Kinfolk MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Texas, USA in 2016.
There is a motorcycle club who go by the name of “Kinfolk Riding Club” and are based in Paragould, Arkansas. The riding club are in no way related to the one percenter club discussed in this article.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club History
Kinfolk MC were founded in Texas, USA in 2016.
Their website was first registered to an address in Bells, Texas in September 2016. The town of Bells is located approximately 70 miles northeast of Dallas.
One of the Kinfolk key founding members is believed to have been Dan Schild, also known as “Chopper Dan”, a former Bandidos National Chapter officer. It has been stated that Dan Schild started the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club after being looked over for the role of Bandidos National President after former National President Jeff Pike was arrested in early 2016. The Bandidos National President role went to Bill Sartelle, known as “Big Deal”.
Many of the members of Kinfolk are former members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. There are varying accounts about a mass exodus from the Bandidos, either because they were put out by the club, but also because of infighting that caused members to leave by their own account.
The following statements were published by the Aging Rebel website and are said to have come from the Kinfolk MC National meeting held on 15 October 2016:
“We are not like Bandidos. We are out own club and will not be run like a Dictatorship.”
“We do not discriminate against former police officers.”
“While we prefer American V-Twins the type of motorcycle is not important.”
“If a member has his membership revoked, he will not be placed on no contact. There will be no out in bad standing. Either you are a member or not.”
“Our prospective members will be called rookies, not prospects. Ingrain this in your brain.”
“The order of receiving their patches will be as follows for rookies. Bottom rocker two months. Center patch four months. Top rocker and 1%er diamond after six months.”
“You do not have to fly your patch if you feel you are in an uncomfortable area or it interferes with your job or position.”
“We will be selling a support patch that simply says ‘Kin.’”
“We had a meeting with the Mongols and Sons of Silence. We were well received and received their blessing even though they wanted no more 1% clubs in Colorado. They said that knowing who was involved in the leadership and the way we went about our business that they were impressed.”
The above statements indicate that although the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club wish to be known as a 1%er club, they do not feel as though they should have to run the club following the same set of “rules” that most one percenter clubs before them have followed. Of particular interest is the willingness of a one percenter motorcycle club to take in former law enforcement.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Kinfolk Motorcycle Club patch consists of a man, viewed from the rear, wearing a wide brim hat and long coat, holding a pistol behind his back, looking much like an old west gunslinger.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club also wear the 1%er diamond patch.
Kinfolk MC patch logo
The Kinfolk website contains the motto “Respect is earned, loyalty returned”.
Kinfolk MC respect badge
Another line quoted on their website is “The only thing needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing”.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Kinfolk Motorcycle Club have chapters based around Southern USA. They are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Kinfolk MC Colorado
Kinfolk MC Louisiana
Kinfolk MC New Mexico
Kinfolk MC Texas
Famous Kinfolk MC Members
There are no famous members of the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Kinfolk MC Crime / In The Media
No crime information about the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club could be found.
Kinfolk MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club.
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The Devils Breed Motorcycle Club were founded in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1976.
In 2006 the club were believed to have shut down, at their own choosing. After a short period of inactivity the club then decided to reform.
Information about the club activity over recent years is very scarce.
Devils Breed Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Devils Breed patch focusses on a winged skull.
Devils Breed MC Patch LogoDevils Breed MC patch logo old
Devils Breed Motorcycle Club Bylaws
These are the Devils Breed Motorcycle Club bylaws from 2000. These bylaws were published on various websites with the permission of the club in around 2007. This was at a time when the Devils Breed were believed to have shut down their club, possibly leading to the reason why they allowed for them to be published, as sharing this sort of information with the public is generally uncommon, however bylaws are often very similar amongst outlaw motorcycle clubs.
This constitution has been pasted in full, without modification other than some minor formatting.
Revised DRAFT (8/00) Devils Breed Club Constitution. Devils Breed M.C. is a motorcycle club and a non-profit organization. President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer are all elected officers, along with two additional elected members, who are not club officers for the Executive Board. All others appointed by the President with a confidence vote from patch-holders in good standing is required.
PRESIDENT
The executive duties of the president are as follows:
To preside over meetings of both the Executive Board and the club as a whole.
To judge items not covered in the constitution or in the rules regulations.
Directorship gives the president authority to judge items not in the constitution.
To act as the personal representative of the club in the area of public relations; as a liaison between the DBMC and local-law enforcement agencies; and as a connecting link between the DBMC and other outlaw motorcycle clubs.
To represent the club in any club business contacts and to supervise major economic transactions.
To assist DBMC officers in the interpretation of their club responsibilities, and to promote club life among members in general.
VICE-PRESIDENT
The executive duties of the vice president are to assume the responsibilities of the presidency when the president is unable to do so. SECRETARY
The executive duties of the secretary are as follows:
To record and safeguard the minutes of the club meetings.
To maintain the Club Constitution, recording any additions, deletions, or modifications.
To handle any club correspondence.
TREASURER
The executive duties of the treasurer are as follows:
To monitor and record the club’s income and expenditures.
To collect the dues and fines owing by members.
EXECUTIVE BOARD
The executive board consists of those members who were elected as officers of the club along with two additional elected members who are not club officers. The board holds scheduled meetings every two weeks. Emergency meetings can be called if a situation arises that demands immediate attention. The executive board is responsible for:
The monitoring of conflicts within the club.
The application of disciplinary procedures.
The evaluation of prospects and their progress.
The presentation of summarized assessments of the overall club situation to the membership (court).
ROAD CAPTAIN
The executive duties of the road captain are as follows:
To plan the travel routes and organize the basic itinerary of the club prior to going on a ‘run’ (tour).
To lead the club in formation while riding on tour.
To enforce club rules and procedures for group riding.
Designate a maintenance supervisor for all club vehicles.
SERGEANT AT ARMS
The executive duties of the sergeant at arms are as follows:
To maintain order at club meetings in particular, and club activities in general.
To ensure that members adhere to club rulings, policies, and expected models of conduct when dealing with other members or outsiders.
To defend club members, property, or territory from outside threats.
COURT
Court will consist of all patch holders that are eligible to vote. ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD NON OFFICER MEMBERS
Officers of the club serve a twelve-month term of office, annual elections are held at the last regular meeting of the year, in December.
In order to be eligible for office, a patch holder has to have been an active member in good standing for a minimum of one year.
Patch holders who aspire towards a particular position will campaign informally for one month prior to the elections.
Electioneering is conducted on an interpersonal face to face basis.
Hopeful candidate will approach a member, inform them what he is willing to stand for office if nominated, ask for member’s opinion of his qualifications, and solicit the member’s support.
Meetings
One organized meeting per month.
Majority rules.
If a vote is taken at a meeting and a member is not there, his vote is void.
Meetings will be closed except for prospective members and anyone there on business.
All meetings will be run on a parliamentary basis. Members will be evicted for unruly conduct.
Quorum for a meeting is sixty percent of membership and eighty percent for membership votes.
Everyone will attend the meeting on his bike if it is favorable weather, unless his bike is broken down or not running at the time. If the club calls a ride/meeting, all members will attend. If a member is working, sick, bike not running, he will be excused. However, if a Devils Breed repeatedly uses work as an excuse for not ‘being there,’ he will be ‘talked to’.
Members must have colors with him when attending meetings.
Members must be of sound mine (straight) when attending meetings.
If a member attends a meeting and is fouled-up, he will be FINED.
There will be absolutely no booze or drugs consumed during meetings.
During a meeting there will be no talking among members until they get the floor through the president. A sergeant-at-arms, if not present, will be appointed and anyone not abiding by the above will be evicted.
Miss three (3) meetings in a row and you’re out of the club.
Anyone missing meetings even if at work gets fined $50.00 except for guys in hospital or jail or out of town for a period of time, including prospects.
Members must attend meetings to leave club and turn in his colors and everything that has the name Devils Breed on it (T-shirts, wrist bands, mugs, etc.).
If a member is thrown out of the club or quits without attending meetings, he loses his colors, motorcycle, and anything else that says Devils Breed on it, and probably an ass kicking.
Membership qualifications/ Prospects
Prospects must be at least 18 years old.
Prospects must have a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Prospects cannot do any drugs.
Prospects must show a sincere interest in club and bikes.
Prospects on the road with bike equipped for the road.
Prospect must be sponsored by one member who has known him at least one year (may be waived by vote).
Sponsor is responsible for prospect.
Sponsor can pull a prospect’s rockers at his discretion.
Prospects must attend all meetings and club functions.
Prospects must do anything another member tells him to do, that a member has done or would be willing to do himself.
Prospect will stand behind club and members.
No stealing from prospects.
Prospect must ride his bike to meeting at time of being voted into club.
Prospect must pay that day $125.00 for his colors before receiving them. Prospect fee is $325.00: $200.00 is for annual dues, $100.00 is for the patch and $25.00 is for first month dues. The balance is due in 90 days. This amount is not refundable.
Prospect members must be voted in. Two ‘no’ votes equal a rejection. One ‘no’ vote must be explained.
Prospective member’s prospecting period is at the discretion of sponsor and the club. Directorship shall decide when vote is necessary.
Every patch holder on Island must vote for prospect to make center patch. Vote must be unanimous.
No prospect will be voted for center-patch with outstanding loan.
Only the sponsor or an officer may hand out a patch to a prospect. This will be done at a meeting with only patch holders present.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The rules of the club will be strictly enforced. If anyone breaks them, executive board will deal them with. If these rules and regulations are broken, it could mean either immediate dismissal or suspension, whatever the executive board sees fit.
Breaking any of the following Rules will be reason for immediately kick-out from club and probably an Ass Kicking:
Failure to pay his dues according to the section dealing with the paying of dues.
No hype. No use of heroin in any form. Anyone using a needle for any reason other than having a doctor use it on you will be considered hype. (Automatic kick-out from club)
If any brother gets hooked on any drug that is dangerous to the club he will be helped first. Then he will be dealt by the executive board.
No narcotics burn. When making deals, persons get what they are promised or the deal is called off (Automatic kick-out from club).
If you’re selling dope you don’t do it as a club member, you don’t wear your colors, you don’t wear your club T-shirts (Automatic kick-out from club).
There will be no stealing among members. Anyone caught will get an ass kicking and be kicked out of the club (Automatic kick-out from club).
If a patch holder or prospect throws his colors or quits, colors are pulled (Automatic kick-out from club).
Members cannot belong to any other clubs.
If a group or individual attacks any member, the whole club shall stand behind him and fight if necessary. If, however, the member is drunk and aggressive and purposely starts an argument, the rest of the members will escort him away, or step between before trouble starts.
No member will disgrace the club by being yellow. (The above rules will be put forward to applicants. If they cannot abide by these rules and are not in favor of them, they will be denied membership to the club.)
No member will destroy club property purposely.
No member will take the attitude that he doesn’t have to help other members and other members don’t have to help him
No member will go against anything the club has voted for and passed.
No member will get together on their own and plan something for themselves on club rides. It will be brought up to the whole club and the whole club will participate in anything that is decided upon.
The club will always stay together on rides, runs, parties, field meets etc. and will not fraternize with club’s rival clubs. The only way a member will be permitted to leave the main group will be to notify the president or whoever is in charge. When the time comes that the majority feels it is time to leave, we will all leave together. Anyone staying behind for a good reason will do so at his own risk and can expect no help.
Members will have good attendance. Members must have a good reason for not attending meetings or rides, such as working, sickness, no transportation, and bike not running.
General Rules (SOP)
If anyone breaks general rules, executive board will deal with them and/or voted by the court.
No explosives of any kind will be thrown into the fire where there is one or more Devils Breed in the area. FINE: Ass whipping and subject to the executive board.
Brother shall not fight each other with weapons; when any Devils Breed fights another Devils Breed, it is one on one, prospects same as members. FINE: $100.00 for breaking above rule or possible loss of patch.
If you don’t help out the Club in its activities and you use the Club solely for your benefit, you will be warned. No second chance.
Do as you say or walk the line.
Devils Breed losing privilege of wearing colors will also lose privilege of voting and ruling over prospects.
The treasurer shall keep a clear record of all money paid in and out during the week and will balance it before every meeting; the books will be gone over once a week.
All Devils Breed fines will be paid within 30 days. Fines will be paid to the treasurer.
Members with extra parts will loan them to members. They must be replaced or paid for.
If you get busted and or go to jail, notify an officer or member so he can arrange for your bail.
