Johnny Montani is accused of shooting dead former Club Dero turned Coffin Cheater, Kevin Woodhouse, outside an aquatic centre in Bayswater

Johnny Montani is accused of shooting dead former Club Dero turned Coffin Cheater, Kevin Woodhouse, outside an aquatic centre in Bayswater in May 2004.The jury in the trial of a man accused of wilfully murdering a former bikie gang member in Perth has resumed its deliberations.The jury retired to consider its verdict yesterday afternoon.The trial was set down for five weeks, but ran for six and heard from more than 50 witnesses.During the trial, the Supreme Court heard the men were friends for 20 years, but had a falling out a couple of weeks before the killing.Prosecutors allege Mr Woodhouse uttered the name of his killer as he lay dying.Mr Montani denies any involvement in the murder, and his lawyer, Phillip Urquhart, says the victim was a marked man after earlier switching bikie gangs.

Hells Angels have complete control in the whole Niagara region. Anyone who steps in there, they'll kill him pointblank

Hells Angels member-turned-informant has warned that anyone who dares to sell cocaine in the Niagara Region faces certain death from the biker gang, a Superior Court judge said yesterday. Stephen Gault, former secretary of the Angels' Oshawa chapter, made the comment while testifying at the drug trial of Gerald "Skinny" Ward, Justice John McMahon said in reading his judgment convicting Ward of having proceeds of crime, trafficking in cocaine and benefitting a criminal organization.
Ward, 60, the executive and founding member of the Angels' Niagara chapter, will be sentenced Feb. 27. "They (Angels) have complete control in the whole Niagara region. Anyone who steps in there, they'll kill him pointblank," McMahon quoted from the testimony of Gault, who was paid more than $400,000 as a police agent. "You don't play with their game ... all their lives are built upon drug dealing," Gault said in his testimony while explaining the workings of the biker gang. Gault testified that people join the Angels for "the power of the patch" -- which provides them protection -- but must pay the club 10% of their criminal proceeds and monthly dues for a legal defence fund for those facing prosecution. Members must vow not to cheat anyone on drug deals, court heard. The judge ruled yesterday Ward was directing the sale of cocaine to Gault for the bikers. Gault made 27 drug buys from various gang members, including four that involved Ward from May 2005 and Sept. 28, 2006.

Rebels and the Bandidos is being linked to as many as 13 shootings on Sydney streets

Rebels and the Bandidos is being linked to as many as 13 shootings on Sydney streets in just over two weeks.A new elite police unit, originally set up to investigate the night-time shooting of a gang member in Seven Hills last month, is widening its net to examine the outbreak of violence among the outlaw gangs.Codenamed Highcro and made up of gangs squad officers, the strikeforce will examine the series of shootings in western Sydney.On November 28, a 25-year-old was shot several times in the head and chest while a passenger in a car driving on the Prospect Highway. The car was hit by about 19 bullets fired from at least two high-powered rifles. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.The Highcro detectives are using that incident as a springboard to look at 12 other shootings they believe may be linked to the warring bikie gangs, who have a history of enmity that often boils over into street warfare.A prominent Bandido was murdered in Melbourne in October and rumours of a planned "hit" marred the Friday extradition hearing in New Zealand of a Rebel member accused of a vicious bashing in Queensland last year.Only four days after the Seven Hills shooting, a Gypsy Joker was shot and knocked from his bike as he rode on the Great Western Highway before midnight.In the early hours of the same day, December 2, a tattoo parlour in Belmore and a Bass Hill house were fired at. No one was injured in either shooting. Since then there have been nine shootings across Sydney's west.The NSW violence comes on the back of a flare-up between the two gangs in Victoria. On October 22, a Bandidos enforcer, 51-year-old Ross Brand, was shot dead outside the gang's Geelong clubhouse.Two brothers, both members of the Rebels, have been charged with his murder.The continuing gang violence has also led to high security during an extradition hearing for New Zealander and Rebel member Peter Douglas Rauhina, 37.The first Sydney arrests in relation to the feud occurred on Wednesday night, when police pulled over four men in a Holden Commodore for a routine check and discovered two semi-automatic rifles, one loaded.Half an hour before the road stop, a house in Sadlier, believed to be linked to the Rebels, had been shot at. The four men, aged 21 to 46, are understood to be Bandidos associates.

