Also arrested in the sweep were Kevin Patrick O'Neill, 41, of Mt. Hours later, a bomb ripped the front of an empty Chicago storefront, a suspected Henchmen clubhouse, at 1734 W. Grand Ave. Hell's Angels biker gets life for local car-bombing death A prospective member of the rival Bandidos Motorcycle Club was convicted of perpetrating the attack, which occurred during the Nordic Biker War (199497). Also taken was a pouch that could conceal a metal object from airport security X-ray screens. The blast was so powerful it damaged more than a half-dozen homes in the vicinity and shook other homes throughout the area. "There has been a continuing feud between the Hells Angels and the Outlaws, which are the two largest motorcycle gangs in the United States," said Special Agent Jerry Springer of the Chicago ATF office. Fans of the show about a criminal biker group in Poulsen had travelled to France but was arrested upon his return to Denmark on 19 November 1996. Just to show all of you how was inside in some of the clubhouses used by a Hells Angels MC! According to the locals, a big black SUV was. Not everybody got a good night sleep these days, since according to the media, some residents of Petersham had a pretty wild night last night, after a huge explosion erupted in front of a Hells Angels clubhouse located in this area. gave up their attempt to put a clubhouse within the Chicago city limits and, Indiana men who were indicted are Raymond Lewis Morgan Jr., 34, of Munster and Randy Mark Yager, 40, of Gary. In 1997, federal prosecutors issued a racketeering indictment against Schneider and 16 fellow Outlaws members, alleging they committed a string of murders, bombings and robberies designed to keep the Hells Angels out of the Midwest. I try to be polite, to a point, he says. from federal agents looking for information on the biker world that he says Later that year, the Henchmen's Rockford clubhouse was bombed. Since then, the Outlaws have maintained a stronghold in Chicago, with a South Side clubhouse at 25th and Rockwell and a North Side clubhouse on Division Street. Four months later, another suspected Henchmen was severely injured when a bomb exploded as he started his truck. The day before the attack, Berg drove the van from Hamar to Drammen along a road where there were no surveillance cameras. But James says smart moves by the Hells Angels plus their expertise on biker life and both wrote books on the subject James New Anti 405 Rules For Street Outlaws No Prep Kings Season 6!? A bill, known as the Rockerloven ("Rocker Act") by the media, was passed on 15 October 1996 to allow the police to evict biker gangs from their clubhouses. their parties. [2] A series of tit-for-tat shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings were carried out in the following months. [8] Reacting to the concern caused by the escalation in motorcycle gang violence, the Danish government introduced harsher anti-crime legislation, which resulted in increased powers for the police and longer prison sentences for many offences. Prosecutors said the only crime that wasn't directly related to the war was the slaying of Morris and Ruth Gauger, an elderly McHenry County couple whose bodies were found in April 1993 on their Richmond farm. After the authorities left, the Outlaws had the building swept for listening devices. Bkkevold's husband, who was a passenger in her vehicle, was among the wounded. By Robert Herguth Apr 8, 2022, 4:00am PDT Outlaws Motorcycle Club 'enforcer' denied compassionate release, 'showed no compassion' in killing McHenry County couple Pocket Reddit Flipboard The missile exploded after penetrating the building's concrete walls, killing two people thirty-nine-year old prospective Hells Angels member Louis Linde Nielsen and Janne Krohn, a twenty-nine-year-old single mother from the local area with no links to the club and wounding nineteen others, including Hells Angels Denmark national president Christian Middelboe. Chicago biker war brewing as Mongol Nation pushes onto Outlaws Fourteen of the 17 suspects named in the indictment were in custody Tuesday. This was equivalent to around five per cent of the actual economic damage to the environment. Jimmy Mack Bar. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times) Four Modesto residents, including the president of the city's Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, are facing federal conspiracy charges after prosecutors say they. In June, LaMont Mathias of Rockford, a suspected Henchmen member, was shot to death inside his motorcycle repair business. Tin Lizzie. A Bandidos member informed police that the likely culprit could be Niels Poulsen, a club prospect with anti-tank training in the military. I try to be polite, to a point, he says. locked in war in Chicago, as the Hells Angels made a foray into the region, They went by nicknames: "Madman," "Manson," "Bad Bill" and "Roadkill," and their arms were tattooed with fire-spitting dragons, swastikas and spider webs. Translate. They know the Since then, the Outlaws have maintained a stronghold in [13] He was convicted of carrying out the attack and was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Eastern High Court on 13 March 1998. members has gone down., Fear of prison has also had an impact on some local club What the Sox showed in the series finale against Tampa Bay will need to continue in order to salvage a season thats already teetering off a cliff. The gang has been in the drug trade since it began 44 years ago and often deals in "designer" drugs. But in a confession to federal authorities released last month, Outlaws gang member James W. Schneider offered a rare inside look into a war that raged in Illinois and Wisconsin--and into the brotherhood he ultimately betrayed. But in the early 1990s, the Hells Angels began a determined effort to establish chapters in Illinois and Wisconsin by converting smaller clubs, such as the Hell's Henchmen in Rockford and Chicago, to their membership, prosecutors said. The funding comes from Ross Stevens, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and Booth doctoral graduate. 