Contact the Webmaster to submit comments. He served 13 years in various prisons, according to news reports. The leader of the Las Vegas chapter of the Hells Angels and two other bikers are facing charges, including attempted murder, in the Memorial Day weekend shooting on U.S. 95 that shut down the major freeway. Ralph Sonny Barger was a founding member of the Oakland, California, chapter of the Hells Angels in 1957 and was present at its most infamous moment the 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway during which bikers hired as security staff fatally stabbed a concertgoer who pulled a gun on one of their members. Become a member to support the independent voice of Phoenix Chapter leader Richard Rizzo Devries, 66, and gang prospects, Stephen Alo, 46, and Russell Smith, 26, were originally held on $380,000 bail each. He served as the main character in Hunter Thompsons 1966 expose Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.. Will Californias gun laws survive the Supreme Court? Henderson Police said the men are members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club. Join the New Times community and help support LAS VEGAS (KLAS) Video obtained Wednesday shows a shootout between two rival biker gangs on a Henderson, Nevada highway in May that left six people shot. Copyright 2022 KVVU. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 4:09PM. Police said the shooting was between the Hells Angels and rival gang, Vagos. What you need to know about Bidens COVID diagnosis, Amazon to buy primary health care provider for $4B. Bargers former attorney, Fritz Clapp, told The Associated Press that Barger had liver cancer and died Wednesday night at home in Livermore, California. The state asked for $1 million bail for each defendant. Barger helped unify the clubs. A woman can be heard exclaiming this is not good after realizing that the group contains bikers from both the Hells Angels and Vagos. independent local journalism in Phoenix. He was 83. When will we see uptick in tropical activity? Sonny Barger Productions operates a website and sells clothing. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP. Copyright 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. He started the Hells Angels with friends and soon learned there were other Hells Angels clubs in California. San Jose father of threes suspected killers arrested, Campus evacuated in San Jose due to bomb threat, 4 juveniles arrested for grab and run at Dicks. Trials for all three men are scheduled for September. Eleven members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested today by an Arizona Department of Public Safety gang task force in connection with several violent crimes around Bullhead City.Six of the 11 arrested during "Operation Catch 22" are repeat customers to the DPS task force, as they were arrested during "Operation Sand Castle" in December, 2010, under very similar circumstances.According to a DPS spokesperson, the arrests are the result of an eight-month investigation into a "resurgence of violent crimes" related to Vagos, including some violent incidents involving patrons of local bars.The most recent involved some alleged Vagos gangsters beating up a guy inside Lazy Harry's Lounge, dragging him out of the bar, and beating him up some more.Along with another part of the investigation involving the Lake Havasu chapter of the Vagos, the 11 arrested racked up assorted charges including assaults, witness intimidation, drug sales, motorcycle theft, and possessing stolen property. 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Dennis Ozawa at 702-267-4763, HPD at 702-267-4911, 3-1-1, or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit Crime Stoppers website. Hes smart and hes crafty and he has a kind of wild animal cunning. The video, obtained by Nexstars KLAS, is shot from inside a vehicle trailing the large pack of bikers. But Barger, the unofficial spokesman for the Hells Angels, downplayed their outlaw reputation. [it was] a shooting on a highway I take every day, and a neighborhood where I live.. All your text messages and data are safely stored and managed by professionals. Were a little drop in the bucket. Other videos include members of the Hells Angels at a Henderson Harley-Davidson dealership minutes after the shooting. Thereafter, he breathed through a plastic valve in his neck, and covered the vent to speak. So the concern is that theres retaliatory shootings going back and forth between the two jurisdictions and between the two clubs, Chief Deputy District Attorney Danielle Pieper Chio said. But in 1988, a jury found Barger guilty of conspiracy to violate federal firearms and explosives laws in plots to kill members of a rival gang. The club member charged in the incident was acquitted. Family grieves man killed at Livermore bowling alley, Rep. 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Felony Charges On the Table For AZ Patriots Leader Jennifer Harrison, Glendale Man Who Stabbed Family Charged With Two Counts of First-Degree Murder. Hells Angels suspects appear in court after highway shooting; Henderson Police seek more info, Suspicious death in Tucson Estates determined to be hit-and-run, Man found shot near Grant, Oracle in Tucson, Hundreds without power, US 191 closed after damaging storm in Cochise County, Police release photos of car possibly involved in hit and run, Doctors discuss health concerns as more southern Arizona students return to classroom. The bikers were part of a Memorial Day weekend ride through Arizona and southern Nevada. Barger capitalized on his notoriety. Ive asked that this note be posted immediately after my passing, a posting said. He was clearly the most competent person around, Thompson wrote. 3 bikers charged with attempted murder, 6 shot. 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Their bail was lowered to $75,000 bond earlier this month. Eternity in Deep Space Awaits Scottsdale Astronaut, Arizonans Most Guilty of Panic Buying During Pandemic. Prosecutors alleged the shooting may have been in retaliation for a previous murder in California involving the two groups. They say were organized crime, but if you took every Hells Angel on the face of the Earth and got rid of them you wouldnt drop the crime rate in the world one-tenth of one percent, he said in a 2000 interview for Heads magazine. I am fearful something is going to happen. