ago 1935 1 Founding locationMcCook Illinois United States 1 Years active1935 presentTerritory416 chapters in 42 countries 2 3 Membership est Over 3 000 4 5 ActivitiesDrug trafficking arms trafficking prostitution money laundering bombings auto theft intimidation insurance fraud kidnapping robbery theft stolen property counterfeiting contraband smuggling murder extortion arson and assault 6 AlliesAryan Nations 7 Bandidos MC 6 Black Pistons MC 6 Breed MC 8 Buffalo crime family 9 Chicago Outfit 10 Detroit Partnership 11 Grim Reapers MC 8 Gypsy Joker MC 8 Hammerskins 12 New Orleans crime family 13 Pittsburgh crime family 14 Rock Machine MC 15 16 RivalsDevils Diciples MC 17 Diablos MC 18 El Forastero MC 8 Galloping Goose MC 8 Hells Angels MC 6 Highwaymen MC 19 Iron Horsemen MC 10 Loners MC 20 Mongols MC 21 Pagans MC 22 Red Devils MC 23 Sons of Silence MC 10 Warlocks MC 8 Notable membersHarry Bowman Garnet McEwen Jim Nolan Mario Parente Contents 1 Belgium 2 Canada 2 1 Newfoundland and Labrador 2 2 Ontario 2 3 Quebec 3 United Kingdom 3 1 England 3 2 Wales 4 United States 4 1 Connecticut 4 2 Florida 4 3 Georgia 4 4 Illinois 4 4 1 Double O Alliance 4 4 2 War against the Hells Angels 4 5 Indiana 4 6 Kentucky 4 7 Ohio 4 8 North Carolina 4 9 Wisconsin 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksBelgium editThe Outlaws are considered a criminal motorcycle gang by the Belgian Federal Police 31 The club s first chapter in Belgium was formed in Mechelen on 5 March 1999 13 In April 2000 full patch member Jan Wouters was killed Outlaw Andre Renard in the presence of two other Outlaws on the club s domain in Mechelen All three members were given life sentences for the murder of their fellow Outlaw Among them was the brother in law of the victim According to the three convicted Outlaws the murder took place after an argument escalated Upon escalation Wouters supposedly aimed a gun at his brother in law after which he himself was killed It was largely believed that the murder was not the result of an escalated discussion but rather an execution approved by the club s hierarchy 32 On 4 October 2009 several Hells Angels and allied Red Devils performed a raid on an Outlaws clubhouse in Kortrijk Shots were fired and three Outlaws were wounded before the Hells Angels and their Red Devils comrades fled the scene The incident occurred after members of the Outlaws supposedly pushed over a motorcycle belonging to Red Devils president Johan F in Moeskroen The raid is also thought to be a part of a territorial dispute between the Hells Angels and the Red Devils on one side and the Outlaws on the other Several months before the raid on the 24 July 2009 members of the Red Devils and Hells Angels already retaliated by setting fire to motorcycles outside an Outlaws clubhouse Eventually six Hells Angels and two Red Devils were convicted for attempted murder and given sentences from five to twenty years in prison 33 On 21 May 2011 one full patch member one prospect and one supporter of the Belgium Outlaws were shot and killed by rival bikers of the Belgian Hells Angels The killings took place in Eisden not far from Maasmechelen where the Outlaws had opened a new clubhouse just several days earlier 34 Two days after the murders several Hells Angels were linked to the murder and arrested including the president of the Zwartberg chapter 35 The funeral of the full patch member Freddy Put was joined by some 200 Outlaws from across Europe 36 The investigation concerning the murders in Eisden is ongoing and is made difficult because within both the Hells Angels and the Outlaws there is a code of silence In a response to these murders the Belgian Army is investigating the possibility of removing members of criminal motorcycle clubs from their ranks since two of the primary suspects were paracommandos 37 On the night of 24 December 2012 during a rock concert in Dilsen Stokkem members of the Hells Angels were attacked by members of the Outlaws Several Hells Angels were inside the Nieuwenborgh hall listening to the evening s last rock band finishing their final songs when at about 1 30 a m by local time several Outlaws armed with expandable batons illegal in Belgium arrived at the scene The situation quickly escalated into a brawl with three wounded as a result The police quickly arrived at the scene in large numbers One of the wounded was a 41 year old man who suffered an open fracture to the leg 38 Canada editThe Outlaws entered Canada on 1 July 