1957 Chevy Wagon Found Parked 30 Years And The Owner WILL SELL!!! James describes Polchan as his one-time confidant and [7] Around half of the party's attendees were congregated around a bar at the time of the explosion. The Bandidos had moved their headquarters from Oslo to Drammen the previous year. Christie and James both have appeared on CNN to offer their expertise on biker life and both wrote books on the subject James memoir is expected to be released next year. [5] In expectance of another attack, police officers patrolled the perimeter, and parking near the clubhouse walls was prohibited. The Hells Angels, formed in 1948 in California, gave up their attempt to put a clubhouse within the Chicago city limits and, instead, planted a flag in Harvey, remaining there today. The government's investigation centered on alleged illegal activity stemming from what prosecutors described as an ongoing turf war between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels. Hours later, a bomb ripped the front of an empty Chicago storefront, a suspected Henchmen clubhouse, at 1734 W. Grand Ave. [3] Irene Astrid Bkkevold, a fifty-one-year-old woman from Skjetten who was driving past the scene in her car, was killed in the bombing[5] and a total of twenty-two people were transported to hospital. Chicago-area law enforcement officials periodically have cracked down on both clubs. Jay Dobyns got a firsthand look at the 1-percenter Authorities said they also discovered a small amount of cocaine in one of the vans, but none in the group, which police described as top leaders of the national motorcycle gang, will face drug charges because the owner could not be determined. Gov. After a series of bombings, shootings and stabbings, the rival clubs formed a fragile truce. The Outlaws were organized in Chicago in the 1960s and grew to hundreds of members, mostly in the Midwest and the South. Earned the Beer of the World (Level 12) badge! | Robert Herguth / Sun-Times. The owners appealed that decision but lost again in January 2019. The charges were based on evidence gathered by the Chicago and Milwaukee offices of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Even if things seem more low-key, though, It doesnt As regional vice president, James had domain over all of [6], At approximately 3:05 am on 6 October 1996,[6] a shoulder-fired rocket was fired at the clubhouse from the sloping roof of a building between seventy[5] and 330[7] yards behind the compound. [11], On 20 March 2003, the Borgarting Court of Appeal acquitted all five men of the arson conviction. He says he has continued to receive occasional visits he says. By then, of course, they had found a new place.~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news and educational videos. Todays update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the days biggest stories. Among the killings linked to the Detroit-based gang were those of Morris and Ruth Gauger, an elderly McHenry County couple found stabbed to death in 1993 on their rural Richmond farm. Internet-savvy, with the groups local Facebook page accumulating more than cracked down on both clubs. activity at the same level as in the old days. In the past six months, the gang feud has played out in dramatic fashion. [7], Prime Minister of Norway Thorbjrn Jagland and Justice Minister Gerd-Liv Valla attended the scene of the bombing the following day. The Hells Angels, formed in 1948 in California, gave up their attempt to put a clubhouse within the Chicago city limits and, instead, planted a flag in Harvey, remaining there today. As regional vice president, James had domain over all of them and also was president of the North Siders. They leveled the place to the ground. Im talking about getting there at 7 [on a Friday] and leaving Sunday.. We hear it and use it a lot. Justice Minister Bjrn Westh, along with senior police officials, visited the scene of the attack. | Provided photo. Authorities said Tuesday that they now believe the Gauger slayings were carried out by Randall E. Miller, 36, of Pell Lake, Wis., and James W. Schneider, 32, of Lake Geneva, Wis. Federal prosecutors described both as Outlaws. Explosion destroys motorcycle gang headquarters in Norway, Reports: Biker bomb in Norway was aimed at Hells Angel defector, Rettstabbe kan gi bombedmte ny mulighet, Hells Angels fikk ikke medhold i Hyesterett, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1997_Drammen_bombing&oldid=1149412409, Attacks on buildings and structures in Norway, Attacks on buildings and structures in 1997, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Members of the Screwdrivers Motorcycle Club, on the orders of, This page was last edited on 12 April 2023, at 02:23. "Ultimately, we will know what they knew and when they knew it," Marshall said. Gov. The deed previously was in the name of the Fraternal Order of Wheelmen, a biker group that used the Division Street building as its clubhouse dating to the early 1980s. It was like an He wont say whether potentially costly building-code problems at the clubhouse played into the decision to put it on the market. An