On Bond in Fourth District Court

Mark “Ivan” Lester and Kenneth “Kenny” Foster were released late Monday night, January 11, 2010, represented by Attorney A. Philip Lomonaco and Attorney Mike Ritter. The bond was made by A1 Bonding Company, Sandy Clark. They were brought to the court house Monday morning to a courtroom filled with friends, family, business owners, and military in support of the two men. Judge Patricia Long lowered the bond from 3 million each, which was placed by Judge Swan on December 31, 2009, New Year’s Eve.

The charges in this case are brought with anger and retaliation against the Defendants and this emotion was obviously evidenced in the high bonds. Judge Swan is a divorce court Judge. There are 8 local criminal Judges who sit on the bench and a Judicial Commissioner is on duty 24/7 to sign warrants. Sheriff J.J. “Jimmy” Jones, knowing that not one of the 8 local criminal Judges or Judicial Commissioners would sign these grossly, unreasonable bonds, as well as, the arrest and search warrants; then back doored the system and went to Judge Swan to invoke the warrants with the 3 million dollar bonds. The General Sessions Court Judges are familiar with the criminal court process and know that bonds are set to ensure the defendants appearance in court and are NOT to punish citizens accused of crimes and deliberately damage the Defendants job status and family.

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The state attorney general is pushing again to make public the disciplinary hearings of seven New Jersey state troopers accused in the alleged 2007 gang-rape of a Rider University student, saying there was "at least the appearance" they exploited the woman.

In a strongly worded motion filed late Monday, Attorney General Paula T. Dow asked an appellate judge to reconsider a decision last month in which an appeals panel said the forthcoming state police hearings for the men - whose names have never been disclosed - should be closed.

The panel said it sought to protect the troopers' privacy because their accuser had been "roundly discredited" and the allegations would embarrass the men.

Dow questioned whether the woman, who had been drinking and was outnumbered by troopers she did not know well, was in a situation where she was able to refuse sex or even to form consent.

"These circumstances raise the genuine likelihood, or at least the appearance, that the troopers exploited a young woman who was in a vulnerable position," the brief said. "The primary responsibility of a state trooper is to protect members of the public, particularly those who may be vulnerable to exploitation."

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DELAND -- A woman accused of participating in the beating death and robbery of a Tennessee man flirted with the victim before he was attacked, a key witness for the prosecution testified Tuesday.

In the first day of the first-degree murder trial of Juanita Liebman, William McMinn testified that Liebman "hugged up on" James Earl Mason before she, McMinn and another man began beating him on Oct. 22, 2007.

"She was huggin' up on (Mason)," McMinn said of Liebman. "She was touching his leg."

McMinn, 26, left Bristol, Tenn., with his close friend Jason Bowman, 33, intent on seeing the ocean in Florida. They picked up Liebman on the way.

Short on cash, the three pawned items and then got a room at a beachside motel in Daytona Beach.

Mason, 36, of Tennessee, who was "slow" and got a monthly disability check, was staying at the same motel with his mother during Biketoberfest.

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The Thunder in the Hills Biker Church will hold its eighth annual Christian biker rally April 3-4. The rally will be at the church on Texas 16, South of Kerrville. The annual Easter rally has been an institution since the church — where many of the members sport tattoos and leather jackets — was formed in 2003.

“It might not be the typical perception of a church-goer, but the message of Christ knows no bounds,” said Pastor Matt Fox.

Fox, who works as a mechanic and auto parts store clerk by day, has been the pastor of the church since it formed as an off-shoot of Calvary Temple Church. A life-long biker, Fox said he’s been riding since before he became a Christian.

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Claims by a Nelson gang that the Hells Angels will bring drugs to town have been rubbished.

The Southern Skinheads are threatening to attack gang members when they arrive in the city for a charity bike ride this weekend, over fears they will bring the drug P with them.

Jason, a supporter of Hells Angels, says P has been outlawed in the gang, and most members have good jobs and are well-respected in the community.

He says the gang needs to front up and talk to Hells Angels about their issue.

The Southern Skinheads president says his gang will burn down any pub they drink at or motel they stay at, and may even go as far as shooting them off their bikes.

He says his gang's drug-free and wants to keep Nelson city that way too.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/gang-warfare-erupt-in-nelson-3403317

SEATTLE - A former Peachland, B.C. resident who robbed a Tacoma bank with an AK-47 so he could set up a gang to rival the Hell’s Angels has been handed another 20 years in jail.

Luke Elliott Sommer, 23, formerly a resident of Peachland and a holder of joint Canadian-U.S. citizenship, was already serving 24 years in prison for masterminding a Bank of America robbery in 2008 using a total of five men, machine guns and hand grenades. His team got away with $50,000 during the heist but a passerby noted down the licence plate of the getaway vehicle and he was caught.

Sommer told associates he was going to use the money from the bank robbery to set up a B.C. gang to rival the Hell’s Angels, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Seattle.

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The Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says he does not intend to use the proposed stop and search laws for random searches of ordinary members of the public.

Giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, the Commissioner said rather than searching random members of the public, police would be given a directive to search people matching a certain profile.

Under the legislation, police will have the power to search people in a designated area without their consent and without reasonable suspicsion.

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RCMP Cpl. Benjamin 'Monty' Robinson is charged with obstruction of justice in the collision that killed 21-year-old motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson in 2008. An angry group of bikers has vowed to stage rallies on all of Robinson's court dates. The Mountie also played a role in the incident that resulted in the fatal Tasering of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at YVR in 2007.

Then RCMP officer Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson finally appears in Surrey provincial court, it won't just be lawyers and a judge on hand.

A group of angry, leather-clad motorcyclists will be in the gallery, to vent over his alleged involvement in the death of one of their own.

Orion Hutchinson, a 21-year-old motorcyclist, was killed on Oct. 25, 2008, when Robinson's Jeep crashed into Hutchinson's motorcycle at a Tsawwassen intersection.


Robins on, off duty at the time, identified himself to witnesses and then left the scene with his two children. Robinson later told a B.C. Supreme Court that he knocked back two shots of vodka at home before returning to the intersection, where he failed a breathalyzer test.


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Weston & Somerset Mercury



HUNDREDS of Weston bikers are preparing to embark upon a ride to Wiltshire in tribute to the armed forces.

The group of 260 motorcyclists will be travelling to Wootton Bassett on Sunday to honour the servicemen fighting in Afghanistan.

The leather-clad army admirers have had T-shirts and flags made up to show their support for the charity Afghan Heroes.

They are part of a group of 14,000 people who are heading to the Wiltshire town and will leave the Clevedon junction of the M5 at 8.45am.

NEW BEDFORD — A reputed Sidewinders motorcycle gang member has been convicted of pulling a knife on a man and threatening to kill him outside a city bar last year, reports the Standard- Times.

Edward D. Wilson, 53, is scheduled to be sentenced April 2 in New Bedford Superior Court. He was convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon Thursday following a two-day trial.

Assistant District Attorney Steven Gagne prosecuted the case.

In April, New Bedford police arrested Wilson — whose reported nickname is "Mongo" — after he pulled a knife on a man outside Kirby’s Bar on Kempton Street. The man tried to confront Wilson after Wilson had backed into the man’s parked car.

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