1977 when a number of Satan s Choice chapters under the leadership of Garnet Mother McEwen patched over to join the Outlaws 39 In Canada the Outlaws claim seven chapters and a membership of approximately 60 40 Newfoundland and Labrador edit The Outlaws two chapters in Newfoundland and Labrador are based in Grand Falls Windsor and Gander 40 Ontario edit The Outlaws remained the largest club in Ontario until 2000 41 The club has four chapters in the province in Toronto Ottawa South Simcoe and Sault Ste Marie 40 In 1981 Satan s Choice made an alliance with the Lobos and the Chosen Few gangs against the Outlaws 42 On 17 July 1983 a bus carrying two Hells Angels was shot up in Wawa by a group of Outlaws led by Mario Mike the Wop Parente 43 On 17 September 1983 an Outlaw David Eugene Sequin went on a shooting rampage when he stormed into the clubhouse of the Chosen Few in Emeryville 42 Sequin killed three people and wounded three more 42 One of those he killed was the national president of the Chosen Few Edward Bruce Morris 42 In 1984 the Outlaws entered Toronto when their national president Stanley Beamer McConnery persuaded the Iron Hawgs gang to patch over to the Outlaws 44 In July 1985 Sequin who had fled to the United States was killed in a shoot out with the police in Steger Illinois when he chose to resist arrest 42 Kingston Outlaws chapter president William Wild Bill Hulko died of natural causes at Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee on 12 August 2002 while awaiting trial on charges of sexually assaulted a girl under the age of 14 in 1992 and with using a weapon during the assault 45 46 Hulko s funeral was held in Sault Ste Marie on 18 August 2002 and conducted entirely by members of the Outlaws and their support club the Black Pistons 47 On 25 September 2002 the Outlaws were the subject of Project Retire by the Ontario Provincial Police OPP that saw 56 Outlaws arrested 48 On 15 April 2007 Marcus Cornelisse was questioned by the police about whatever he violated his bail conditions leading him to attack and beat two police officers 49 Corelisse was arrested the next day 50 Cornelisse made a plea bargain with the Crown that he was serve a year in prison for assaulting the two police officers in exchange for which he was forbidden to associate with other Outlaws 50 William Mellow the Outlaw national secretary was found to have on his farm a loaded 10 mm handgun 50 rounds of ammunition a 12 gauge shotgun and 11 065 in cash hidden in his Cadillac 50 In exchange for a plea bargain Mellow pleaded guilty to having a handgun without a license in exchange for which he accepted he was not to associate with other Outlaws 51 With the exceptions of the Outlaw national president Mario Parente and Luis Fereiria all of the Outlaws arrested in Project Retire made plea bargains which crippled the Outlaws 51 Recently the Outlaws have clashed with the Loners in at least one incident in Cornwall The Loners relocated their chapter from Cornwall to Brockville around 2020 following an aggressive investigation into its alleged drug trafficking 52 On 8 July 2023 members of the Loners and Outlaws were involved in an altercation in Cornwall which police believe was targeted One person was shot and two people stabbed but their injuries were not considered life threatening Five people were arrested and charged with details yet to be released 53 Less than 36 hours later the Outlaw clubhouse in Brockville was destroyed by a large fire The fire was deemed suspicious because of the building s ownership and the presence of accelerants in the building Police are not yet linking the two events 54 A series of raids in Southwestern Ontario earlier in the month saw police seize a large quantity of drugs as well as weapons including two sniper rifles Police stated the results of the raid showed that the Outlaws and other MCs were expanding into smaller communities and that they are able and willing to use deadly force 55 Quebec edit On 15 February 1978 two Outlaws were shot outside of a Montreal bar sparking a biker war with the Hells Angels that lasted until 1984 56 United Kingdom editThe Outlaws expanded into the United Kingdom in February 2000 after amalgamating the Midland Outlaws an independent club which had been in existence since 1992 57 The club has approximately 150 members and fourteen chapters in the England and Wales and is primarily based around the Warwickshire Staffordshire South Wales Derbyshire Birmingham and London