Where we go on our rides will be voted upon by the entire membership.
Each patch holder/prospect is required to maintain a valid motor vehicle license, which includes the authorization to operate motorcycle.
Everyone must have an American bike. Consideration will be give to any member who is in between bikes but he must sincerely intend to get another bike in the near future.
If for some reason, such as a license suspension, a member can’t ride on the road for a long period of time, or if he is without a bike for a short time, he will turn in his patch and upon getting back on the road, the patch will be returned.
If a member’s bike is not running for a period of thirty days, unless he is in jail or hospital, his colors will be confiscated. A member’s bike must be running for at least one week (e.g., not fifteen minutes), to be exempt from the above rule. This period is subject to change at the discretion of the executive board. This is a MOTORCYCLE CLUB!
Confirmation vote is required for all new patch-holders at their 12-month point. Unanimous vote from all good standing members is required.
Absolutely no talking about Club business to persons outside the Club. No talking about Club business over any telephone.
If you are told you are too drunk to drive, you will turn over your keys to a brother. You and your scooter will be taken care of.
If the Road Captain or an Officer determines your bike is unsafe to ride, you are grounded until it is safe.
During funeral runs, no one will pack a passenger, patch must be seen.
The run for “Beer with Bob” and Jimbo is mandatory, no excuses.
All Club vehicles will be returned with all fluids full and in good condition. Maintenance will be done under the supervision of the maintenance supervisor; a patch holder designated by the Road Captain.
There shall be a wrecking crew consisting of the Sergeant at Arms, the Junior Patch, and whomever the Senior Patch may designate. The purpose of the wrecking crew is to check out bars, etc. prior to entry by President, Vice President, or Senior Patch.
Prospect will watch all bikes when members are at Club functions, in bars, and anywhere the senior member present deems necessary.
There will be a Club run on a Sunday once a month. Whoever picks the run route will lead the pack.
DUES/LOANS
Club dues will be paid each month, due by the first.
Two months overdue is the limit.
They are $25.00 per month and $200.00 yearly.
Dues will be $25.00 per month payable every meeting or every second meeting.
Annual Dues of $200.00 will be paid 1 October.
Upon failure of paying dues within two weeks, member shall be suspended and turn in his colors.
If within two months dues still aren’t paid, the colors will be forfeited to pay them and member will no longer be considered a member. The only exception to this shall be if a member is in jail or if he is out of town for a period of time. If he is in jail, dues won’t be expected, but if he is out of town dues will be paid when he returns.
All loans or debts will be secured by collateral. Members will agree upon payment. Two patch holders must be present in any personal loan transaction.
Respect
Respect is to be shown to all club members, officers, members, members’, bikes, OL’, ladies, house, job, etc. In other words, if it’s not yours, ‘Don’t Mess with it.
Respect your colors.
No stealing from members.
No fighting among each other is allowed, any punches to be thrown will be done by the Sgt At Arms.
Colors
President gets colors from mother club in area when new member is voted in.
When a member leaves club, member turns over colors to president of chapter.
Respect your colors; don’t let anyone take them from you except the president of the chapter.
No colors are worn in a cage, except during funerals and loading or unloading a bike from a truck.
No hippie shit on the front.
Nothing will be worn on the back of your jacket except colors.
Colors must be worn at all times when riding or at Club functions. Only one of your brothers or your OL’ lady can babysit your colors. Colors are not required to be worn to and from employment if not allowed by employer. If patch is lost or stolen, patch holder will be judged by court.
The only way a member of Devils Breed can retire and keep his patch is if local officers authorize him. Minimum time for retirement is 5 years.
OL’ ladies
Don’t fuck around with brother’s OL’ lady. (Probably an Ass Kicking and kick-out from club).
Property patches will be brought up before all patch holders for input. Majority vote from all eligible patch holders is required.
Members are responsible for their OL’ ladies.
Members may have more than one (1) OL ‘ lady.
Members must state who his OL ‘ lady is.
Members may not discuss club business with their OL’ lady.
No OL’ ladies allowed at meetings.
OL’ ladies are allowed unescorted at clubhouse only by prior arrangement by OL’ man.
Property patch is worn optional on an OL ‘ lady. So if you see a chick you better ask before you leap.
Devils Breed Motorcycle Club Chapters
The club are primarily based in Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
It is not known if they have any chapters outside of Oahu, and not believed that they have any internationally based chapters.
Famous Devils Breed MC Members
There are no famous members of the Devils Breed Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Devils Breed MC Crime / In The Media
1991 – 5 November, 1991. Devils Breed Honolulu President James Gilley, known as “Jimbo” is shot and killed.
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The following is a short YouTube clip of a gathering of the Devils Breed:
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Devils Breed Motorcycle Club, however they do have a brief mention in the following books:
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window).
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Demon Knights Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Demon Knights patch is centered on a Demon holding an axe. In front of the Demon is a purple medieval knights helmet.
Demon Knights MC patch logo
The Demon Knights MC pledge:
“Life a thief in the night, a warrior of darkness, we are the Demon Knights, a solider of war, on freedoms wheels we take flight, with my brothers we are one, without darkness there is no light”
Demon Knights Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Demon Knights are only known to have chapters within the Long Island, New York area.
Demon Knights MC East (Ronkonkoma, NY)
Demon Knights MC West (Westbury, formerly Bellmore, NY)
Demon Knights MC West clubhouse – site of the old clubhouse (circa 2011)
Famous Demon Knights MC Members
There are no famous members of the Demon Knights Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Demon Knights MC Crime / In The Media
2012 – 27 November, 2012. Demon Knights MC member Peter Kanakis is arrested along with Gambino crime family associate James Ferrara and The Westies street gang member Daniel Hanley on a federal indictment charging them with extortionate extension of credit, extortionate collection of credit, and conspiracy to do the same. They are alleged to have conspired to collect and attempt to collect loansharking debts from at least two victims, using threats of violence and displaying firearms to their victims. In one instance, when a victim could not make repayments on the loan, the defendants threatened him with brass knuckles and a baseball bat. As detailed in the government’s detention memorandum, the extortionate means used by the defendants to collect the loansharking debts included a shooting in December 2011 in which a gunman driving a car of the same color, make, and model as a car registered to Kanakis shot at the victim one morning as the victim was getting into his car to leave for work, narrowly missing him.
2015 – 13 June, 2015. Demon Knights member Frederick John Miller steals a Smith & Wesson .44 Magnum from behind the counter of a Merrick sporting goods store and walks out of the store before he is then caught by employees who discover that he had stolen 3 other weapons including a .44-caliber revolver and a .22 Magnum. Inside Miller’s 2013 Infiniti G-Series coupe, police found more unlicensed guns, including a North American Arms .22-caliber revolver, a loaded Colt semiautomatic .380-caliber pistol, and a Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver along with 25 prescription pills in his pocket. He was charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon and drug possession.
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Demon Knights Motorcycle Club, however they do have a brief mention in the following books:
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window).
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Valley Commandos MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Cardiff City, Wales in 2005. The club have strong ties to the English football scene.
Valley Commandos Motorcycle Club History
The Valley Commandos Motorcycle Club were founded in Cardiff City, Wales in 2005. They are one of the largest one percenter motorcycle clubs in Wales.
History of the club dates back to long before the 2005 founding, where many of the present day members were English Football fans and the name “Valley Commandos” had been coined after a 1974 football match between Cardiff City and Manchester United. Manchester United are widely known as the “Red Army” and press at the time dubbed Cardiff City as the “Valley Commandos”. The name quickly caught on.
Members of the Cardiff City Soul Crew (a hooligan football firm) and the Cardiff and Valley RAMS united over the years and went on to form a motorcycle club.
Originally the Valley Commandos were a support club for the Outlaws MC, however then decided to become an independent club.
Valley Commandos Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
An “SS Death Head” (skull and bones) forms the patch for the Valley Commandos.
The colors used by the Valley Commandos MC are black and white. It is likely that these colors were chosen due to the initial connections to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club.
Valley Commandos MC patch logo
The motto used by the Valley Commandos MC is “OIAI”, which stands for One In All In.
Valley Commandos Motorcycle Club Chapters
Multiple chapters of the Valley Commandos MC exist within Wales. It is not believed that they have any chapters based internationally.
Valley Commandos MC Wales
Valley Commandos Abertaff chapter
Valley Commandos Afan Valley chapter
Valley Commandos Caerphilly chapter
Valley Commandos Cardiff chapter
Valley Commandos Dale chapter
Valley Commandos Maesteg chapter
Valley Commandos Newport chapter
Valley Commandos Nomad chapter
Valley Commandos Powys chapter
Valley Commandos Sirhowy Valley chapter
Valley Commandos Torfaen chapter
Valley Commandos Vaynor chapter
Valley Commandos MC clubhouse South Wales Abercynon Wales
Famous Valley Commandos MC Members
Stuart Cable – Musician
Stuart Cable was the original drummer in the internationally recognised Welsh rock band Stereophonics, who was with the group from 1992 until 2003.
It is not clear if he was a member of the Valley Commandos, however he was known for riding with the group on a regular basis.
He died on 7 June, 2010 after choking on his own vomit. Many members of the Valley Commandos escorted the hearse as part of his funeral.
Valley Commandos MC Stuart Cable
Valley Commandos MC Crime / In The Media
2011 – 1 September, 2011. The Valley Commandos join the Outlaws MC to reportedly act as bodyguards at the funeral of crime figure “Dodgy” Dave Courtney’s stepson’s funeral held in Southeast London.
2012 – A neo-nazi group named Combat 18 together with band Blood and Honour hire the club’s Abercynon clubhouse for an event. Known racist Christopher Philips is an attendee. Video taken at the event showing the Valley Commandos patch in the background would later surface in March 2013 and media began to ask questions about the club’s involvement. The club denied any knowledge as to the true nature of the event and distanced themselves from the racist movement. Christopher Philips was jailed for 12 months having previously pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred in three YouTube videos. The videos showed him carrying out the mock execution of a life-sized golliwog doll.
2016 – 25 March, 2016. Valley Commandos Pontypool chapter President Michael Matthews, known as “Miffa” dies. His funeral procession in April makes headlines due to the large number of attendees, which was believed to have included hundreds of bikers from multiple countries.
A YouTube clip covering the funeral:
A YouTube clip of the club leaving a pub:
A YouTube ride-by clip of the Valley Commandos:
Valley Commandos MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Valley C0mmandos Motorcycle Club, however they do have a brief mention in the following books:
Soul Crew by David Jones and Tony Rivers. Covering the Cardiff City Soul Crew firm, the football hooligan group where many of the Valley Commandos MC members came from. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window).
Valley Commandos MC book Soul Crew David Jones Tony Rivers
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window).
The One Percenter Encyclopedia Bill Hayes
Valley Commandos Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
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Defiant Disciples MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2010.
Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club History
The Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club were founded in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2010.
One story goes that many members of the Defiant Disciples MC were originally members of the long established Devils Diciples MC who decided to split from the club and that the name of the “Defiant” Disciples was chosen as the members who left the Devils Diciples were allegedly told that they were too defiant to be Devils Diciples. The Defiant Disciples claim to be an independent club.
The Fontana, California founded Devils Diciples MC state that they have no connection with the Defiant Disciples and appear to be somewhat displeased that the Defiant Disciples appear to have used similar colors and mottos. It is possible that there was some historic connection, but that this is now long gone.
Another story is that the Defiant Disciples have connections to the Massachusetts founded and also long established Devil’s Desciples MC. There are photos that show members of the Defiant Disciples together with the Devil’s Desciples, so some connection between these clubs is probable.
Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club patch consists of a skull with flames and a dagger running down the center of the skull.
On the handle of the dagger are the letters G.F.Y, which stands for “Go Fuck Yourself”.
A patch with the number “44” is also on their cut. This is in recognition of the 4th letter of the alphabet, “D”.
The colors used by the Defiant Disciples are blue and white.
Defiant Disciples MC patch logo
The club also use the motto of Disciples Forever, Forever Disciples. This style of motto is an extremely popular format, almost the standard, amongst outlaw motorcycle clubs.
The mottos of “God Forgives, Disciples Don’t” and “Expect No Mercy” are also used by the club. The Outlaws MC use the similar motto of “God Forgives, Outlaws Don’t”.
Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club Chapters
The club are based primarily in Massachusetts, however are believed to have expanded outside of the state. They do not have any chapters based internationally.