attorney for the Outlaws responds only, There [1] The bombing was ordered by Torkjell Alsaker, president of the Hells Angels in Norway, and was carried out by members of the Screwdrivers Motorcycle Club, an affiliated gang who were granted full membership to the Hells Angels as a result of the attack. Soon after, the Ontario government moved to have the Darby Rd. it through., James says that when he was in charge, he created a Lawrence Marshall, a Northwestern University law professor who won Gauger's release, said he is disturbed that McHenry County prosecutors continued to oppose Gauger's release in the face of mounting evidence that his client was innocent. HELLS ANGELS, HAMC, and the Death Heads (winged skull logos) are trademarks owned by Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation, registered and/or applications pending in the United States, Europe, China and many other countries. The attack happened during the final months of the Nordic Biker War, a turf war fought between the Bandidos and Hells Angels for control of criminal rackets in Scandinavia and Finland, in which nine people had been killed prior to the bombing. skull and crossed pistons patch last year amid an internal dispute with other "Big" Pete James. Christie is a former high-ranking Hells Angels leader who left the group in 2011 and was excommunicated.. [6] A second, unfired, grenade was also found on the rooftop. On 4 June 1997, a bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club chapter in Drammen, Norway, killing a passerby and injuring twenty-two others. The couple's son, Gary, had been on Death Row for the slayings until the Illinois Appellate Court overturned his conviction last year. At Drammen District Court on 10 June 2002, John Gerhard Berg was sentenced to ten years in prison for arson and serious damage, while Torkjell Alsaker was acquitted. The indictments also brought the arrest of several high-ranking Outlaws. Hell's Angels motorcycle gang expands territory in Illinois, with racketeering and drug trafficking. Many of those arrested, 19 men and a woman, were from the Hudson Valley area of New York State, a string of small working-class towns between New York City and the state capitol. "This was sort of a status symbol that they did take care of business by planting this bomb and having it go off," Schneider said. charged Melvin Chancey, the former president of the Chicago-area Hells Angels, but its stupid to enlist Neanderthal methods, adding, Theyre not thinking Schneider admitted to participating in the slayings. who says the club welcomes civilians and members of smaller biker clubs to I Borgarting Court of Appeal removed the damages relief in a judgment on 26 October 2004. Listening devices were planted in several clubhouses, including a "bug" on a lamp in the home of Outlaw Kevin "Spike" O'Neill, who orchestrated several murders and at least a half-dozen bombings, prosecutors said. But there have been reports of Outlaws roughing up James describes Polchan as his one-time confidant and says, I love him.. Chicago, with a South Side clubhouse at 25th and Rockwell and a North Side J.B. Pritzker urged the public to check with family and friends to make sure they know about the upcoming renewal due dates, which will be issued monthly now until mid-2024. Outlaws members also were indicted for the deaths of Donald Wagner in Racine, Wis., and Michael Quale in Lancaster, N.Y. ATF agents said the Outlaws investigation began more than four years ago and only culminated recently as gang members began operating as if they were invincible. members of weaker Hispanic biker clubs in the Chicago area since James left. wouldnt be any comment at this time. The Hells Angels didnt respond to Seven men associated with the rival Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were convicted of carrying out the attack. Polchan, who also was accused of fencing stolen jewelry for the mob at his Cicero pawnshop, was sentenced in 2011 to 60 years in federal prison. RELATED STORY: Ex-Outlaws biker boss speaks out, sees trouble with Hells Angels, Nov. 27, 2016. The choice is fight or flight, he says. The war was largely invisible, though it occasionally turned so violent that it burst into headlines across the Midwest. Contrary to the biker rumor mill, James isnt returning The Outlaws logo of a skull and crossed pistons known as Charlie on the wall of the North Side clubhouse before the building was recently sold. I watched the show, he says, laughing. Got Ran Off the Road by The Hells Angels! *Like a Movie* Kentucky Woman Pulls a Gun When Patrick Asked About Her 1970 SS454 LS6 Chevelle! [11], Suspicion fell on the Bandidos immediately after the attack, and police searched the residences of several Bandidos members in Copenhagen. "But we didn't experience any unusual acts of violence over the period," he added. Authorities said the Outlaws have a large clubhouse in Janesville, Wis., and operate in Rockford and Chicago. 