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In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the "H.A.", "Red & White", and "81". [ 10 ] With a membership of over 6,000, and 592 charters in 66 countries, the HAMC is the largest "outlaw" motorcycle club in the world.
Although always a predominantly male organization, the Hells Angels had female members until 1964 when Barger imposed a rule making the club male only. [25] He justified the male-only rule on the grounds that female Hells Angels were less able to defend themselves against rival bikers seeking to steal their patches. [25]
In 1997, the Dirty Dozen "patched over" to join the Hells Angels. [2] Amongst the members of the Mesa chapter of the Hells Angels were Michael Kramer, Paul Merle Eischeid and Kevin Augustiniak. [3] Kramer was an alcoholic and a methamphetamine addict who served prison sentences for assault and robbery. [4]
An entire chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club has been arrested on various violent charges including kidnapping, first-degree robbery and assault with a firearm, California authorities ...
A gang of 16 Hell’s Angels and Red Devils bikers operating out of Fayetteville faced a sprawling federal indictment Wednesday on charges of murder, racketeering and assault — crimes committed ...
Nelson, 46; and Ott, 70, were members of the Sonoma County chapter of the Hells Angels, while Wendt, 45, was president of the Fresno chapter, federal prosecutors said in a statement.
The Hells Angels' Akron chapter was formed in February 1979 by James Patrick Caronite, president of the club's territories in the Eastern U.S. [41] In December 1979, two Outlaws members armed with a silencer-equipped .22 caliber pistol and a sawed-off shotgun were arrested in a car by police near the Hells Angels' Akron clubhouse.
In the June 6 assault in Ocean Beach, three men, ages 19, 20 and 21, were chased by members of the Hells Angels gang. Two were severely beaten. 17 Hells Angels members and associates indicted in ...