Defiant Disciples Massachusetts
Defiant Disciples Nomad
Defiant Disciples Vermont
Famous Defiant Disciples MC Members
There are no famous members of the Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Defiant Disciples MC Crime / In The Media
2010 – 22 January, 2010. Defiant Disciples President Michael Frisoli appears in court on “Stolen Valor” charges after being spotted by Sgt. Timothy M. Watts sometime between June and October of 2008. Although it is believed that Michael Frisoli did do some service, he was seen displaying decorations which he did not earn including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. The US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz made the following statement on the case “Those who falsely claim to have earned prestigious awards like the Purple Heart and Bronze Star undermine the public’s respect and admiration for those men and women who honorably serve our country in the Armed Services.” After being released on conditions after the court appearance there was a police raid on his home. The raid found heroin and drug paraphernalia, which resulted in Michael Frisoli being arrested again. He was later sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hillman to 200 hours of community service.
2016 – 8 May, 2016. 2 members of the Defiant Desciples Motorcycle Club are beaten by 7 members of the Hells Angels MC. One of the Defiant Disciples was standing out the front of Suney’s Pub, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, when he was attacked by the Hells Angels members, a beating which included the use of a flashlight. A second member of the Defiant Disciples saw the attack in progress and went out to assist, only to also be beaten. It was reported that the Hells Angels took a cell phone from the men, as well as their “jackets”, which possibly refers to their Defiant Disciples MC cuts. In June 2016 police arrested Hells Angels members Jake Doherty and Michael Blair and charged them for the attack.
Defiant Disciples MC Suneys Pub Worcester Massachusetts
Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Defiant Disciples Motorcycle Club, nor are they mentioned in any books that could be found.
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Laffing Devils MC are an outlaw motorcycle club from San Diego, California formed around 2006. They are known for their involvement in the television show The Devils Ride.
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club History
The Laffing Devils MC were formed in San Diego, California around 2006.
To the best of our knowledge the club fell apart and disbanded sometime during the first season of The Devils Ride television show, which would be around 2012. The club continued on in name as an act of fiction appearing in the show, making them both a “real” and a “fictitious” outlaw motorcycle club and therefore quite difficult to accurately describe as the lines between what is fact and what is fiction are heavily blurred.
In a twist though, there are reports of a chapter of the Laffing Devils being active in Mexico as late as 2016, wearing the same style of patches seen on the San Diego based club, so possibly the club has been resurrected.
The Laffing Devils are best known for their appearance on the television show The Devils Ride. The show was promoted as being about a “real club”, there was no indication that this was a fictionalised program based on the outlaw motorcycle club culture.
Before the filming of the show the club existed in the form of a three piece “motorcycle club”. After being contracted to the show the members followed a script for the “reality” series, essentially making the club members now actors, or cast members. It is rumoured that many of the original Laffing Devils members chose not to participate in the entertainment project and left the club before filming commenced. Furthermore, it is highly likely that some of those shown in the television show are professional actors and played no part in the club before the filming began.
The Laffing Devils were a part of the local Confederation of Clubs, however after the airing of the television show they were removed in 2012.
Unlike the popular television show Sons of Anarchy, the show The Devils Ride was shot in a reality/documentary style format and promised viewers a look inside a rising, real, outlaw club. What is often seen can be described by many as simply “fake”.
Firstly you should view the trailer for the show:
The “official” website of the club (http://www.laffingdevilsmc.com) was first registered in mid-2008, however was taken down around 2014, only two years after the television show was first broadcast. Around this same time a notice was placed on their website listing that the site was for sale and that the club were seeking investors. Some speculate that this site was not endorsed by the club and was created speculatively for profit.
One of the executive producers for the show is Eric Bischoff, an American entrepreneur best known for his involvement in the professional wrestling arena, with work with both the WCW and WWE. It is these wrestling connections which help to explain some of the marketing around the show and the Laffing Devils, for instance the daughter of Hulk Hogan posting on the Twitter feed of the Laffing Devils member known as Sandman. Also adding to the confusion/illusion were those known for having outlaw connections making an appearance in the show, for example former Hells Angel Rusty Coones, who had also been seen in Sons of Anarchy.
Sinister Mob Syndicate MC are the noted rival of the Laffing Devils MC. “Sinister Mob Syndicate MC” is a listed trademark of Bischoff Hervey Entertainment Television, LLC.
Laffing Devils MC Sandman Brook Hogan Twitter
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Laffing Devils is of a horned Devil’s head. This patch is eerily similar to the patch used by the Hells Angels support club, the Red Devils MC.
Laffing Devils MC patch logo
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club Chapters
Further evidence that the Laffing Devils and the show is highly scripted can be seen from the location of the Laffing Devils clubhouse, which is field as being located at this building on Greenfield Drive in El Cajon, California.
Laffing Devils MC clubhouse Greenfield Drive El Cajon
The Laffing Devils rival club, Sinister Mob Syndicate MC, has the filming location of their clubhouse located in an auto repair building only the next block over on Greenfield Drive.
Laffing Devils MC Sinister Mob clubhouse Greenfield Drive El Cajon
To make this point even more clear, here are the two locations on a map.
Laffing Devils MC clubhouse Greenfield Drive El Cajon Map
Famous Laffing Devils MC Members
Many members of the club have reached at least a low level of fame for their involvement in the television show The Devils Ride.
Thomas Quinn (Gipsy) – Founder of the Laffing Devils MC. A former marine, part-time bounty hunter and is allegedly married to a San Diego police officer. Left the club to form the fictitious Sinister Mob Syndicate MC in the television show The Devils Ride. Arrested in August 2012 on suspicion of committing a lewd act with an underage female relative (see the Crime / In The Media section below for more information).
Also appearing on the television show from the Laffing Devils club:
Bonez
Danny Boy – Prez
MadMax – VP
Sancho
Sandman
Slider – Tres
Spyder
White Boi
Laffing Devils MC Crime / In The Media
2012 – 14 May, 2012. Peckerwoods MC member Deron Jaffe is charged with four felony counts and five gang enhancements after a fight against two members of the Laffing Devils MC and an associate. The members of the Laffing Devils are not charged.
2012 – 30 August, 2012. Laffing Devils Founder Thomas Quinn (Tommy/Gipsy) is arrested by police in La Mesa on suspicion of committing a lewd act with an underage female relative, believed to be his step-daughter. This story was reported by multiple reputable news agencies. The charges against Quinn were later dropped.
There are many crimes depicted in The Devils Ride which were performed by members of the Laffing Devils, from theft to numerous cases of assault, however these appear to largely go unpunished despite being captured on camera in high definition video. With the exception of Thomas Quinn’s arrest in August 2010, throughout the period when the show was running there were several news stories involving members of the club, for instance the member known as “Sandman” being arrested for a stabbing, which although were published by “entertainment” websites such as TMZ and E! News, were not mentioned by any credible news or legal sources that could be found. It is largely possible that these were just clever marketing stunts.
Below is a fight scene between the Laffing Devils MC and a rival club, the Sinister Mob Syndicate. The fight is broken up when the police arrive in a “questionable” looking police car. It is such a blessing that such sharp video, crisp audio and multiple camera angles were available for this moment of “reality”:
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed
Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club enemies:
Sinister Mob Syndicate MC (a club of fiction, created up for the television show The Devils Ride)
Laffing Devils MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club, nor are they mentioned in any books that could be found.
The Devils Ride – Season 1. The television show that made the Laffing Devils Motorcycle Club “famous”. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
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Unknown Bikers MC are an outlaw motorcycle club founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1974.
There is also a club by the name of Unknown Bikers MC who are based in Verona, Italy. They have a patch consisting of two dogs either side of flames and a motorcycle chain. The Italian based Unknown Bikers are not believed to have any connection to the motorcycle club discussed in this article.
Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club History
The Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club were founded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 1974. The Williamsburg chapter would become the Mother Chapter. The Unknown Bikers logo trademark suggests that the first use was on 1 June, 1974.
Good publicity came to the club on multiple occasions, including where they were noted as having a positive influence in the Williamsburg area around the area where the Mother Chapter was located. Street drug sales were a big problem in the area before the club moved in.
Most members of the motorcycle club up until the late 1990s were of Italian or Spanish descent. Around 1999 the first of the Polish members began to join the club.
The Greenpoint, Brooklyn chapter was founded in 2010, with Daniel Sadowski as President. There is a strong Polish influence within the chapter. One of the club’s official websites is also written in Polish. Some members of the New York based Unknown Bikers can also be seen wearing a patch bearing the flag of Poland.
In around 2003 the club expanded to Puerto Rico, opening a chapter in the town of San German with a chapter also opened in the town of Ponce in 2015.
In 2012 the club expanded to Poland.
They Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club also have a presence in Iceland.
Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Unknown Bikers patch is focussed on a skull wearing a three horned red Celtic helmet. Behind the skull is an Iron Cross, which has also been described as a Maltese Cross.
The colors used by the Unknown Bikers are red, white and black.
Unknown Bikers MC patch logo
Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club Chapters
With multiple chapters based in New York, the club have expanded over the years and now have chapters based internationally:
Unknown Bikers MC Iceland
Unknown Bikers MC Poland
Unknown Bikers MC Puerto Rico
Unknown Bikers Ponce chapter
Unknown Bikers San German chapter
Former clubhouse – Unknown Bikers MC clubhouse Williamsburg, New York
Unknown Bikers MC USA
Unknown Bikers New York (multiple chapters) including chapters based in Greenpoint and Coney Island.
Unknown Bikers MC clubhouse Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Famous Unknown Bikers MC Members
There are no famous members of the Unknown Bikers Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Unknown Bikers MC Crime / In The Media
2016 – 24 June, 2016. Hells Angels MC members reportedly take multiple cuts from members of the Unknown Bikers.
2016 – 26 June, 2016. Approximately 100 members of the Unknown Bikers surround the Hells Angels clubhouse in Hempstead Village, Long Island, New York to retrieve the cuts around 3:30pm. Hempstead Village Police along with 50 officers of the Nassau Police Department, including a Nassau SWAT team, arrive on the scene before the groups disperse.
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Dirty Ones MC are an outlaw motorcycle club founded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in the 1960s.
Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club History
The Dirty Ones MC were founded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 1960s in the form of a street gang. A member by the name of “Che” was the Founding President of the club.
They are believed to have transitioned into a motorcycle club using a Grim Reaper patch from around 1974, making their founding date and location very similar to that of the Unknown Bikers MC.
The name of the “Dirty Ones” was given to them by the Satan Souls.
Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Dirty Ones MC has the Grim Reaper in the center wearing a red hooded cloak. The Grim Reaper is holding a scythe in one hand. Behind the Grim Reaper are two pistons and a green Iron Cross in the background.
The colors used by the Dirty Ones are green and white.
Dirty Ones MC use the motto D.O.F.F.D.O, which stands for Dirty Ones Forever, Forever Dirty Ones. This style of motto is extremely common amongst outlaw motorcycle clubs.
Dirty Ones MC patch logo
Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club have chapters mainly in the Northeast of the United States, however in more recent years have expanded internationally.
Dirty Ones MC Puerto Rico
Dirty Ones MC USA
Dirty Ones Bronx chapter, New York
Dirty Ones Connecticut chapter
Dirty Ones Florida chapter
Dirty Ones Massachusetts chapter
Dirty Ones Nomads chapter
Dirty Ones Pennsylvania chapter
Dirty Ones Staten Island chapter, New York
Dirty Ones Sunset Park chapter, Brooklyn, New York
Dirty Ones Williamsburg chapter, Brooklyn, New York (Mother House)
Dirty Ones MC clubhouse Sunset Park, Queens, New YorkDirty Ones MC clubhouse Mother House Brooklyn New York
Famous Dirty Ones MC Members
There are no famous members of the Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Dirty Ones MC Crime / In The Media
2012 – October, 2012. In October 2010 ATF agent Thomas Kalogiros starts working with a member of the Forbidden Ones MC who has turned a criminal informant in exchange for payment. The informant arranges the sale of guns to undercover ATF and New York City Police Department members by members of the Forbidden Ones MC, the Trouble Makers MC and Dirty Ones MC. It is discovered that the informant has a significant criminal record, including three felony convictions for burglary, grand larceny and escape. The operation was captured on both audio and video and included the sale of two AK-47 assault rifles, armor-piercing ammunition, and other high-caliber weapons, including a Tec-9 9mm assault pistol; a Kel Tech 9mm folding rifle; a Taurus .410 caliber revolver, known as the “Public Defender-The Judge;” and a .243 caliber rifle with night vision scope, among others. 8 men are arrested in connection with the operation.