areas 58 59 60 The British faction of the Outlaws took over the club s European presidency in early 2007 61 England edit On 20 October 1996 Outlaws member Anthony Stephens and a group of friends were damaging cars parked outside The Plough pub in Coventry when they were asked to leave the premises by the pub DJ Stephens shot the man in the face and subsequently fled to Ireland but was arrested when he arrived at Birmingham Airport in November 2013 In April 2016 he was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of causing of grievous bodily harm at Warwick Crown Court 62 Wales edit The first Welsh Outlaws chapter was formed in 1993 following a patch over of the Henchmen MC which was founded in North Wales in 1969 63 The West Wales chapter originated in as the Strays MC in 1979 The South Wales chapter is the most recent 64 The Outlaws came under investigation after Dyfed Powys Police informed North Wales Police of drugs exchanges between members of the club s North Wales chapter and representatives of the West Wales chapter Two Outlaws were found in possession of two kilograms of amphetamine when police searched their vehicle in Betws y Coed on 14 August 2008 Mobile phones seized from the two were examined and a pattern emerged of regular calls between Outlaws European president Stuart Ian Dink Dawson West Wales chapter president Michael Barnes and another club member Michael Byrne In September 2009 police discovered cocaine after raiding the Outlaws clubhouse in Colwyn Bay Another two kilograms of amphetamine were recovered from the roof lining of a van stopped by police on the A55 road on 11 November 2009 65 On 21 May 2010 three Outlaws members Dawson Byrne and Adrian John Sherriff were convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court of conspiring to supply more than 40 000 worth of drugs Dawson and Byrne were sentenced to five years imprisonment while Sherriff was sentenced to four years Barnes was cleared of conspiracy Four other men involved in the drug ring received prison terms varying between eighteen months and two and a half years for their roles 66 Furthermore on 25 June 2012 Mold Crown Court banned Dawson and Sherriff from holding office in the club 67 United States edit nbsp A map showing locations of Outlaws chapters in the United States circa 1991 The Outlaws are designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the United States Department of Justice 10 The dominant biker gang in the Great Lakes region the Outlaws have more than 700 members and 86 chapters in twenty U S states 24 The club is involved in murder bombings assault kidnapping prostitution money laundering weapons trafficking motorcycle and motorcycle parts theft intimidation insurance fraud extortion arson robbery stolen property counterfeiting contraband smuggling and the production smuggling transportation and distribution of narcotics 6 The Outlaws are major producers and distributors of methamphetamine although they are also involved in the transportation and distribution of marijuana cocaine MDMA and prescription drugs 24 Additionally the Outlaws are more heavily involved in prostitution than other motorcycle gangs and the sex trade is the club s second most lucrative racket after drug distribution 10 The Outlaws are allied with the Bandidos 6 the Black Pistons 6 the Breed 8 the Grim Reapers 8 and the Gypsy Jokers 8 motorcycle gangs as well as the Aryan Nations 7 and the Hammerskins 12 The club has also been criminally associated with the Buffalo 9 Chicago 10 Detroit 11 New Orleans 13 and Pittsburgh 14 crime families They also maintain an alliance with fellow Hells Angels rivals the Rock Machine 68 69 70 Rival biker gangs of the Outlaws include the Devils Diciples 17 the Diablos 18 El Forastero 8 the Galloping Goose 8 the Hells Angels 6 the Highwaymen 19 the Iron Horsemen 10 the Mongols 21 the Pagans 22 the Sons of Silence 10 and the Warlocks 8 Connecticut edit The Connecticut State Police raided a property belonging to the Outlaws in Enfield on November 9 2021 71 This raid was in relation to the homicide of 38 year old Jason Comes who was found shot to death in a car in the neighboring town of Somers on August 5 2021 72 Florida edit The influence of the once powerful South Florida chapter of the Outlaws waned severely following the RICO case against the club which lasted from 1987 until 1989 By the end of the case the chapter s membership had diminished to less than a dozen 73 74 According to Assistant