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. And Ive had the privilege to be part of an amazing club., The post said that I passed peacefully after a brief battle with cancer.. LAS VEGAS, Nev. 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Richard Devries, Stephen Alo and Russell Smith are accused in a shooting, targeted at the biker club Vagos, that injured seven people after a Memorial Day event in Henderson. Barger underwent a laryngectomy in the early 1980s for throat cancer, which he attributed to a long, three-pack-a-day cigarette habit. Ive lived a long and good life filled with adventure. A judge set the suspects bail at $380,000 each and agreed with prosecutors that the men are a danger to the public. Theres more cops committing crimes than Hells Angels.. The stabbing was captured by a camera crew filming the documentary Gimme Shelter.. All materials contained on this site are protected by United States copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior written permission of Nevada News Group. Sonny Barger, the leather-clad fixture of 1960s counterculture and figurehead of the Hells Angels motorcycle club who was at the notorious Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway, has died. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Evidence presented to a grand jury includes videos of the riders crossing the Hoover Dam. He was sentenced to a six-year term at the Phoenix Federal Correctional Institution and was released in 1992. All three men are out of jail awaiting trial. Live your life the Sonny Barger way? and help keep the future of New Times, Use of this website constitutes acceptance of our. He claimed that one of his most satisfying experiences was his acquittal in 1980 on a count of racketeering, and the declaration of a mistrial on a charge of conspiracy to violate the racketeering law. 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He wrote three books about his life and philosophy, including a best-selling autobiography, Hells Angel. A chapter title in one of his books was Nothing states your position more clearly than a punch in the face. He also wrote two novels. Bargers death was announced on hisFacebookpage late Wednesday. Henderson Police are now asking for the publics help to get more information on the shooting. In court, prosecutors claimed the shooting on 95 in Henderson was just about a month after a Vagos killed a Hells Angel in San Bernardino, CA. Trademark and Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. local news and culture, Matthew Hendley Phoenix's independent source of I dont recommend it, he wrote in the opening lines to his 2005 book Freedom: Credos from the Road.. Apply Initiatives and Projects filter, Apply Office and Personnel Updates filter, the guns to associates and members of the Hell's, time a member and Vice President of the Rochester Hells, with Craig King, aka Oakie, 56, who was a member of the, to court documents, Shafer was the vice president of the, to court documents, Shafer was the Vice President of the, elsewhere, and concluded a successful prosecution of the, Breer, an Escondido resident and member of the Hells, week later Aquino and Ortiz shot at an associate of the, guilty to federal charges in connection with the murder of, for the September 23, 2011 murder of a member of the rival, their membership in the Sonoma County charter of the, FRESNO, Calif. Three members of the Modesto, beating at the clubhouse for the Vallejo chapter of the, to a federal charge in connection with the murder of, prosecution of the Washington Nomads chapter of the, a brutal beating at the Vallejo chapter clubhouse of the, an Indictment charging six members and associates of the, major drug trafficking organizations, including the, by Judge Siragusa from being a member of the Hells, four individuals, including the president of the Modesto, and keep rival motorcycle gangs, including the Hells, bones. Defense attorneys called the bail proposal unreasonable. Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content. He was kicked out with an honorable discharge after the forgery was discovered. The Hells Angels were typically depicted by the media as the dark fringe of the 1960s counterculture, embracing freedom, drugs and rock music, but also crime and violence. Richard Devries, 66, makes his initial court appearances in Henderson Justice Court on June 2, 2022. I cant predict the future, but I can control it, Judge David Gibson Sr. said. That includes 66-year-old Devries who police said is the Las Vegas Hells Angels chapter president. His attorney said hes a veteran and has lived in the area for 19 years. Bargers own arrest record included charges ranging from drunken driving to attempted murder. The defense said the three men have no criminal history. Ryan Welsch, 26 of Lake Havasu; Shawn Bailey, 36, of Bullhead City; and Gabriel Nader, 25, of Bullhead City, were each charged with aggravated assault and participating in a criminal street gang.Bernard Prano, 55, of Lake Havasu; Peter Velliodis, 39, of Laughlin, Nevada; Paul Villegas, 41, of Lake Havasu; Robert Mann, 46, of Bullhead City; Robert Kellar, 36, of Bullhead City; and Daniel McDonald, 53, of Fort Mohave, were each hit with charges of transportation theft, possessing a vehicle with a defaced vehicle identification number, and participating in a criminal street gang.Kenneth Gallego, 35, of Fort Mohave is charged with attempted intimidation of a witness, and Dale Smith, 52, of Mohave Valley, got hit with a charge of mishandling explosives.The Vagos members arrested for the second time in a DPS operation were Smith, Bailey, Nader, Kellar, Prano, and McDonald.All of the alleged gangsters earned trips to the Mohave County Jail.Vagos, for those keeping score, were involved in a shootout with the Hells Angels in which more than 50 shots were fired, but the death scoreboard showed zero.