2015 – 17 October, 2015. Suffolk County Police make 11 arrests of members of the Pagans MC, Dirty Ones MC, Steel Wheels MC, Black Sheep MC and Armored Saints MC in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York at a fundraiser event being held by the Pagans Motorcycle Club at Duffy’s Ale House. Five handguns, a rifle, a shotgun, marijuana, cocaine, crystal meth, a billy club and three vehicles are seized. Those arrested were:
Pagans MC – Michael John Parnsip – Two counts of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 4th Degree, three counts of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing crystal meth, cocaine, and morphine.
Pagans MC – Jason Lucian Craft – One count of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 4th Degree and three counts of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing crystal meth, cocaine, and morphine.
Pagans MC – Boudewijn Rob – Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree for possessing two loaded firearms.
Pagans MC – Kenneth Reynolds – Two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree for possessing two loaded firearms.
Pagans MC – Adam Sockriter – One count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree for possessing a loaded firearm and two counts of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing crystal meth.
Pagans MC – Todd Hathaway – One count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon 2nd Degree for possessing a loaded firearm and one count of Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing crystal meth.
Dirty Ones MC – Julio Rosa – Criminal Possession of Marijuana 5th Degree.
Dirty Ones MC – Manuel Tull – Criminal Possession of Marijuana 5th Degree.
Steel Wheels MC – Edward Otto – Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing cocaine.
Black Sheep MC – Mark Harmon – Criminal Possession of Controlled Substance 7th Degree for possessing cocaine.
Armored Saints MC – Eneldo Rivera – Criminal Possession of a Weapon 4th Degree for possessing a billy club.
Dirty Ones MC Duffys Ale House Long Island New York
Dirty Ones MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Dirty Ones Motorcycle Club.
A YouTube clip of the very early days when the Dirty Ones were a street gang. Low quality video:
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Descendants MC are an outlaw motorcycle club founded in South Australia in 1974.
Descendants Motorcycle Club History
Descendants MC were founded in South Australia in 1974 by brothers Tom Mackie and Perry Mackie who founded the club after arriving to Australia from New Zealand. The brothers had witnessed many Maori led groups throughout the South Auckland where they had previously lived.
A few years after the outlaw motorcycle club was formed the South Australian government brought in anti-consorting laws. These laws saw members of the Descendants, along with other clubs, sent to jail for petty consorting crimes throughout the late 1970s. Club founder Tom Mackie has stated that he believes it was the result of these years in jail that saw some members of the club become hardened criminals, as well as providing them a chance to build up their criminal networks.
In more recent years the Descendants have played a strong role in bringing together the many patched clubs that exist in Adelaide and South Australia in general including the Hells Angels MC, Finks MC and Gypsy Jokers MC in order to unite against the anti-biker legislation that has been passed. The anti-biker legislation attempts to identify and treat outlaw motorcycle clubs as criminal groups in order to prosecute them for associating with one another. The Descendants clubhouse has been used as a meeting place for the multiple clubs to discuss these matters due to be it being seen as neutral territory to a certain extent and the fact that the Descendants are one of the most longstanding clubs in the state of South Australia.
Descendants Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Descendants MC patch has a Griffin in the center with the letters “SA”, which would most likely refer to their state of founding, South Australia.
The club colors are gold and black.
Descendants MC patch logo
Descendants Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Descendants are primarily based within South Australia, they are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Descendants MC clubhouse Dry Creek, South Australia
Famous Descendants MC Members
There are no famous members of the Descendants Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Descendants MC Crime / In The Media
1976-1977 – The South Australian police “Bikie Squad”, headed by Rodney Piers Bass (Sam), targets the Descendants Motorcycle Club and charges many members with consorting. Over a period of approximately one year Bass and his “Bikie Squad” booked members of the Descendants more than 30 times.
1979 – July, 1979. The South Australian police “Bikie Squad” shoots dead a Descendants nominee. Self-defence in claimed and the police officers involved were not prosecuted.
2001 – Descendants MC were named as one of the targets of the Police Operation Avatar, a law enforcement task force formed in 2001 and made permanent in 2002 which aimed to take down one percenter motorcycle clubs including the Finks MC, Hells Angels MC, Rebels MC, Gypsy Jokers MC, Mobshitters MC and Red Devils MC. This investigation was focused on the state of South Australia.
2009 – 18 June, 2009. It is reported that an unnamed 35 year old member of the Descendants is arrested for drug possession. Police say they found amphetamines, the drug fantasy and cannabis plants as well as hydroponic equipment.
2012 – 29 January, 2012. Former South Australian Comanchero MC high ranking member Vince Focarelli and his 22 year old son Giovanni Focarelli are shot in Dry Creek, South Australia. Giovanni Focarelli dies, Vince Focarelli is injured. This had been the fourth attempt on the life of Vince Focarelli in recent times after he had feuds within the Comanchero MC as well as with the Hells Angels MC. It is believed that the shooter was travelling with the pair in the car before exiting the vehicle and firing the shots. In April 2015 police announce that they had arrested a member of the Descendants Motorcycle Club who had allegedly been picked up at the Descendants Dry Creek clubhouse by the pair.
2013 – 18 November, 2013. After a two year investigation labelled Operation Divulge, police arrest 25 people connected to the Descendants MC, including fully patched members, nominees and associates after raids resulted in the seizure of an estimated $151 million street value of drugs. Found in the raids include 21kg of methamphetamine equal to 1.5 million street deals, 21,000 ecstasy tablets equal to 21,000 street deals, 587 g of cocaine equal to 1825 street deals, 7.5L of fantasy equal to 1500 street deals, 4kg of pseudo-ephedrine at a street value of $400,000, $240,000 cash and two illegal handguns. Some of the charges include taking part in the manufacture of a commercial quantity of a controlled drug, trafficking a commercial quantity of controlled drugs, aggravated firearm possession, possession of precursors and unlawful possession of cash.
2015 – April, 2015. The Descendants members Tom Mackie, Perry Mackie, Jeffrey Allen and David Bohill are issued with an order to remove fortifications that surround the club’s Dry Creek clubhouse. The requested changes included the lowering of fencing and removal of a steel gate. In a reply to the order the Descendants stated that they were more than willing to discuss and negotiate the required modifications to the property and on 21 May it was confirmed by the club’s lawyer, Craig Caldicott, that they would be lowering the height of the walls so that they complied with the order.
2016 – 8 September, 2016. 7 men are arrested who were known to have connections to the Descendants MC, including at least one patched member in raids conducted throughout the north of Adelaide as part of a long running police operation which the police labelled Operation Anna. The operation seized 168 grams methamphetamine, 2000 ecstasy pills, 11kg of dried cannabis, 21 cannabis plants being grown hydroponically, about $145,000 cash, vials of steroids, a trafficable quantity of cocaine, a trafficable quantity of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (Fantasy), three prohibited weapons (batons) and eight firearm with ammunition along with numerous cars, motorcycles and a fishing boat.
Descendants Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
The Descendants Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
The Descendants Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Descendants MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Descendants Motorcycle Club.
An interview on YouTube with one of the club’s founders, Tom Mackie, discussing anti-biker anti-association laws and how the clubs are often unfairly labelled by law enforcement:
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Lone Wolf MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Australia by Sy Allsep.
Note that there are many people who identify themselves as being a “Lone Wolf”, a term used to describe someone who generally acts alone. These people are not the topic of this article. There are also riders clubs founded in Canada as well as Atlanta by the name of “Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club”, they have no relation to the club discussed in this article.
Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club History
The Lone Wolf Motorcycle club were founded in Australia by Sy Allsep.
Sy Allsep (Stephen Charles Allsep) was the owner of Sy’s Harley-Davidson on Blaxland Road, Campbelltown, located in the state of New South Wales. Sy Allsep died on 20 January, 2015 from cancer, with his funeral held at the Gledswood Homestead, Catherine Field. The last decades of his life were spent delivering meals to the elderly as part of the charity Meals on Wheels and flying his DeHaviland Beaver aircraft.
The year that the club was founded could not be found. If you have any information please contact us via our Facebook page.
Lone Wolf has a diverse membership, including many Pacific Islander and Middle Eastern members.
Throughout the second half of 2014 a war erupted between the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club and Rebels MC.
The club expanded into Western Australia in around 2014, opening a chapter in Perth.
Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club has a snarling wolf in the center. They are a traditional 3 piece club, with Lone Wolf on the top rocker and Australia as the location on the bottom rocker. Their location rocker typically doesn’t provide any location information other than the country.
Lone Wolf MC patch logo
Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club have over a dozen chapters throughout Australia, including a strong presence in New South Wales where they have many connections on the mid and north coast, and at times have had a strong presence in Queensland.
Some of the club’s chapters include:
Lone Wolf Bringelly chapter (Sydney, NSW)
Lone Wolf Burwood chapter (Sydney, NSW)
Lone Wolf Canning Vale / Thornlie chapter (Perth, WA)
Lone Wolf Coffs Harbour chapter (Toormina, NSW)
Lone Wolf Currumbin chapter (Currumbin, QLD – believed to now be closed)
Lone Wolf Lismore chapter (NSW)
Lone Wolf Morayfield chapter (QLD)
Lone Wolf Peakhurst chapter (Sydney, NSW)
Lone Wolf MC clubhouse Bringelly NSW
Famous Lone Wolf MC Members
There are no famous members of the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Lone Wolf MC Crime / In The Media
2007 – 19 July, 2007. There are a series of police raids where weapons including knives, swords and a revolver, cash and an illicit drug lab were seized. 7 men with connections to the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club are arrested in Lismore and Sydney. One of the Lismore arrests is believed to be a President within the club. Police allege that the club are involved in the manufacture of drugs in Sydney which are then trafficked in northern New South Wales. The police operation, which had been titled Strike Force Tungarra was launched in May 2006 targeted the supply of amphetamines and ecstasy by the Lone Wolf Lismore chapter.
Lone Wolf MC clubhouse Lismore, New South Wales
2007 – 3 November, 2007. Lone Wolf members Aaron Drew Scheers and Benjamin James Dehnen kidnap Currumbin, Queensland man David Holmes from his home. He is taken to the Currumbin rock pools where the pair accuse him of stealing $40,000 which was given to him to purchase drugs. On 6 April, 2009 the pair plead guilty to charges of kidnapping, assault, and intent to disfigure.
2012 – In 2012 legislation was passed in Australia to ban entry to anyone showing patches, jewellery or any other items representing the following outlaw motorcycle clubs:
2012 – 4 January, 2012. Lone Wolf member Neal Todorovski is murdered in San Souci, Sydney by Tarek Abdallah, shooting him a total of 6 times. A number of people witnessed the murder, including a mother and her child. Tarek Abdallah is sentenced to a maximum of 26 years in jail for the crime.
2012 – 4 April, 2012. Police perform 13 dawn raids in Coffs Harbour, Toormina, Sawtell and Middle Boambee. 12 people associated with the Lone Wolf are arrested and charged with a number of offences relating to drugs and violence. The raids were the conclusion of a 15 month operation by police Strike Force Oriental and they believe that the arrests made will have effectively shut down a significant drug distribution network in the northern New South Wales coastal area.
2014 – 16 April, 2014. A member of Lone Wolf is shot in the leg in Homebush West, Sydney. Police attended the scene and found blood, however the victim was not at the scene. The victim of the shooting was later identified after attending a hospital to have the injuries attended to. Police then charge him with concealing a serious indictable offence.
2014 – 23 April, 2014. There is a brawl between the Lone Wolf MC and Rebels MC at a cafe on Burwood Road, located in Burwood, Sydney. Up to 30 men are involved in the fight. A bystander waiting at a bus stop is unintentionally injured after being hit in the head by a flying bottle. It is suspected that the fight began as the result of the Rebels MC recently moving into a clubhouse on Burwood Road and decided to be seen openly at the cafe in traditional Lone Wolf territory. Lone Wolf member Yusef Zazlioglu was charged with affray. Rebels Liverpool chapter Sergeant At Arms Khaldoun Al Majid was charged with two counts of affray. Also arrested were Rebels Liverpool member Tyson Akosfalvi and Rebels members Antonio Kutlesa and Lyheng Mario Mel.
2014 – 24 August, 2014. At approximately 5:30am members of Rebels MC stab three members of the Lone Wolf at a brothel in Tweed Heads, a town located near the border where New South Wales meets Queensland.