U S Attorney Gregory Kehoe and Sergeant Bob Faulkner of the Broward County Sheriff s Office the chapter suffered severely from the absence of its charismatic leader James Big Jim Nolan 73 Outlaws international president Harry Taco Bowman transferred Wayne Joe Black Hicks to the Fort Lauderdale chapter in order to revive the faltering South Florida faction 75 gt 76 The Fort Lauderdale Outlaws had gone rogue refusing to follow orders from national leadership in Detroit skimming profits and partaking in ever increasing drug use Under Hicks management Fort Lauderdale was revived and reclaimed its status as the Outlaws strongest chapter after Detroit and Chicago 77 Hicks rose from chapter president to Florida regional president in 1990 76 Following a prolonged period of near inactivity the Outlaws emerged again as a major force following the establishment of two additional chapters in Daytona Beach and Walton Beach in February 1991 78 Georgia edit The Outlaws entered Georgia when the Iron Cross gang of Atlanta patched over on October 31 1970 79 The Outlaws in Georgia obtain methamphetamine from Mexican cartels and also transport the drug into the state from Mexico California and Southwestern states which the club then distributes at midlevel and retail level quantities primarily in the Atlanta metropolitan area 80 Frank Rego Vital of Roberta an Outlaws member was shot and killed in an early morning gunfight on June 24 2007 in the parking lot of The Crazy Horse Saloon strip club in Forest Park by two members of the Renegades MC in what has been described as a self defense shooting after Vital and other Outlaws members followed the men from the club Both Renegade members were shot several times but survived 81 Illinois edit The Outlaws have 14 chapters and over 150 members in Illinois 82 The chapters are based in Chicago Joliet Pontiac Kankakee Peoria Rockford and in numerous counties in Downstate Illinois 30 The club has three chapters in Chicago South Side West Side and North Side 83 The South Side chapter located at a clubhouse on 25th Street and Rockwell Street was designated the Outlaws mother chapter in 1964 30 84 The North Side chapter was initiated via the absorption of the Wheelmen MC in 1993 and was based on Division Street before relocating to a West Side industrial park in 2017 30 85 The West Side chapter was formed in 1994 when the Outlaws amalgamated the High Spirits MC in Bensenville the chapter later moved to Elgin 85 In 1993 the club also initiated its Stateline chapter in Antioch by absorbing the Booze Runners MC led by Kevin Spike O Neill 85 86 78 The Stateline chapter subsequently relocated to Janesville Wisconsin 85 The Outlaws are involved in the distribution of marijuana methamphetamine and powdered cocaine in the Chicago metropolitan area 87 The club has been criminally associated with the Chicago Outfit 88 The Outlaws are also affiliated with the Menard Brotherhood a prison biker gang operating in the Illinois state prison system 89 90 Double O Alliance edit The coalition between the Outlaws and the Outfit known as the Double O Alliance began as far back as early 1975 when Peter Greased Lightning Rogers the club s security chief bodyguarded by two Outlaws enforcers Joseph Crazy Joe Spaziano and William Gatemouth Willie Edson held a meeting with senior Mafia members at a Chicago pizzeria 91 Links between the Outlaws and representatives of mob boss Tony Joe Batters Accardo pertaining to vice rackets were established in 1977 by Thomas R Westside Tommy Stimac a Chicago Outlaws chapter president who later became a member of the club s national ruling board 92 93 94 Stimac served as the contact between various Outlaws chapters and the Mafia 95 Beginning in 1977 the bikers and mobsters controlled and shared the profits of organized prostitution in Chicago 93 From 2001 or earlier members and associates of the Outlaws and the Outfit colluded to oversee a gambling and burglary ring which was active primarily in and around Cicero but also operated throughout Illinois and in the neighboring states of Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana 96 97 The enterprise was headed by Michael The Large Guy Sarno a made man in the Outfit and his second in command Mark Pork Chop Polchan a patched member of the Outlaws Another prominent member of the group was Anthony Volpendesto an Outfit associate who was the main perpetration in numerous robberies carried out by the gang 97 Through a business called