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The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is designated an outlaw motorcycle gang by the Department of Justice. [1] Based primarily in the Southwest , the Pacific Northwest , the Great Lakes region , the Mid-Atlantic and New England , [ 2 ] there are an estimated 92 Hells Angels chapters in 27 U.S. states, with a membership of over 800. [ 3 ]
A supporter pin of the New York City Hells Angels charter with the paraphrases "81" and "Big Red Machine".. Numerous police and international intelligence agencies classify the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) as a motorcycle gang and contend that members carry out widespread violent crimes, including drug dealing, trafficking in stolen goods, gunrunning, extortion, and prostitution rings.
The first Hells Angels chapter in France was founded on 18 April 1981 when the Hells de Crimée ("Hells of Crimea") gang in Paris was granted a charter by the Dutch Hells Angels. [ 54 ] [ 100 ] It was not until 1987, however, that the French Hells Angels were incorporated as a société à responsabilité limitée . [ 100 ]
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.
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 ...
All five were named in Easley’s indictment, accused in the murder of “J.P.” for the sake of Hell’s Angels membership. If convicted, they could face a mandatory life sentence.
The incident prompted an investigation into the Hells Angels and other motorcycle gangs by the Attorney General of California. The Lynch Report, compiled over a six-month period and released on March 15, 1965, detailed various alleged crimes committed by the club, such as assault, robbery, forgery, car theft and trafficking in narcotics. [38]
He had received $6,900 to dismiss murder charges against Richard Amato and Harry Chakirelis in the 1975 Sidgley home bombing, which killed three people. On April 12, 1984, Wells, while wearing a wire, paid the judge an additional $5,000 in marked bills to determine an upcoming murder case against Hells Angels member Frank Fencl. [88]