2014 – 27 August, 2014. The phone calls and messages of Lone Wolf National Sergeant At Arms Joshua Battah are intercepted by police. The intercepts detail threats made towards a police informant which were uncovered as part of an ongoing police investigation into commercial drug trafficking as well as the claim of “knowingly direct activities of a criminal group”. The claim is that he allegedly supplied over one kilogram of amphetamines, along with quantities of heroin and cocaine to a police informant between May 8 and August 7, 2014. The drugs had an estimated street value of around $100,000. One of the Blackberry messages read “If your not home in 1hr, I’m burning your house down. make sure your there. I want everything back”. The informant was directed to collect a number of weapons from Sydney, however instead contacted police. On 28 August there is a drive-by shooting of a house in Toowoon Bay. Hours later Joshua Battah is arrested on 16 charges for drugs, weapons and proceeds of crime offences in Budgewoi, located on the Central Coast of New South Wales.
2014 – 29 August, 2014. Two members of Rebels MC are arrested in Byron Bay, New South Wales after they are found during a vehicle search to be armed with machetes. The pair were believed to be armed in response to the fight with Lone Wolf MC that had occurred the previous weekend.
2014 – 3 September, 2014. Police raid the Thornlie, Western Australia chapter Lone Wolf clubhouse. No further details about the raid were made public.
2014 – 4 December, 2014. Police Operation Mike Crimson dismantles an alleged anabolic steroid ring in the Sunshine Coast area of Queensland. A supplement store owner along with three other men are arrested. All are believed to be associated with the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club Morayfield chapter. Police seized an estimated total of $1.6 million worth of steroids and performance enhancing drugs including 114 bottles of injectable steroids, human growth hormones (HGH) and 3008 oral steroid tablets. The four men were charged with a total of 41 drug charges including possession of dangerous drugs, possession of a restricted drug, failing to dispose of a syringe and obstructing police.
2015 – 20 February, 2015. Police in Perth, Western Australia perform a number of raids. 1.3kg of methamphetamine and almost $800,000 in cash were seized as part of the raids. Four men were arrested including the Perth Lone Wolf President and Sergeant At Arms on charges alleging drug possession, drug dealing and possessing of stolen or unlawfully obtained property.
2015 – April, 2015. Lone Wolf member Benjamin Skey Black is arrested on the Sunshine Coast, located in Queensland, on charges relating to the possession of 350 methamphetamine pills, as well as a gun, knife, ice pick, knuckledusters and cable ties which were located during a search of a vehicle that he was travelling in. Also located in the search were the photos of two members of the Rebels MC. He is alleged to identify himself as a “Rebels Hunter”, referring to Rebels MC, a known enemy of the Lone Wolf. Although he had Lone Wolf tattoos, he denied being a member of the club.
2015 – 8 December, 2015. Police are called to a house in Hoxton Park, New South Wales after it is reported that residents were being assaulted by armed men. In June, 2016 police report that they had arrested two members of the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club for the assault.
2016 – 1 June, 2016. Around 9:15am the Lone Wolf clubhouse in Toormina, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales is raided by local police along with members of the police Strike Force Raptor. In addition to the search of the clubhouse there were warrants executed at two different homes connected to the club. One man was charged with ongoing supply of a prohibited drug (methamphetamine), six counts of supplying a prohibited drug (in an indictable quantity), two counts of possessing a prohibited drug, and participation in a criminal group.
2016 – August, 2016. A house in Mackay, Queensland is raided by four men and a woman connected to the Lone Wolf MC. The owner of the house was believed to be a former nominee of the Lone Wolf in Sydney, however after being in the club for several months decided that he no longer wished to be a member and moved his family to Queensland. Upon leaving the club it is claimed that he owed approximately $20,000 and had not returned club patches. During the time of the raid the man was not home, however his wife and children were. After police were called the group of people left the property, however it was later discovered that a number of items were missing from the house, included dozens of items of gold jewellery.
2016 – 26 October, 2016. Lone Wolf National President Erkan Keskin, who holds dual Turkish and Australian citizenship, is charged with drug trafficking by the Crime and Corruption Commission as the result of an ice trafficking investigation. Bail was denied after law enforcement became aware that Keskin was reportedly discussing leaving the country as well as the possibility that witness intimidation may come into play.
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Black Uhlans MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Australia in the 1970s.
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club History
The Black Uhlans MC were allegedly founded in the 1970s by 10 former members of the Fourth Reich MC, who left that club and fled to Queensland after they had been connected to a rape, although no charges were ever laid, according to Arthur Veno in his book Brotherhoods (link opens in a new tab).
Overall information about the club is very scarce. If you have any further information about their year and place of founding then please contact us via our Facebook page.
The outlaw motorcycle club’s chapter based in Peakhurst, New South Wales has been active since around 1984.
John Higgs founded the Melbourne chapter. He was later convicted for his involvement in one of the biggest drug trafficking operations in Australian history.
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club has a bird perched on crossed pistons.
The colors used by the club are gold, black and red.
Black Uhlans MC patch logo
The Black Uhlans use the acronym, B.U.F.F.B.U, which stands for Black Uhlans Forever, Forever Black Uhlans. This format of acronym is extremely common amongst outlaw motorcycle clubs.
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club have chapters spread throughout Australia. They are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Some of their known chapters are as follows:
Black Uhlans Albury chapter (New South Wales / Victorian border)
Black Uhlans Devonport chapter (Tasmania)
Black Uhlans Gladstone chapter (Queensland)
Black Uhlans Geelong chapter (Victoria)
Black Uhlans Gold Coast chapter (locations have included Reedy Creek / Currumbin / Burleigh Heads, Queensland)
Black Uhlans Melbourne chapter (Coburg, Victoria)
Black Uhlans Smithton chapter (Tasmania)
Black Uhlans Sydney chapter (Peakhurst, New South Wales)
Black Uhlans MC clubhouse Gold Coast (Reedy Creek)
Famous Black Uhlans MC Members
John Higgs – Founder of the Black Uhlans Melbourne chapter and major drug trafficker
Born on 29 November, 1946 he left school after grade 7 and married at age 17. In 1970 he was sentenced to 12 years for manslaughter.
He had two children with his first wife. His second son died of AIDS in 1996 and his oldest son was murdered in 1999.
In 1994 he was charged in connection to 7 tonnes of chemicals used to make illegal drugs. In 2007 he was connected to the world’s largest ecstasy bust, totalling 4.4 tonnes. He was sentenced to 18 years jail (see the Crime / In The Media section below for more information).
Black Uhlans MC John Higgs
Black Uhlans MC Crime / In The Media
1992 – Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read is sentenced to 8 years in prison for the attempted murder of former Black Uhlans President Sydney Collins. In 2002 Sydney Collins would later go missing on a trip between his home on the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales. His 2001 Ford XR8 ute was found near the town of Tabulam, but his body is never located. In an interview in 2002 Chopper Read (who died in 2013) alleged that he murdered Sydney Michael Collins and buried his body near a football field.
1994 – Black Uhlans Melbourne chapter Founder John Higgs is arrested for procuring over seven tonnes of chemicals capable of making 226kg of illegal drugs worth more than $400 million. In 1999 he is sentenced to 6 years jail, with a minimum sentence of 4 years.
1996 – Three factory units owned by Black Uhlans member Jack Andrew Wilson are seized and transferred to the Public Trustee under the Criminal Assets Recovery Act after he is jailed for manufacturing commercial quantities of amphetamines. The units, located in the suburb of Peakhurst, Sydney, were used by the Black Uhlans for club activities and they stated that the $400,000 paid in 1991 by Jack Wilson was using club funds. In 2002 the club takes the case to the Equity Division of the NSW Supreme Court to fight for the ownership of the properties to be transferred back to the club.
2006 – 2 December, 2006. Police perform raids on the Black Uhlans clubhouse in Gladstone, along with the homes of multiple members. Sergeant-at-Arms Stephen Lee, 33, was charged with one count of enter and commit, extortion, major possession of amphetamine, possession of LSD, possession of a gaming machine and possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime. Black Uhlans Gladstone Chapter President Derek Lyons and member Anthony Laing are charged with enter and commit and extortion. The extortion charges were the result of the trio allegedly entered a tattoo parlour where they demanded property.
2007 – July, 2007. Black Uhlans Melbourne chapter Founder John Higgs is connected to the world’s largest ecstasy seizure. 15,193,798 ecstasy pills weighing 4.423 tonnes were found packed into tomato tins by police as part of a major operation by the Australian Federal Police. He is later found guilty of conspiracy to import the 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy into Melbourne and sentenced to 18 years in jail, with a minimum sentence of 14 years.
Black Uhlans MC John Higgs – Some of the thousands of tomato tins
2008 – 18 January, 2008. Black Uhlans associate Scott Hurley is charged with four counts of trafficking, four counts of possessing a drug of dependence and one count each of handling stolen goods, cultivating a drug of dependence and possessing proceeds of crime. He is found to be an employee of the Victoria Police Vehicle Examination Unit in Macleod.
2012 – In 2012 legislation was passed in Australia to ban entry to anyone showing patches, jewellery or any other items representing the following outlaw motorcycle clubs:
2013 – 21 May, 2013. A member of the Black Uhlans attacks a beach Lifeguard on North Burleigh Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland. The Lifeguard, Phil Gregory, suffers a cut above his left eye and other facial injuries. It is alleged that the incident occurred after the Lifeguard asked the bikers girlfriend to not walk her dog through a designated swimming area.
2013 – August, 2013. Black Uhlans member Cameron Templeton takes a man to the Burleigh Heads, Queensland clubhouse, where he demands $10,000 cash and threatens the man, advising “You’ll f***ing pay, you know what clubs are capable of if you don’t pay. You know what happens to narks” and “you know how serious we are and what we can do”. The man pays in two payments of $5,000 and also pays a later demand for a further $10,000. In June 2015 Cameron Templeton is sentenced to one year in jail.
2014 – 10 July, 2014. Police officers from Task Force Maxima perform a raid on a property associated with a member of the Black Uhlans in Southport, Gold Coast, located in Queensland. In the raid police seized a motorcycle, an air compressor and a vehicle trailer, items which were alleged stolen property. The man was charged with theft, wilful damage, possession of explosives and possession of a drug utensil.
2015 – 16 June, 2015. Police Task Force Maxima perform raids on 30 properties, including 10 on the Gold Coast, Queensland and 20 in Mackay, Queensland targeting the trafficking of drugs by the Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club and the Rebels Motorcycle Club. Police seized a quantity of methylamphetamine, MDMA pills, cannabis and synthetic cannabis during the raids. A 56 year old man from the Gold Coast, believed to be a local chapter President of the Black Uhlans is one of those arrested on the charge of trafficking of dangerous drugs. In the Mackay raids a 53 year old man, who had been in the Rebels MC for 20 years, along with 42 year old woman were also charged with the trafficking of dangerous drugs.
2016 – 6 May, 2016. Police raid the Black Uhlans Albury chapter clubhouse as part of a joint operation between Albury Local Area Command, the Gangs Squad’s Strike Force Raptor and assisted by Police Rescue, the Dog Unit and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command. The purpose of this particular operation was to attempt to permanently shut down clubhouse operations. Twenty members of the club were present at the time of the raid and only very small amounts of narcotics including ice and cannabis were found in the search, resulting in field court notices being written for the narcotics along with field notices for liquor offences, as the clubhouse is not a licensed premise. Police seized more than 550 containers of alcohol along with ledgers, associated documents, cash and dozens of items brandishing the “Black Uhlans” name including signage from the front clubhouse gates. Defect notices were also written for vehicles as they were leaving the clubhouse.
In late 2016 the Black Uhlans lodged a development application to council to have the clubhouse deemed a “Function Centre”, with a listed cost of $38,500 to perform the work. This would then allow the club to use the premises for hosting various motorcycle club events. Local police formally objected to the development application, with that statement that “Information available to NSW Police Force suggests that the premises are being used to plan and conduct an organised criminal enterprise.” and “By approving the subject application and permitting the use sought, the council may be assisting in enabling the gang to engage in anti-social behaviour and criminal activity through the Albury local government area.”