Amusements Inc the gang distributed electronic gambling devices to local bars and restaurants with the enterprise and establishment owners each taking a share of the profits from the machines Video gambling devices were also placed in Outlaws clubhouses in Chicago s south and west suburbs In addition to gambling the enterprise committed over a dozen robberies on homes and jewelry stores in several states Many of the stolen items were fenced through Goldberg Jewelers a store owned by Polchan Members of the enterprise also dealt in other stolen goods such as cigarettes and electronics 97 In the summer of 2002 Vincent Dublino the owner of a rival video gambling business C amp S Amusements began supplying video devices to the 47th Street Grill in Lyons a business previously serviced by Amusements Inc Dublino was warned by Sarno to stay the fuck away from the 47th Street Grill and began to receive threatening phone calls 97 On February 25 2003 Polchan along with Samuel Sam Volpendesto the father of Anthony Volpendesto detonated a pipe bomb outside the premises of C amp S Amusements in Berwyn 98 The ring was also responsible for numerous heists including the April 26 2001 robbery of The Gold Mine Jewelry Store in St Charles the May 1 2002 robbery of Lenna Jewelers in Hinsdale the May 23 2002 robbery of Jacqueline s Jewelry in Valparaiso Indiana the June 6 2002 robbery of Husar s House of Fine Diamonds in West Bend Wisconsin the March 2003 attempted armed robbery of a residence in Berwyn the July 9 2003 armed robbery of Uffenbeck Jewelers in Fond du Lac Wisconsin the July 24 2003 armed robbery of LD Jewelers in Hickory Hills and the August 25 2003 armed robbery of Marry Me Jewelry Store in LaGrange Park 98 The robberies began to taper off following the botched robbery of Marry Me jewelers during which a salesman was shot in the chest when he resisted 97 The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI launched an investigation known as Operation Double O into the enterprise 96 In 2007 one member of the ring Kyle Knight was arrested by the government and charged with participating in the Berwyn bombing Knight pled guilty to a federal charge and agreed to turn state s evidence 97 On July 30 2008 several facilities associated with the Outlaws in the Chicago area were raided by agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives ATF 99 The FBI brought in a SWAT team and an urban assault vehicle to the clubhouse in the west side of the city in case violence were to break out 100 Polchan and Samuel Volpendesto were arrested in the raids and numerous weapons including a live grenade as well as police badges a bulletproof vest and a stun gun were seized 101 On May 27 2009 federal agents executed search warrants at over two dozen locations in suburban Chicago and five additional suspects in the Double O Alliance Sarno Anthony Volpendesto Mark Hay Cicero police officer Dino Vitalo and Berwyn police officer James Formato were indicted on racketeering conspiracy charges related to armed robberies thefts arson illegal gambling and obstruction of justice 98 Three defendants in the case Formato Hay and Vitalo pleaded guilty before trial Hay and Formato agreed to cooperate with the government Five other members of the enterprise went to trial and were convicted of numerous offenses including racketeering conspiracy illegal gambling conspiracy to damage property by means of an explosive device and conspiracy to obstruct justice 97 Anthony Volpendesto was sentenced on August 4 2011 to 15 years imprisonment 102 103 Samuel Volpendesto was sentenced to 35 years on August 17 2011 104 105 Polchan was sentenced on October 28 2011 to 60 years 106 107 On February 8 2012 Casey Szaflarski the owner of Amusements Inc was sentenced to three years imprisonment and on February 9 2012 Sarno was sentenced to 25 years and ordered to pay 1 8 million in restitution 108 109 110 111 112 Samuel Volpendesto died in prison at the age of 89 on May 17 2013 113 114 War against the Hells Angels edit On September 18 1987 Outlaws were involved in a brawl with two Hells Angels members in a bar outside Joliet which left Cleveland Hells Angels chapter president Kenneth Kenny Yates shot in the foot and robbed of his club colors 115 116 The shooting reportedly thwarted an attack on an Outlaws clubhouse by Yates and another Hells Angel using automatic firearms and other weaponry 117 The Outlaws attempted to coerce the Hell s Henchmen a motorcycle gang of