Tag Archive | "Pagans"
Suing The Bastards
A federal lawsuit in New Jersey, titled James Coles et al. v. Nicholas Carlini et al., is starting to get interesting. Coles is a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club. His fellow complainants are Pagans MC patch holder Louis C. DeGailler and Joseph Ballinger. Ballinger is a member of the Tribe Motorcycle Club. Carlini is [...]
Continue reading...Wrapping Up The Pagans Pleas
Monday, March 26, 2012
The remaining two defendants in the Pagans racketeering case titled U.S. v. Barbeito et al. took plea deals last week in Charleston, West Virginia. The men were Richard Timothy “Lucky” Weaver and Elmer Luke “Tramp” Moore. Weaver pled guilty to one count of “conspiracy” charged in a superseding indictment in this case filed in February [...]
Continue reading...Pagans Take Plea Deals
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The trial of the two remaining defendants in the Pagans case in Charleston, West Virginia ended suddenly today when the men agreed to plea and sentencing agreements offered by the government. The pleas were offered and accepted during a long break after a juror was dismissed. The plea negotiations began around noon and took about [...]
Continue reading...The Pagans Trial
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The ATF may finally be about to lose a biker case. The two year, five month long morality play that is still called United States of America v. Barbeito et al. has finally gone to trial. The Barbeito case originally had 56 defendants. The case would have had 57 defendants but a SWAT team killed [...]
Continue reading...Pagans Informants Still Singing
Friday, January 6, 2012
The foul stink of the Pagans racketeering case, US v. Barbeito et al., lingers in West Virginia. The case began in October 2009. The principal accusation against the defendants was that the Pagans Motorcycle Club held a lottery. Charges against many of the 55 defendants were dismissed. The lead defendant, former club President David Keith [...]
Continue reading...The Dialogical Saloon Is Open
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
News, in case you haven’t noticed, is undergoing a radical redefinition these days. For more than 30 years the dominant television news format was called “Eyewitness News.” An actor would “stand up” in front of a camera near some recent event and try to give you the impression that he was an eyewitness to that [...]
Continue reading...A Criminal Enterprise
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Operation Black Rain, the three year long, $150 million investigation of the Mongols and other motorcycle clubs, was a crime wave punctuated by at least three deaths, at least two six-figure “drug deals,” countless smaller drug deals, numerous assaults, hate crimes, multiple firearms violations, payoffs, perjury, embezzlement, obstruction of justice, theft and even wildlife poaching. [...]
Continue reading...Gorilla Sentenced
Monday, September 5, 2011
Steven “Gorilla” Mondevergine, a South Philly guy, a former Philadelphia cop and probably the best known member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club was sentenced to three to ten years in prison by Common Pleas Judge Earl W. Trent on August 8. Mondevergine pled guilty to aggravated assault and firearms offenses as part of a negotiated [...]
Continue reading...RICO’s Greatest Hits
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The great war of the legal briefs is still unfolding in the Pagans case in Charleston, West Virginia. It is boring so we will try to be brief. But it is important anyway because it is case about whether motorcycle clubs are inherently rackets or fundamentally something else. In particular, it is a case about [...]
Continue reading...Pagans Case Withering
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The federal case against the Pagans Motorcycle Club in Charleston, West Virginia continues to dry up and blow away. The earliest any trial will begin now is June 4th. This Titanic fiasco may not get far. Last week, 13 of the remaining defendants pled guilty to a misdemeanor, state gambling offense and paid a five [...]
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Monday, April 16, 2012
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