Black Uhlans MC clubhouse Albury
2016 – 20 May, 2016. More than 300 people were attending the funeral of Black Uhlans associate James Henzell, who had taken his own life, at the Boyne Tannum Memorial Parklands, located near Gladstone in Queensland. Approximately 30 police officers, made up of officers from Gladstone Police and Taskforce Maxima, set up road blocks where they perform road-side drug testing, including stopping the car in which the widow was riding, other police watch over the funeral service. 6 people are arrested for failed drug tests. No members were charged under the Queensland anti-bikie VLAD (Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment) laws.
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Black Uhlans MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Black Uhlans Motorcycle Club. However the following books do make a mention of the club:
Book – The Brotherhoods: Inside The Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs by Arthur Veno. This book takes a look at all of the outlaw motorcycle clubs in Australia. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
The Brotherhoods Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs Arthur Veno
YouTube clip of burnouts at a Black Uhlans poker run:
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Kinfolk MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Texas, USA in 2016.
There is a motorcycle club who go by the name of “Kinfolk Riding Club” and are based in Paragould, Arkansas. The riding club are in no way related to the one percenter club discussed in this article.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club History
Kinfolk MC were founded in Texas, USA in 2016.
Their website was first registered to an address in Bells, Texas in September 2016. The town of Bells is located approximately 70 miles northeast of Dallas.
One of the Kinfolk key founding members is believed to have been Dan Schild, also known as “Chopper Dan”, a former Bandidos National Chapter officer. It has been stated that Dan Schild started the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club after being looked over for the role of Bandidos National President after former National President Jeff Pike was arrested in early 2016. The Bandidos National President role went to Bill Sartelle, known as “Big Deal”.
Many of the members of Kinfolk are former members of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. There are varying accounts about a mass exodus from the Bandidos, either because they were put out by the club, but also because of infighting that caused members to leave by their own account.
The following statements were published by the Aging Rebel website and are said to have come from the Kinfolk MC National meeting held on 15 October 2016:
“We are not like Bandidos. We are out own club and will not be run like a Dictatorship.”
“We do not discriminate against former police officers.”
“While we prefer American V-Twins the type of motorcycle is not important.”
“If a member has his membership revoked, he will not be placed on no contact. There will be no out in bad standing. Either you are a member or not.”
“Our prospective members will be called rookies, not prospects. Ingrain this in your brain.”
“The order of receiving their patches will be as follows for rookies. Bottom rocker two months. Center patch four months. Top rocker and 1%er diamond after six months.”
“You do not have to fly your patch if you feel you are in an uncomfortable area or it interferes with your job or position.”
“We will be selling a support patch that simply says ‘Kin.’”
“We had a meeting with the Mongols and Sons of Silence. We were well received and received their blessing even though they wanted no more 1% clubs in Colorado. They said that knowing who was involved in the leadership and the way we went about our business that they were impressed.”
The above statements indicate that although the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club wish to be known as a 1%er club, they do not feel as though they should have to run the club following the same set of “rules” that most one percenter clubs before them have followed. Of particular interest is the willingness of a one percenter motorcycle club to take in former law enforcement.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Kinfolk Motorcycle Club patch consists of a man, viewed from the rear, wearing a wide brim hat and long coat, holding a pistol behind his back, looking much like an old west gunslinger.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club also wear the 1%er diamond patch.
Kinfolk MC patch logo
The Kinfolk website contains the motto “Respect is earned, loyalty returned”.
Kinfolk MC respect badge
Another line quoted on their website is “The only thing needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing”.
Kinfolk Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Kinfolk Motorcycle Club have chapters based around Southern USA. They are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Kinfolk MC Colorado
Kinfolk MC Louisiana
Kinfolk MC New Mexico
Kinfolk MC Texas
Famous Kinfolk MC Members
There are no famous members of the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club, at least in a celebrity sense.
Kinfolk MC Crime / In The Media
No crime information about the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club could be found.
Kinfolk MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club.
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Notorious MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Germany in 2013.
There was a group based in Australia from 2007 to 2012 who also used the name Notorious MC (Australia). The club discussed in this article has no connection with the Australian based group.
Notorious Motorcycle Club History
The Notorious Motorcycle Club was founded in Germany by three friends, with the La Mesa chapter being opened in August 2013, along with a Nomads chapter around the same time. The club would then go on to establish further chapters in Germany over the years that followed.
The club expanded outside of the Germany in 2015, opening a Nomads chapter in Canada.
In 2017 the group moved to England, where they formed a Nomads chapter.
They are largely an independent club, with no known strong ties to any major clubs.
Notorious Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Notorious Motorcycle Club is consists of a half skull, half head gangster figure, wearing a traditional mafia-style cap and smoking a cigar. The club’s website states that this design is to symbolize the connection that the club has with “family life from the past, and on the other side loyalty to the death”.
The colors used by the club are black and silver. One of the tag-lines used by the club is the “black and silver nation”.
Notorious MC Germany patch logo
Like most outlaw motorcycle clubs Notorious MC uses the common form of acronym “NFFN”, which stands for “Notorious Forever, Forever Notorious”. Another motto used by the club is “Stay In Line, Or Get Outlined”.
Notorious Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Notorious Motorcycle Club have chapters spread throughout Europe as well as in Canada.
Some of their known locations are as follows:
Notorious MC Canada
Notorious Nomads chapter – 2015
Notorious MC England
Notorious Nomads chapter – 2017
Notorious MC Germany
Notorious Dark Side chapter – 2016
Notorious La Mesa chapter (Mother Chapter) – 2013
Notorious Middlesex chapter – 2014
Notorious Nomads chapter – 2013
Notorious Nomads East chapter – 2015
Notorious Snake City chapter
Notorious Steel Area chapter
Famous Notorious MC Members
There are no famous members of the Notorious Motorcycle Club that we are aware of, at least in a celebrity sense.
Notorious MC Crime / In The Media
2015 – June, 2015. Notorious Canada Nomads member Brandon Berthiaume is charged with first degree murder and attempted murder with a firearm after a 24 year old man is shot in the chest at a house in the Reserve Mines area of Nova Scotia. The victim died from his injuries.
Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia house where the shooting took place
Notorious Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Notorious Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
Notorious Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Notorious MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Notorious Motorcycle Club.
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Outcasters MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Brooklyn, New York City in 1984.
Outcasters Motorcycle Club History
The Outcasters Motorcycle Club was founded in the Sunset Park area of southwest Brooklyn, New York City in 1984. The club was founded by Danny Ortiz, who would go on to become their first President.
Outcasters MC – Founder Danny Ortiz
In the early 1990s Danny Ortiz left the motorcycle club and Angel Nieves became the new President.
In 1998 Angel Nieves passed away and ATL became the new President of the club.
Outcasters Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Outcasters Motorcycle Club consists of a red color devil with a goatee. The red devil is holding a pitchfork and is winking with one eye.
Outcasters MC patch logo
Outcasters Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Outcasters Motorcycle Club have multiple chapters spread throughout the USA. They are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Some of their known chapters are as follows:
Outcasters MC USA
Dynasty chapter
New York
Bronx chapter
Sunset Park chapter, Brooklyn
Nomads chapter
Nubians chapter
Pharaohs chapter
Famous Outcasters MC Members
There are no famous members of the Outcasters Motorcycle Club that we are aware of, at least in a celebrity sense.
Outcasters MC Crime / In The Media
No crime information about the Outcasters Motorcycle Club could be found.
Outcasters Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Outcasters Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
Outcasters Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Outcasters MC Books / Movies / TV
There are no books that we are aware of that are specifically written about the Outcasters Motorcycle Club.
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Soul Brothers MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in East Palo Alto, California in 1967.
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club History
The Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club was officially founded in East Palo Alto, California in 1967. Leading up to the founding a small group of friends had been riding together for approximately the 3 years prior.
Making the club rather unique at the time was the fact that they were a mixed race club from the beginning, with a mix of black and white members. Considering that this was the late 1960’s, this was unusual for an outlaw motorcycle club.
The club’s first official run was on Labor Day of 1967, with a total of 57 members participating.
The Mother Chapter for the club would also shift over time, from the early years in East Palo Alto, to Stockton and then Fresno.
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The patch used by the Soul Brothers consists of two arms crossing. One arm is black, the other white. This is to signify the unity within the club, regardless of race.
Soul Brothers MC patch logo
The colors used by the Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club are black and orange.
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club Chapters
After early years building chapters in California, the Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club now has chapters spread throughout the United States. They are not known to have any chapters based internationally.
Some of the known locations of the Soul Brothers chapters are as follows:
Soul Brothers MC Arizona
Soul Brothers MC Phoenix chapter
Soul Brothers MC California
Soul Brothers MC Fresno chapter
Soul Brothers MC LA chapter
Soul Brothers MC Northern California chapter – Stockton
Soul Brothers MC Florida
Soul Brothers MC Nevada
Soul Brothers MC Las Vegas chapter
Soul Brothers MC Texas
Soul Brothers MC Washington
Soul Brothers MC clubhouse Stockton California
Famous Soul Brothers MC Members
There are no famous members of the Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club that we are aware of, at least in a celebrity sense.
Soul Brothers MC Crime / In The Media
2013 – 6 October, 2013. A party is being held at the Soul Brothers Fresno chapter clubhouse, with hundreds in attendance, when just before 2am shots are fired. The firing moves outside the clubhouse and onto the surrounding streets. 18 year old Dejuan Gladney is killed. A dozen others are injured. It is not believed that Dejuan Gladney was a member of the Soul Brothers club, nor are there any reports that any of the shooters were members of the Soul Brothers.
2014 – January, 2014. Soul Brothers Fresno chapter President Michael Taylor is arrested following police raids. Five assault rifles, three handguns, more than 1000 rounds of ammunition and several high capacity magazines were discovered as part of the law enforcement operation. After being sent to the Fresno County Jail he was soon released due to overcrowding.
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Soul Brothers MC Books / Movies / TV
The Soul Brothers Motorcycle Club are mentioned in the following books:
Soul On Bikers – The East Bay Dragons MC And The Black Biker Set by Tobie Gene Levingston with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window). The One Percenter Encyclopedia is one of the “bibles” for outlaw motorcycle clubs, with brief summaries for over one hundred motorcycle clubs.
Biker Boyz (movie), starring Laurence Fishburne. View on Amazon (link opens in a new tab). The Soul Brothers club make an appearance in this movie where the plot is based around the son of the leader of a legendary group of an outlaw urban biker club who tries to retain his championship title.
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Popeyes MC were a one percenter motorcycle club founded in the 1950s in Canada.
Popeyes Motorcycle Club History
The Popeyes Motorcycle Club were founded in Canada sometime in the 1950s, some sources report 1951.
At their peak they were believed to be the largest club in Montreal and the second largest outlaw motorcycle club in Canada, behind Satan’s Choice MC. They were the largest of the French speaking clubs.
It was during the 1970s that the Popeyes were hired by a prominent crime family in Montreal, the Dubois brothers, who were nine of the ten sons of Napoleon Dubois. The nine were Raymond, Jean-Guy, Normand, Claude, Rene, Rolland, Jean-Paul, Maurice and Adrien. The Dubois brothers had a hold on the drug industry in the area and required the hired muscle to retain their control. One of those that the Dubois brothers would put the Popeyes against was the Devil’s Disciples Motorcycle Club. The club found their way in the drug trade and under the leadership of Yves Buteau transformed into a professional distribution network.
On 5 December, 1977 the Popeyes were patched over by the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, with the first Hells Angels MC Canadian chapter being based in Sorel, Quebec. A total of 35 members are believed to have patched over, the rest being either not interested or not up to the standard that the Hells Angels required.
Popeyes Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
No details or image could be found for the patch used by the Popeyes Motorcyle Club, although most likely it is based on the Popeye the Sailor cartoon. If you have any information or a photo then please contact us.
Popeyes Motorcycle Club Chapters
At their peak the Popeyes Motorcycle Club had several chapter spread throughout Canada. Some of their known chapter locations are as follows:
Popeyes MC Drummondville Chapter
Popeyes MC Gatineau Chapter
Popeyes MC Montreal Chapter
Popeyes MC Quebec City Chapter
Popeyes MC Sherbrooke Chapter
Popeyes MC Sorel Chapter
Popeyes MC Trois Rivieres Chapter
Famous Popeyes MC Members
Yves “le Boss” Buteau – Popeyes President / Hells Angels Canada President
Yves Buteau was born in 1951.
It is believed that Hells Angels President Sonny Barger approached Yves Buteau directly to discuss the patching over of the Popeyes in 1977. After the club were patched over Yves Buteau would become the Hells Angels Canada President.