around 20 members with chapters in Calument City Rockford and South Bend Indiana into patching over to join the Outlaws after the Henchmen had forcefully amalgamated the Devil s Ushers gang on the West Side of Chicago bringing them into the Outlaws Chicago turf 118 119 The Outlaws had previously coexisted with the Hell s Henchmen as the Henchmen had showed no ambition to expand their territory 118 120 The Hell s Henchmen resisted the Outlaws attempts to merge however and instead agreed to prospect for the Hells Angels after holding a meeting with the Angels in Indiana 121 In late 1993 or early 1994 Outlaws leaders came to suspect that the Hells Angels were attempting to gain a presence in the Chicago area by patching over the Hell s Henchmen 122 Indiana edit The Outlaws chapters in Indiana are involved in the wholesale distribution of methamphetamine and maintain a sophisticated methamphetamine distribution network by utilizing associates and puppet clubs to conduct retail operations in the Evansville Terre Haute Fort Wayne Lake County and Vigo County areas 123 On July 11 2012 the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI raided Outlaws clubhouses in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and arrested 42 members for crimes ranging from mail fraud to money laundering 124 Law enforcement agencies conducted the raids at dawn in an attempt to catch members off guard U S Attorney Joe Hogsett said their offenses included using violence to collect debts and illegal gambling operations 125 Kentucky edit The Outlaws merged with the Gypsy Raiders motorcycle gang of Louisville in August 1964 126 127 Two Outlaws members were shot and wounded while riding motorcycles on Interstate 275 in Campbell County on September 10 1982 128 Ohio edit The Outlaws have formed chapters in Dayton Columbus East Columbus Warren Middletown Toledo Sandusky Canton and Athens 129 The Outlaws in Ohio are involved principally in drug manufacturing and distribution prostitution and extortion 130 The Youngstown Outlaws chapter has been associated with the Pittsburgh crime family in contract killing witness intimidation debt collection drug dealing arson and assaults 14 A gunfight between members of Outlaws the Animals and the Invaders resulted in an Invaders biker being shot in the hip in Batavia on March 2 1969 The Outlaws allegedly initiated the conflict in an effort to prevent the rival clubs from gaining prominence 128 A violent rivalry between the Outlaws and the Iron Horsemen in Greater Cincinnati began in the late 1960s 131 132 An Outlaws biker was shot in the back by a member of the Iron Horsemen on Montgomery Road in Cincinnati on December 2 1972 following a fight between two women associated with the clubs 128 The Iron Horsemen s clubhouse in Norwood was bombed by the Outlaws on July 10 1973 Two days later on July 12 1973 the home of an Iron Horsemen member in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood of Cincinnati was also bombed 128 On May 18 1975 Invaders member Billy J Schmidt was killed and four others were wounded during a gun battle at the Fugueros clubhouse in Middletown that also involved members of the Outlaws the Iron Horsemen and the Saints 128 A police officer was critically wounded in a shootout during a raid of the Outlaws clubhouse in Miamisburg on January 8 1980 128 In August 1984 two leaders of the Youngstown Outlaws chapter and three associates were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and charged with manufacturing and distributing drugs including LSD methadone and cocaine distributing 2 000 Valium tablets and possession with intent to distribute 16 000 more 14 The conflict between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels resulted in at least twelve homicides in Northern Ohio in the years leading up to 1986 130 The outlaw biker scene in Cincinnati has historically been dominated by the Iron Horsemen and Outlaws members traditionally avoided the city 128 133 In early January 1989 two Outlaws members were assaulted by members of the Iron Horsman in Cincinnati 134 On January 14 1989 two members of the Freeboarders an AMA sanctioned biker club affiliated with the Outlaws were assaulted by Iron Horsemen during a bar brawl at Franz Brothers Cafe in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati after inviting Outlaws members to a party at the bar 128 One of the victims was hit in the face with a baseball bat and the other was shot in the back 133 According