23K Followers, 526 Posts - OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM PAGE OF THE HELLS ANGELS CHICAGO MOTORCYCLE CLUB. Outlaws was more than five years ago. for the mob at his Cicero pawnshop, was sentenced in 2011 to 60 years in Since then, the Outlaws have maintained a stronghold in Chicago, with a South Side clubhouse at 25th and Rockwell and a North Side clubhouse on Division Street. They take it to a life-and-death level. [1], As with the shooting of Jan Krogh Jensen north of Mjndalen in July 1996, police suspect that the intended target of the blast was Hells Angel-turned-Bandido Michael Garcia "Lerche" Olsen. with a new design. The resulting backlash from the public and increasing scrutiny on motorcycle gangs from law enforcement were among the factors that led to the end of the war, which officially ceased when the Bandidos and Hells Angels reached a truce in September 1997. Records show city inspectors went to court over code violations at the 97-year-old Division Street building including a porch that was described as defective and having missing parts, a broken, missing or defective window panel and a lack of railings on the roof, posing a fall hazard.That court case is still pending. Gary Pack won the conviction largely based on an alleged confession that Gauger made during 21 hours of police questioning. HELLS ANGELS CHICAGO (@hellsangelschicago) - Instagram Whos going to light the match?. LIVE FASTRIDE FAST! Todays update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the days biggest stories. true believers that the elimination of the enemy was a critical part of the [10] The prosecution, in turn, appealed the acquittal of Alsaker, as well as the other three being acquitted of arson. In March 1996, the Appellate Court overturned Gauger's conviction, saying police never had enough probable cause to arrest him. "Among those arrested were gang presidents, enforcers or terrorists with the gang," Callaghan said of Sunday's incident. James hung up his Outlaws vest black leather with a skull and crossed pistons patch last yearamid an internal dispute with other local leaders and his own ongoing fight with cancer. Mosether accepted the verdict. | Provided photo The video is not related with the story. He says, Ride off the cliff, and guys would ride off a cliff. Ex-Outlaw MC leader speaks out, predicts trouble with Hells Angels Mar 24, 1997. Jason Halvorsen, the Outlaws North Side president. The war. They are scheduled to appear in Circuit Court on Jan. 10. Unlike the Outlaws, Hells Angels members are All four were members of a prospect chapter of the Hells Angels.They fortified the place, covering the exterior fence with blackout sheeting, filling in the first floor windows with concrete blocks, replacing the front entrance with a cement-filled steel door and installing a security systems and cameras. Rockford police said they were aware the high-powered meeting was scheduled for the weekend. It also has several other chapters in northern federal prison. For one, James says local Outlaws are less willing to take orders from the top. the Outlaws long-established turf. Required fields are marked *. 2011 and was excommunicated.. [9], All seven were jointly fined kr13.6 million in damages. WITNESS OFFERS INSIDE LOOK AT BIKER BATTLE - Chicago Tribune 1957 Chevrolet Nomad sitting in a Junkyard?! In that area, the enemy was the Outlaws., The continued animosity between the Hells Angels and Outlaws makes James recent friendship with George Christie an unlikely one. But the nondescript structure described as a sort of Mecca to the biker underworld recently was sold for $90,000, $9,900 less than the asking price, as the Outlaws departed Humboldt Park after more than two decades there, according to records and interviews. They don't use their heads when it comes to violence," said Special Agent Ron Holmes of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Thats the menacing motto of the Outlaws motorcycle club, formed in the Chicago area in 1935, now with chapters and thousands of members around the world. biker clubhouse and its contents seized under the Civil Remedies Act, claiming it is the proceeds of unlawful activity and an instrument of unlawful activity.It was fiercely fought in court. Outlaws makes James recent friendship with George Christie an unlikely one. Hells Angels inquiry nets 12 arrests, condemned Rockford club Whos going to light the match?. Tensions between the Henchmen and a third gang, the Outlaws, have become brutally violent in recent weeks, often putting the lives of innocent people at risk. James says he wont be on the front lines if that happens. No Prep Kings Winner Cody Baker Retires from Street Outlaws NPK!!! James says the main reason he wrote the book was to show The Angels are the nation's largest motorcycle gang and boast several thousand members in 94 chapters around the world. | Provided photo. Outlaw Chronicles: Hells Angels: Stabilizing a Bomb (S1, E4) - YouTube He says the Outlaws in Chicago have a choice to make as their rival grows and encroaches. Reminding a reporter that the Outlaws were formed in the Chicago area in 1935, Halvorsen says, Rest assured, were not going anywhere.. The bar area at the Outlaws old North Side clubhouse. Bombings in Chicago, Rockford Linked to Motorcycle Gang Merger After a chase along the Northwest Tollway, authorities arrested 20 high-level members of the Hell's Angels gang at O'Hare International Airport on Sunday in yet another incident of increasing motorcycle-gang activity in the Chicago area. Poulsen's DNA matched that of the blood residue found on a balaclava that was discovered in a basement stairwell near the crime scene, and it was also proved that a scar under Poulsen's eye was sustained while firing the weapon. "It was a milestone type of meeting. biker clubs so-called for representing the 1 percent of bikers supposedly For Gary Gauger, 45, the arrests hold the promise of regaining what he has sought since his release last year from Stateville Correctional Center: his credibility. to the fray, he told the Sun-Times. ", "If they can maintain this kind of control," Holmes said, "they can become one of the most formidable organizations as far as crime goes. 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