On 8 September, 1983 Yves Buteau is shot and killed by Gino Goudreau, a 22 year old reported to be a drug dealer and a member of a rival club and had a brother who was a member of the Quebec based Outlaws MC.
A prominent member of the Popeyes who also patched over to the Hells Angels.
After becoming concerned that his fellow club members wanted to kill him, a thought that was possibly also helped along by his participation in taking cocaine, he turned government informant.
It is believed that Yves Trudeau was involved in a total of 43 murders.
Popeyes MC Crime / In The Media
1968-1970 – War breaks out against the Devil’s Disciples MC.
1968 – 1 June, 1968. A fight breaks out between the Popeyes MC and Devil’s Disciples MC. Chains and bats are used in the melee and many are injured, including four who are taken to hospital. It is believed that a total of around 100 people were involved in the fight.
1968 – 17 June, 1968. 8 members of the Devil’s Disciples are riding on Fabre Street in Jacques Cartier when a group of 10 Popeyes MC members block the road. A fight using knives breaks out. Five people are arrested by police. 18 year old Devil’s Disciples member Jean-Yves Picquet later dies from the stab wounds.
1969 – 26 May, 1969. Popeyes MC member Pierre Boucher is stabbed and killed by three members of the Devil’s Disciples, including Andre Bureau. Pierre Boucher had a total of 58 knife wounds as a result of the stabbing.
1970 – 8 July, 1970. Police in Montreal are called after an apparent shootout between the Popeyes Motorcycle Club and another club. 13 members of the Popeyes are questioned by police at their Montreal clubhouse where three shotguns and a machete are located.
Popeyes MC clubhouse Montreal Quebec Canada (at one time the clubhouse)
1976 – 14 August, 1976. A group of Popeyes members, including their President Yves Buteau, are arrested at a hotel in Saint-Andre-Avellion, Quebec, after approximately 50 members were involved in trashing the hotel.
The Popeyes Motorcycle Club are mentioned in the following books:
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window). The One Percenter Encyclopedia is one of the “bibles” for outlaw motorcycle clubs, with brief summaries for over one hundred motorcycle clubs.
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Yves Buteau was the former Hells Angels MC Canadian National President and previously the President of the Popeyes MC, who at one point were the second largest club in Canada.
To view more well known members of the club you can refer to our page of Famous Hells Angels.
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Early Life
Yves Buteau was born in 1951.
Yves Buteau
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Popeyes MC
Around the early 1970s Yves Buteau joined the Popeyes Motorcycle Club. Popeyes MC would grow to be the second largest outlaw motorcycle club in Canada behind the Satan’s Choice MC and the largest French speaking club. The Popeyes were also the largest club in Montreal. In the mid 1970s he was promoted and his status went from just being a member to being the President of the club. It was around this period where he was given the name of “Le Boss”.
Some time around early 1977 the Hells Angels MC President Sonny Barger travelled to Canada to meet with Buteau. The two built up a strong relationship and it was agreed that the Hells Angels would patch over the Popeyes, allowing a selection of the Popeyes members to also patch over. It is believed that Sonny Barger delivered Yves Buteau’s patch personally and on 5 December, 1977 the Popeyes Motorcycle Club were no more, they were now the first Canadian chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Hells Angels MC
As part of the patching over of the Popeyes by the Hells Angels MC it was decided that Yves Buteau would be the club’s Canadian President.
Key to Buteau’s success in Canada was the fact that he was able to build relationships with many other clubs, several of which would later become additional chapters of the Hells Angels. It was these relationships that also allowed his influence in the drug distribution game to grow.
In a few short years he had transformed the Canadian chapters into professional outfit, cleaning up the way that they dressed, the way that they kept their facial hair and reportedly also prohibiting all members to use cocaine, punishable by death.
After his death in 1983 (see “Death” further down in this article) he was replaced as Hells Angels Canadian National President by Michel Langlois, aka “Sky”. The role of Montreal South Chapter President in Sorel went to Rejean Lessard, aka “Zig Zag”.
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Crime
1976 – 14 August, 1976. Yves Buteau is amongst approximately 50 members of the Popeyes who are arrested at a hotel in Saint-Andre-Avellion, Quebec. They group had been trashing the hotel when the police were called.
1979 – 9 May, 1979. According to Yves Trudeau, the former Popeyes MC and Hells Angels MC member who turned government witness, Yves Buteau, along with Yves “Apache” Trudeau and Jean-Pierre Mathieu had been involved in the killing of Outlaws MC member Daniel McLean along with his girlfriend Carmen Piche. It was alleged that they had planted a bomb on the Outlaws MC member’s bike while in Verdun, Quebec. Once the couple were on the bike the bomb was detonated.
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Death
Yves Buteau along with his friend and fellow Hells Angels MC member Rene Lamoureaux are at the Le Petit Bourg bar, located in the suburb of Longueuil. The pair are hosting Guy Gilbert, aka. “Frenchie”, a member of Satan’s Choice MC who has travelled from Ontario. Waiting outside of the bar on his bike was Gino Goudreau, a 22 year old drug dealer with a brother who belonged to Outlaws MC in Quebec, along with his girlfriend. When Buteau, Lamoureaux and Gilbert exited the bar Gino Goudreau left his girlfriend on the bike and approached the men, removing a .38 pistol and emptying the magazine on the three men. Yves Buteau is hit twice in the chest and dies immediately, Guy “Frenchie” Gilbert dies shortly after. Rene Lamoureaux survives the shooting with serious injuries.
Although Gino Goudreau goes into hiding he is located and arrested by police only a few months later where he is charged with two counts of murder in the second degree. In the trial that followed Goudreau claims that Yves Buteau had threatened him on many occasions and on the night of the shooting Yves Buteau also pulled a gun, however Gino Goudreau was able to fire off shots first. The self defence claim is successful and Goudreau is acquitted of the murder.
On 12 September 1983 a funeral was held at a church in the town of Sorel. It is estimated that there were 2000 onlookers and 150 members of the Hells Angels from Canada, the United States, England and elsewhere who rode in procession from Sorel to Drummondville where he was buried, a journey covering a distance of approximately 40 miles. He shares a gravestone with Hells Angels member Adrien Fleury, aka “Pistache”.
Yves Buteau grave
On the day after the funeral a bomb was found on the funeral route. It was suspected that the bomb was intended for mourners.
Yves Buteau Hells Angels – Media
Book – Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada by Stephen Schneider. Covers the rise of the Hells Angels in Canada, covering the patching over of the Popeyes. View this book on Amazon.
Book – Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels by Jerry Langton
While the book focusses on the life of Walter Stadnick, who went on to lead the Hells Angels in Canada during a critical time for the club, the connections with Yves Buteau and the Popeyes Motorcycle Club is also discussed. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
Book – Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets by Jerry Langton.
Discusses the battles for territory in Canada between the Outlaws and Hells Angels, also mentioning the shooting of Yves Buteau. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
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Michel Langlois is a former Canadian National President of the Hells Angels.
Michel Langlois Hells Angels – Early Life
Michel Langlois was born in 1946.
He obtained a pilot’s licence and began flying, he even purchased an aircraft. It was this love of flying that gave him his nickname, he would be known as “Sky”.
Michel “Sky” Langlois
Michel Langlois Hells Angels – Popeyes MC
When Michel Langlois was in his early twenties he joined the Popeyes Motorcycle Club, a club who would become the second largest outlaw motorcycle club in Canada behind the Satan’s Choice Motorcycle Club. The Popeyes were the largest French speaking club and also the largest in Quebec.
Michel Langlois Hells Angels – Hells Angels MC
On 5 December, 1977 the Hells Angels MC patched over the Popeyes MC, making the club the first Canadian chapter for the Hells Angels.
The President of the Canadian Hells Angels MC was Yves Buteau, at least this was the case up until his shooting death on 8 September, 1983. It was at this point that Michel Langlois was selected to take over the role of Hells Angels Canadian National President, however the role of the Hells Angels Montreal chapter President based in the town of Sorel would go to Rejean Lessard, aka “Zig Zag”.
In March, 1997 Michel Langlois left the Hells Angels Montreal chapter along with 7 other members and 2 prospects. Together they formed the Hells Angels South chapter.
Michel Sky Langlois
Michel Langlois Hells Angels – Crime
1985 – 24 March, 1985. 5 members of the Hells Angels are murdered by other members of the club in an event that would come to be known as the Lennoxville Massacre. Word was out that the police had a warrant out for his arrest so he decided to skip the country, fleeing to Morocco for two years. In April of 1988 he returned to the country and handed himself in to police. He was convicted of being an accessory after the fact to murder, as he had assisted with disposing of the bodies of the murdered members. He receives a two year prison sentence.
1998 – 18 January, 1998. Robert Savard, a close confidant of Maurice “Mom” Boucher and friend of the Hells Angels, is arrested in Lacolle, Canada in possession of 178 kilograms of cocaine which had been hidden inside the walls of a trailer he was towing behind his vehicle. On 14 October, 1998 Michel Langlois is charged with importing and conspiring to import cocaine. On 9 July, 1999 he is sentenced after pleading guilty to three different drug cases and receives a 5 year prison sentence along with a fine of $20,000.
2015 – March, 2015. As part of Operation SharQ Michel Langlois, along with dozens of other members, is charged with taking part in a general conspiracy to commit murder. He pleads guilty. As part of Operation SharQc the land on which their original Montreal clubhouse located in the town of Sorel sits was confiscated by the Canadian government. These charges stemmed from the Quebec Biker War which ran from 1994 to 2002. At least 162 deaths were associated with this dark period in Canadian outlaw biker history and it is some of these deaths that can be linked back to the conspiracy charges against Michel Langlois and his counterparts.
Michel Langlois Hells Angels – Media
Book – Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada by Stephen Schneider. Covers the rise of the Hells Angels in Canada, covering the patching over of the Popeyes. View this book on Amazon.
Book – Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels by Jerry Langton
While the book focusses on the life of Walter Stadnick, who went on to lead the Hells Angels in Canada during a critical time for the club, the connections with Michel Langlois and the Popeyes Motorcycle Club is also discussed. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
Book – Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets by Jerry Langton.
Discusses the battles for territory in Canada between the Outlaws and Hells Angels. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
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Yves Trudeau was a former member of the Hells Angels MC based in Canada.
He is widely regarded as being the most prolific hitman in club history, with an admitted 43 murders to his name, which gives him a place on our list of the most famous Hells Angels.
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Early Life / Personal Life
Yves Trudeau was born in 1946 in Canada (note: some sources including the book “Montreal’s Irish Mafia” list his date of birth as 1944, however his 2004 arrest records indicate that he was 58 years old at the time of arrest, ruling out the possibility of a 1944 birth year).
He was not a large man, coming in at 5 foot 6 inches and weighing only 135 pounds.
In the early 1960s, while still a teenager, he held a job at Canadian Industries Limited (CIL) where he learned how to work with explosives. This training would later come in handy as he orchestrated several bombings.
There were two nicknames which he went by over the years, “Apache” and “The Mad Bumper”. The “Bumper” likely referring to his ability to “bump off”, or kill, people. Some other reports state that the nickname was actually “The Mad Bomber”, in relation to his knowledge of bomb making.
Yves Trudeau
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Popeyes MC
Towards the end of the 1960s he joined the Popeyes Motorcycle Club, who were the largest outlaw motorcycle club in Quebec and the overall the second largest outlaw motorcycle club in Canada.
Other prominent members of the club were Yves Buteau and Michel Langlois, both would go on to play senior roles in the Canadian based Hells Angels.
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Hells Angels MC
On 5 December, 1977 the Popeyes were patched over by the Hells Angels MC, making them the first Canadian chapter for the Hells Angels, based in Montreal. As part of the patching over process a number of the Popeyes members came across too, including Yves Trudeau, Yves Buteau and Michel Langlois.
A number of the members of the Montreal based Hells Angels, including Trudeau, left the chapter in September of 1979 and formed the Laval chapter. Laval is located in Southwestern Quebec, north of Montreal. This chapter would go on to become known as the “North” chapter of the Canadian Hells Angels.
Trudeau was allegedly the first of the Canadian Hells Angels members to earn the “Filthy Few” patch, for carrying out murders on behalf of the club.