to law enforcement the Outlaws were in the process of recruiting the Freeboarders in order to gain a foothold in Cincinnati which provoked retaliation from the Iron Horsemen 128 133 135 On January 21 1989 members of around ten motorcycle clubs including the Freeboarders the Aeolas the Iron Horsemen and the Outlaws Dayton chapter were meeting at Vic s Brew and Cue a tavern in Mount Carmel to organize various motorcycle runs and charity events when a shootout erupted killing two people Kenneth Hambone Hammond the president of the Dayton Outlaws and the club s international sergeant at arms and Kenneth Cassella an Iron Horsemen member from New York and leaving another four Outlaws Joseph Brown William Bragg Patrick Puttick and James Russell hospitalized in serious condition 131 132 136 Three people were arrested and charged with carrying concealed weapons and an assortment of guns including a high powered assault rifle were confiscated by police 136 137 Hammond was buried next to the graves of other Outlaws members at Bear Creek Cemetery in Dayton on January 27 1989 following a funeral attended by around 300 gang members 131 North Carolina edit The Outlaws transport various drugs primarily cocaine methamphetamine and marijuana into North Carolina via allied motorcycle gangs and associates in the Southwestern United States which are then distributed at retail level throughout the state on the club s behalf by smaller biker gangs and female associates from fronts such as motorcycle shops exotic dance clubs bars and tattoo parlors 138 Wisconsin edit The American Outlaws Association patched over the Gypsy Outlaws gang of Milwaukee on July 4 1964 127 Establishing drug trafficking and car theft operations the Milwaukee Outlaws chapter came to be known as the Wrecking Crew 139 140 The club has seven chapters and approximately 60 full patched members in Wisconsin 141 The Outlaws are involved in the distribution of cocaine and marijuana throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area 142 On September 30 1977 three members of the Milwaukee Outlaws chapter Michael Sledge Goodman Roger F Rocker Lyons and Horrible Harry Ross were involved in a bar brawl with three other men who were playing pool at the Bus Stop Tavern on Milwaukee s northwest side After police were called twelve officers arrived and evicted five of the men from the premises Lyons refused to leave until he was allowed to finish his drink however and he was restrained and handcuffed According to several witnesses Lyons was then beaten unconscious by police with batons and placed in a police van He was first taken to District No 7 station house and subsequently pronounced dead on arrival at Milwaukee County Hospital A medical examiner s inquest ruled that Lyons death was the result of brain swelling and concussion due to multiple blunt trauma injuries and concluded that the manner of death was the unlawful homicide by reckless conduct caused by a person or persons undetermined 143 A coroner s inquest and a federal grand jury found no evidence to justify prosecution of the Milwaukee Police Department MPD 144 After private detective Ira B Robins was hired by the Outlaws to seek new evidence in the case retired police officer Robert M Schmidt shed new light on the events surrounding Lyons homicide in 1995 claiming that Lyons was already dead when he arrived at the District No 7 station house and that the officers involved convened in a room to write their reports as the van carrying Lyons sat in the station garage for at least 15 minutes In 1996 Wisconsin State Senator David Zien sought to reopen the case saying There has been a wrong done here and we need to right that wrong 143 144 See also editBandidos MC criminal allegations and incidents Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents Mongols MC criminal allegations and incidentsReferences edit a b Outlaw bikers the Outlaws National Geographic 20 April 2011 Archived October 10 2016 at the Wayback Machine Outlaws chapter list outlawsmcworld com Who are The Outlaws Motorcycle Club Fionnuala Bourke Birmingham Mail 27 June 2015 Archived July 2 2023 at archive today Biker gang setting up shop peterborough examiner June 6 2010 Retrieved 2022 10 15 Outlaw biker gangs in Pittsburgh area have splintered over time Torsten Ove Pittsburgh Post Gazette May 19 2015 Archived September 18 2022 at the Wayback Machine a b c d e f g h 2005 National Gang 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