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Detroit Drama
The big biker drama in Detroit, United States versus Nagi et al., the Highwaymen Trial, just concluded its fifth day and so far the most interesting revelation has been the news that Billy Wadd (pictured above and bragging in the video below) is a rat. The case began with a sealed indictment in September 2006. [...]
Continue reading...More Mongols Sentenced
Monday, March 1, 2010
Judge Otis D Wright sentenced six more defendants in the Mongols case, United States versus Cavazos et al., last week. All the defendants pled guilty to Count One of the indictment which initiated the case. Count One accused the defendants of: “being persons employed by and associated with the Mongols criminal enterprise, which enterprise engaged [...]
Continue reading...Government Says Mongols Racket Proven
Friday, January 15, 2010
The official government spokesman for the prosecution in the Mongols case said earlier today that the government has proved that the Mongols Motorcycle Club is a criminal organization. The spokesman also said the government still intends to confiscate the club’s patch. So far, 61 of 79 defendants indicted on October 9, 2008 have pled guilty [...]
Continue reading...Munz Pleads To Count One
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
One of the most senior and respectfully regarded members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club signed a plea deal yesterday. Bill Michael Munz pled guilty to Count One of the Indictment in United States v. Ruben Cavazos, et al. Count One alleges that: “Beginning on a date unknown, and continuing to on or about October 9, [...]
Continue reading...Mongols Case Scorecard
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Here is a summary of the three principal federal cases involving members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club as of today. The three cases are United States versus Cavazos and others in Los Angeles; US versus Maestas and others in Denver; and US versus Christopher Ablett in Oakland. Cavazos Count One Seventy-nine members and associates of [...]
Continue reading...Mongols Bill Of Attainder
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Two more plea deals in the Mongols case were published yesterday (Friday) afternoon. These deals tend to appear on Friday afternoons when the fewest people are looking for them. Like forty-one previous defendants in this case, Paul Cordova and Luis Padilla pled guilty to Count One of the Mongols indictment, which is the count that [...]
Continue reading...Updating The Mongols Pleas
Friday, August 21, 2009
The longer the Mongols case lasts, the smaller it grows. Ten months ago militarized police in six states served 160 search warrants and 110 arrest warrants and the United States Attorney in Los Angeles indicted 79 members, associates and former members of the Mongols Motorcycle club for racketeering. This is what has happened to the [...]
Continue reading...Another Mongols Plea
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Former Chino Chapter President Roger “Stamper” Martinez became the eleventh member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club to enter an unsealed guilty plea last Friday. So far, 27 of 78 defendants, about 35 percent, have made plea deals with the Federal prosecutors. None of the defendants who have entered unsealed pleas are cooperating with the prosecution [...]
Continue reading...Ricardo Gutierrez — A Correction
Monday, June 29, 2009
We do not like running corrections but when we are wrong we have no choice. And, we were wrong again. So we have to apologize again. Earlier this month this page said that “Ricardo Gutierrez, who previously opposed sealing plea deals, has now publically stated that, ‘as part of his role as a member of [...]
Continue reading...Two More Pleas In Mongols Case
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Two more former members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club have agreed to Plea and Sentencing Agreements with the Department of Justice. The men are Shawn “Monster” Buss and Ramon “Speedy” Contreras. Buss Buss, a former Mongols chapter President has pled guilty to one count of racketeering. Buss has stated to the court that he “carried [...]
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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