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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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ― A federal judge has delayed sentencing for an Ohio man in a sweeping federal case targeting the Pagan's Motorcycle Club.

U.S. District Thomas Johnston said Thursday he has serious reservations about the factual basis for 51-year-old Steven "Creature" Stover's guilty plea.

Johnston says he has to scrutinize every plea entered so far in the case.

Stover had pleaded guilty in November to a conspiracy charge.

The Proctorville, Ohio, resident is one of 55 Pagan's members and associates charged in the case.

Separately, Wiliam D. Copen of Charleston pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge.

The remaining defendants, including former national president David "Bart" Barbeito of Myersville, Md., are awaiting trial in May.

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GLASSBORO Thanks to the help of a local motorcycle club and renewed community interest, the borough's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 679 is back in business Ð booking rentals and completing necessary renovations.

"Once we got into the public eye, we started getting some rentals and personal donations sent to the post," said VFW Quartermaster Charles Gallagher. "We host a lot of events at the post for no charge for groups like the rotary, South Jersey Vietnam Veterans and the Roughnecks, and the Roughnecks Ð a little motorcycle club made up of state and local employees Ð decided they wanted to help. They put together a successful fundraiser and between that, the rentals and help from the public, we're certainly in the black again."

The Roughnecks' fundraiser, called the Frostyballs Poker Run, was scheduled as a motorcycle ride around the county on Feb. 27 to raise money for the hall, with riders picking up a playing card at five different locations to make up a poker hand. Because of the snow and poor road conditions, the event was moved indoors and still managed to raise $5,000.

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ― A U.S. Postal Service supervisor accused in a sweeping federal indictment targeting the Pagan's Motorcycle Club has pleaded guilty.

William Daniel Copen admitted to a single cocaine distribution charge Thursday in federal court in Charleston. In exchange, prosecutors waived five other charges including conspiracy and weapons violations.

Copen faces up to 20 years in prison at his sentencing in June.

Prosecutors say the 49-year-old Charleston resident also has agreed to cooperate. The government has recruited numerous witnesses from the 55 Pagan's members and associates charged in the case.

The remaining defendants, including former national president David "Bart" Barbeito of Myersville, Md., are awaiting trial in May.
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Danish Minister of Justice Lars Barfoed is not going to look into whether the Danish Constitution can be used to ban the operations of motorcycle clubs such as Hells Angels in Denmark.

However, his Icelandic counterpart, Ragna Árnadóttir (pictured), is keen on using the Icelandic Constitution to prevent the club from launching operations in Iceland, visir.is reports.

Árnadóttir said she is surprised that Danish authorities believe that a dubious organization must already be rooted in a society and have begun criminal activity before actions can be taken. “It is very interesting that the Danish believe they cannot be banned before harm is done,” the minister said.

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'Who am I? Ma Barker?' mother of suspect says after getting door kicked in

The grandmother was woken by a crashing stampede of police through her apartment door and the long barrel of a gun aimed right at her head.

“Get down on the floor,” screamed the ETF officer. “Get down on the f---ing floor.”

Lillian MacDonald had no idea what was going on. The 63-year-old diabetic with asthma and a heart condition insisted she had done nothing wrong. But an assault rifle was in her face, the police were yelling, and suddenly her chest was seizing and she was gasping for air.

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A Yuma man arrested over the weekend for allegedly running a motorcycle chop shop has been charged with four felonies.

Robert Alan Hagan, who owns One Percent Choppers, has been charged with owning or operating a chop shop, buying or selling vehicles for a chop shop and two counts of theft of transportation.

One Percent Choppers is located at 2786 E. Highway 95.

According to Bart Graves, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the business was raided Saturday by DPS' GIITEM (Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission) task force, Yuma police, the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.


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The former president of the Bay City chapter of The Outlaws motorcycle gxxx is headed to federal prison.

Leroy Frasier, who also is former president of the club’s Black Region of Michigan and Indiana, must surrender at noon April 19 to serve 10 months behind bars plus one year of supervised release.

He also must surrender his firearms, including a .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver, court records show.

Frasier pleaded guilty to violent crimes in aid of racketeering - conspiracy to assault with a dangerous weapon. The charge is a three-year felony that includes up to $250,000 in fines.

In exchange, prosecutors dismissed two counts of assault and single counts of aggravated or felonious assault and unlawful transport of firearms, records show.

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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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