Mongol Motorcycle Gang discovery of a trove of weapons, ammunition, explosives and drugs

Search of a north Visalia residence today led to discovery of a trove of weapons, ammunition, explosives and drugs, Visalia police said.Police added they also found indictation of the Mongol Motorcycle Gang at the residence, in the 1700 block of North Tipton Street. Visalia Police Sgt. Steve Phillips said the Mongol Motorcycle Gang was a once-dominant biker gang in Tulare County that now has few adherents.
In addition, police said, they stopped and later arrested a Visalia man as he drove away from the home. He was identified as Edward Aguirre, 46. Police said they found a zip gun and methamphetamine. He was held on drug and weapons charges.Inside the house, police said they found 30 firearms, 2,000 rounds of ammunition and other unspecified weapons and explosives, plus methamphetamine, marijuana and $746 in cash.

California Hells Angels Chad Wilson, 33, is charged with being a nonimmigrant alien in possession of a firearm

Chad Wilson, 33, is charged with being a nonimmigrant alien in possession of a firearm, according to the indictment.It accuses him of being admitted into the United States under a nonimmigrant visa and unlawfully having several guns.
U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley wouldn’t comment further.“This remains an ongoing investigation and therefore I’m not providing further information at this time,” he said.Wilson, from San Diego, could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison if convicted.After deliberating over three days, jurors on Nov. 18 found Wilson and fellow Hells Angels biker John Midmore, 35, of Valparaiso, Ind., not guilty of trying to murder five people affiliated with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club during the Sturgis motorcycle rally.Midmore has dual citizenship in Canada and Australia but is a resident alien. He was released on bail that evening.Bond was also posted for Wilson, but he remains in the county jail in Sioux Falls. Attorneys earlier said he faced deportation to Canada upon his release.At the trial, Wilson testified that he fired several rounds with a .40-caliber handgun in self-defense after nine Outlaws members confronted him and Midmore at Legion Lake Resort, near a campground where the Outlaws were staying.Prosecutors argued the two Hells Angels attempted to kill the Outlaws, injuring three of the rival bikers and two women with them.Jurors cleared the men of five counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of commission of a felony while armed.
Wilson is a member of a California Hells Angels chapter and Midmore is a prospect of a British Columbia group.According to the indictment, Wilson illegally possessed two .40 caliber pistols, a Heckler & Koch 9 mm caliber pistol, an FEG 7.62 x 39 caliber rifle and a Calico 9 mm caliber rifle.Wilson testified at his trial that the guns were in his F-350 Ford pickup.In another court document filed Wednesday, prosecutors asked that Wilson be transferred to Rapid City for an appearance on the indictment.Wilson and Midmore have a separate civil lawsuit pending there against 19 federal agencies and officials, claiming they’re withholding information showing Outlaws were targeting Hells Angels.Tracy Kelley, Custer County state’s attorney, said she also plans to try Wilson and Midmore on a more serious charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, which carries a punishment of life in prison if convicted.The Outlaws injured were Thomas Haas, Allen Matthews and Danny Neace. They and two women with them, Claudia Wables and Susan Evans-Martin, testified at the trial.

Gypsy Jokers bikie gang member shot at a number of times from a dark-coloured sedan just before midnight

The man and his pillion passenger were riding a Harley Davidson east along the Great Western Highway in Mays Hill when they were shot at a number of times from a dark-coloured sedan just before midnight, a police spokesman said.The man was hit a number of times, causing him and his passenger to fall from the bike.They were taken to Westmead Hospital but their injuries were not considered life threatening, police said.The Harley Davidson had a sticker that said "Respect your local Gypsy Joker", News Ltd said.But police could not confirm whether the rider was a member of the Gypsy Jokers bikie gang.The incident follows a spate of shootings in Sydney in 24 hours.Two shots were fired into a house in Bass Hill, in Sydney's south-west, in the early hours of Tuesday.A short time later, 10 shots were fired into a tattoo parlour in Belmore.At 1.30pm yesterday, a man aged about 30 was shot in the arm in St Clair. A man was later charged with reckless wounding.

Robert J. Shannon, of Maple Ridge, B.C.,British Columbia man pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in Seattle to drug charges

Robert J. Shannon, of Maple Ridge, B.C.,British Columbia man pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in Seattle to drug and money-laundering charges for his role in selling drugs on behalf of the Hells Angels motorcycle club. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison up to life in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.According to the indictment originally filed in the case, Shannon was in charge of distributing the narcotics on behalf of the Hells Angels and others. Drugs were hidden inside hollowed-out logs on trucks, within the false walls of cargo containers and vehicles, within loads of commercial lumber and beauty bark, inside large PVC pipes, and within the interior of a propane tanker. Some loads were carried on foot across the international border between the U.S. and Canada.Last month, co-defendant Devron D. Quast, 38, of Abbotsford, B.C., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.