On 24 March, 1985 he was in a rehab facility, which ended up being very lucky timing as five of the Hells Angels North chapter were killed as the result of Hells Angels in-fighting in the event that would become known as the Lennoxville Massacre. It is possible that if Trudeau were not in rehab he would have also been murdered, as he was meant to be at the meeting. While in the Oka, Quebec rehab facility he is visited by a member of the Montreal chapter and is advised that he has been expelled from the club and is to remove his Hells Angels tattoos immediately. The club take his motorcycle and request that he murder Jean-Marc Deniger and another man. He succeeds in the killing of Deniger and the club return his motorcycle.
Yves Trudeau
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Crime
Trudeau is widely noted as the most prolific murderer in Hells Angels history, with an admitted 43 murders being carried out between September 1973 and July 1985. The tally of 43 murders consisted of 29 with guns, 10 with bombs, 3 by beating and one via strangulation.
The northern part of the Saint Lawrence River would be unofficially known as the “Hells Angels Graveyard”, for the number of bodies which were dumped over the years.
1970 – Trudeau shoots and kills Jean-Marie Viel in Trois-Rivières, a town located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence Rivers in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec. Jean-Marie Viel was alleged to have stolen a motorcycle from the club.
1978 – 17 February, 1978. Trudeau shoots and kills Robert Côté at the corner of Saint-Hubert and Castelneau Streets at the Joey Brewery. This event then kicks off the war between the Hells Angels MC and the Outlaws MC.
1978 – 12 October, 1978. Trudeau tracks down Brian Powers, the former Outlaws MC President and finds him at his house. Apache Trudeau knocks on the door and when Powers answers he is shot nine times in the head with a .45 pistol.
1978 – 8 December, 1978. William Weichold is mistakenly identified as an Outlaws MC member by Yves Trudeau and he is killed.
1979 – 29 March, 1979. Trudeau bombs the car of Roland Dutemple, an Outlaws MC member. Dutemple was identified as being involved the 12 October, 1978 murder of multiple Hells Angels members in Montreal at the Tourbillon Café on Beaubien Street.
1979 – 3 April, 1979. Trudeau kills Robert Labelle at his home in Laval. Robert Labelle was a clothing importer, drug dealer and also a member of the Outlaws MC.
1979 – 9 May, 1979. Trudeau working along with Yves Buteau and Jean-Pierre Mathieu attach a bomb to the motorcycle of Donald McLean, a member of the Outlaws MC, while they are in the town of Verdun. The 30 year old McLean along with his girlfriend Carmen Piche prepare to leave the on the bike when the bomb is detonated, killing both.
1980 – 11 February, 1980. Apache Trudeau beats to death Jeanne Desjardins, the mother of ex-Hells Angels member Andre Desjardins who was attempting to help her son. He then went on to murder Andre Desjardins and his girlfriend, Berthe Desjardins, disposing of the bodies of Andre and his girlfriend in the Saint Lawrence River.
1981 – 14 March, 1981. Yves “Apache” Trudeau places a bomb in the vehicle of Robert Morin, the explosion kills him.
1981 – 9 May, 1981. Trudeau kills Donat Lemieux and his girlfriend, Lucie Vallières, at their home in Rosemont.
1981 – 27 October, 1981. West End gangster Hugh McCurnagan is murdered by Apache Trudeau. The killing is carried out with a bomb planted in the victim’s Mercedes Benz vehicle. The motive is believed to have been retaliation ordered by Peter Frank “Dunie” Ryan, a West End Gang leader who had been defrauded by McCurnagan.
1982 – January, 1982. Trudeau kills Hells Angels North chapter member Charlie Hachez. Allegedly he had a heavy drug habit, was always high and owed $150,000 to West End Gang leader Dunie Ryan, as well as having conspired to kidnap Dunie Ryan’s children.
1983 – 7 May, 1983. Trudeau kills Andre Forget.
1983 – 7 July, 1983. Trudeau kills Ronald Bernard in North Montreal.
1983 – 15 July, 1983. Trudeau kills Michel Desormiers at his home located in the town of Deux-Montagnes. Desormiers was the brother-in-law of mob boss Frank Cotroni.
1983 – 10 October, 1983. Trudeau kills Raymond Filion at his home in Laval.
1984 – 24 November, 1984. Trudeau on 13 November had received an order to kill the murderers of West End Gang leader Dunie Ryan. On 24 November together with Michael Blass he places a time-delayed bomb on a television set which is delivered to apartment 917 at 1645 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West. The explosion kills Dunie Ryan’s murderers, Paul April and Robert Lelièvre, and also kills Louis Charles Paquette and Gilles Paquette, who were also inside the building at the time of the explosion.
1985 – 1 May, 1985. Trudeau kills Jean-Marc Deniger aka “La Grande Maw”, who was a drug dealer acquaintance of the Hells Angels North chapter.
1985 – 7 July, 1985. Trudeau is caught with illegal weapons and sentenced to one year in prison. It is at this point that he becomes a police informant. See the “Police Informant” section below.
2004 – 17 March, 2004. Trudeau is arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor. See “Prison Release & Child Sex Offences” below.
After turning police informant during his one year sentence for illegal weapons charges he becomes a very valuable asset to law enforcement. There is allegedly a $50,000 out on his head by the Hells Angels and he decides to turn informant.
In 1986 he makes a deal to plead guilty to 43 counts of involuntary manslaughter, even though many of the murders that he was involved in were highly planned and carried out by himself. As part of the plea deal he is sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 7 years.
In the deal he names 95 murders, 34 of whom were dead at the time of the statement. His statements lead to 13 members of the Hells Angels being convicted of crimes.
In 1994 Trudeau receives an early release from prison and as part of his parole deal receives a new identify, going by the name of Denis Côté.
Upon release from prison he begins work at a series of odd jobs including working at an elderly care facility and driving a bus for mentally disabled people. In 2000 he finds himself out of work and begins a downwards slide, living off of welfare and unemployment insurance payments.
It is at this point that he once again begins his drug habit and sexually assaults a boy under the age of 14, which sees him convicted in 2004 and sent back to prison for 4 years. It is believed that the sexual assaults had been from September 2000 until February 2004. He pleads guilty to six counts of sexual exploitation, sexual interference, and invitation to sexual touching of a male victim under the age of 14.
In 2006 he is diagnosed with bone-marrow cancer and in 2008 granted an early parole with release to an outside medical facility.
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Death
Yves Apache Trudeau died in 2008, aged 62.
Yves Trudeau Hells Angels – Media
Book – Iced: The Story of Organized Crime in Canada by Stephen Schneider. Covers the rise of the Hells Angels in Canada, covering the patching over of the Popeyes and many of the crimes of Trudeau. View this book on Amazon.
Book – Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels by Jerry Langton
While the book focusses on the life of Walter Stadnick, who went on to lead the Hells Angels in Canada during a critical time for the club, the connections with Yves Trudeau and the Popeyes Motorcycle Club is also discussed. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
Book – Montreal’s Irish Mafia by Darcy O’Connor. The book has a focus on the Mafia families that operated within Montreal, including “King of Coke” Dunie Ryan, who worked closely with Apache Trudeau and is mentioned multiple times throughout the book. Find out more on Amazon (link opens in a new tab).
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Gladiators MC are a one percenter motorcycle club founded in Australia in 1960.
Note that there is also a motorcycle club founded in Columbus, Ohio who use the name “Gladiators Motorcycle Club”. They are a military based club and are in no way related to the club discussed in this article.
Gladiators Motorcycle Club History
The Gladiators Motorcycle Club were founded in Australia in 1960.
The Grafton clubhouse location has been used to host multiple exhibition boxing matches, known as the Jaca Bash.
Gladiators Motorcycle Club Patch / Motto / Colors
The Gladiators MC patch consists of a skull wearing a gold and red gladiator helmet.
One of the mottos used by the Gladiators MC is the acronym G.F.F.G, which stands for Gladiators Forever, Forever Gladiators. This style of acronym is very common amongst one percenter motorcycle clubs.
Gladiators Motorcycle Club Chapters
The Gladiators have multiple chapters throughout New South Wales. At one time or another chapters have existed in the following locations.
Gladiators MC Australia
Gladiators MC Maitland chapter (Horseshoe Bend)
Gladiators MC Grafton chapter
Gladiators MC Gunnedah chapter
Gladiators MC clubhouse Maitland
Gladiators MC clubs have opened over the world. These chapters only share loose connections with eachother.
Gladiators MC Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gladiators MC Canada (St-Jean, South East Montreal, Quebec)
Gladiators MC Germany
Gladiators MC Netherlands
Gladiators MC Norway
Gladiators MC USA
Gladiators Chicago chapter
Famous Gladiators MC Members
Colin “Caesar” Campbell was a member of the Gladiators before becoming a prominent enforcer for Comanchero MC, followed by a move along with his brothers to Bandidos MC, ultimately playing a part in the Father’s Day Massacre. He is now a notable author on the outlaw motorcycle club scene.
Gladiators MC Crime / In The Media
2002 – 20 November, 2002. Police perform a search of a storage unit at Hi-Tech Self Storage in Toormina, a suburb in Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales mid-north coast. Five prohibited firearms, four Chinese assault rifles and a sawn-off rifle are found in the search. The storage unit is connected with Steven Gardiner, the President of the Gladiators MC Grafton chapter. During the trial the defence claimed that the storage unit had been rented in his name however it was done under the instruction of another member who wished to use the unit for the storage of club equipment. In June 2005 Steven Gardiner is sentenced to five years in prison.
2012 – In 2012 legislation was passed in Australia to ban entry to anyone showing patches, jewellery or any other items representing the following outlaw motorcycle clubs:
2012 – 22 July, 2012. Gladiators Maitland chapter President Frank Van Der Kroft attends the Cessnock Hospital, located in the Hunter Valley Region of New South Wales. The man was suffering from four gunshot wounds to the torso. He was in a stable condition. He had been shot while riding his motorcycle along the nearby Wine Country Drive in the suburb of North Rothbury. A burnt-out car was located nearby in the suburb of Keinbah and is believed to also be in some way related to the shooting.
2014 – 4 April, 2014. Over 30 police including those from the special operation group Strike Force Raptor, a group dedicated to the investigation of outlaw motorcycle clubs, perform a raid on the Gladiators MC Gunnedah clubhouse in Bloomfield Street. Five men are searched, consisting of three members of the club along with two volunteers who were operating a barbecue in preparation for other members returning from a club poker run. Police seize all items within the clubhouse, including televisions, beer, club signage, furniture and a pool table. There are no arrests made and no drugs or other illegal items found as part of the raid.
Gladiators Gunnedah chapter President Peter Fuller speaks to the media a week after the raid, highlighting that fact that nothing illegal was found in the raid however the police still chose to seize everything within the clubhouse “even the bins out of the ladies toilets”. Furthermore he notes that in the 10 years since the Gunnedah chapter was formed not a single one of their members has been convicted of a serious crime.
2014 – 28 October, 2014. Police raid the Gladiators clubhouse in Horseshoe Bend, a suburb located in Maitland in New South Wales. The operations was being performed as part of Strike Force Meaney, a group who were set up to investigate the manufacture and supply of amphetamines in the Hunter Valley area. The bar and stage inside the clubhouse were destroyed by police during the raid, along with further damage being noted to the walls, furniture and other items in the clubhouse. No drugs were located as part of the raid on the clubhouse. Police later made that statement that all items in the clubhouse were seized as “it was illegal to have a bar at the clubhouse and use it to serve alcohol, and anything relating to illegal pursuits could be seized.” Raids were also performed by police on multiple other properties with connections to members of the club. Four men are arrested during the raids on various charges including the possession of weapons, receiving stolen property, dealing with the proceeds of crime and commercial drug supply.
2015 – 9 February, 2015. Gladiators Motorcycle Club member Scott Andrews, who was one of those arrested in the 28 October, 2014 raids of the Gladiators Maitland chapter clubhouse, pleads guilty to having prohibited weapons without a permit. The prohibited weapons that he was found with were a single set of handcuffs, a single butterfly knife and a single bullet. He advises that he had found the single bullet nearby on the street. He receives a 12 month good behaviour bond.
Gladiators Motorcycle Club Enemies and Allies
Gladiators Motorcycle Club enemies:
To be confirmed.
Gladiators Motorcycle Club allies:
To be confirmed.
Gladiators MC Books / Movies / TV
The Gladiators Motorcycle Club are mentioned in the following books:
The One Percenter Encyclopedia by Bill Hayes. View this book on Amazon (link opens in a new window). The One Percenter Encyclopedia is one of the “bibles” for outlaw motorcycle clubs, with very brief summaries provided for over one hundred motorcycle clubs.
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