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Sons of Silence biker club enforcer confronts off-duty cop and ends up in prison
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2021-08-25T09:40:54.000Z
2021-08-25T09:40:54.000Z
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<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9471253056?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>By David Amoruso for <a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank">Gangsters Inc.</a></p>
<p>Outlaw bikers take their role seriously. Their patches are sacred. So when they see other motorcycle riders wearing a patch they feel he shouldn’t, they confront him. They usually get away with it. But this time the guy they confronted was an off-duty police officer. Bad mistake.</p>
<p>On April 5, 2020, several members of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club and another affiliated group confronted a motorcyclist, who was an off-duty police officer, claiming the officer needed permission from the Sons of Silence to wear one of the patches on the back of the motorcyclist’s jacket. </p>
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<li><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leaders-and-members-of-pagan-s-motorcycle-club-hit-with-drug-gun" target="_blank"><strong>Pagans bikers charged with beating of Hells Angel</strong></a></li>
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<p>Among the intimidating bunch was 38-year-old Justin Carlson (photo above), the enforcer for the Northern Iowa Chapter of the Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="{{#staticFileLink}}9471265459,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="292" alt="9471265459?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>Of course, the “gang in blue” isn’t easily intimidated. Why should they be? After the confrontation, police searched Carlson’s home in Sheffield, Iowa, and recovered Carlson’s Sons of Silence motorcycle vest, which had a brass knuckles in the pocket, numerous items of Sons of Silence paraphernalia, and two firearms.</p>
<p>As a convicted felon, Carlson isn’t allowed to own a firearm, let alone two. He pleaded guilty on March 19, 2021 guilty plea to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Last week, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison.</p>
<p>Carlson was released on the bond previously set and is to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons on a date yet to be set.</p>
<p>Mess around with the wrong person and you learn the hard way.</p>
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Pagans Motorcycle Club president “Conan” pleads guilty to gun charge – Pagans MC feeling the heat
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2021-07-30T09:22:33.000Z
2021-07-30T09:22:33.000Z
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<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9330903861?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>By David Amoruso for <a href="http://www.gangstersinc.org" target="_blank">Gangsters Inc.</a></p>
<p>The Pagans Motorcycle Club is feeling the heat as several of its members face serious charges, leading some to admit guilt. This week the club’s national leader pleaded guilty to a gun charge.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, Keith “Conan” Richter (photo above), the 62-year-old president of the <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bikers-amp-outlaw-motorcycle" target="_blank">Pagans Motorcycle Club</a>, pleaded guilty by videoconference to one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The charge stems from a party the Pagans held in February of this year in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law enforcement pulled the vehicle over in Mercer County, New Jersey. They recovered a loaded Ruger P345 .45 caliber handgun from a front-seat compartment in the vehicle. As a result, they obtained a warrant for Richter’s arrest, which was executed on February 26, 2021.</p>
<p>It wasn’t the first time Richter got in trouble. He was previously convicted of much more serious offenses, including conspiracy to commit murder and aggravated assault in aid of racketeering, for which he served 16 years behind bars. He now faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. He is scheduled to be sentenced on December 3, 2021.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Large-scale drug trafficking with the Pagans</strong></span></p>
<p>Last week, on July 23, 44-year-old Jason Evans pleaded guilty to drug and gun charges. He was identified as a member of a large-scale drug trafficking operation, responsible for trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin, in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The investigation was the result of the efforts of the Greater Pittsburgh Safe Streets Task Force, led by the FBI, to “identify the criminal activity, including drug and firearms trafficking, of individuals who are members and/or associates of a violent, outlaw motorcycle gang known as the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club”.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leaders-and-members-of-pagan-s-motorcycle-club-hit-with-drug-gun" target="_blank"><strong>Pagans Motorcycle Club bikers charged with beating up Hells Angel</strong></a></li>
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<p>The investigation began in January of 2020, and beginning in August of 2020 and continuing through November 2020, the FBI conducted a federal Title III investigation, which resulted in the interception of thousands of wire and electronic communications over a total of ten telephones, including Evans’ co-defendants Bill Rana and Eric Armes, both members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club.</p>
<p>Evans, although not a member of the Pagans, was a close associate of Rana’s, who was a “fully patched” member of the Pagans and Sergeant of Arms for the Pittsburgh Chapter. Rana is charged in both counts of the conspiracy and his telephone was intercepted for approximately 90 days. Investigators also obtained search warrants for Rana’s Facebook account, which provided law enforcement with many inculpatory communications, conducted controlled purchase of controlled substances, as well as conducted physical and electronic surveillance of among others, Evans.</p>
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<li><strong>READ: <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bandidos-president-biggie-sentenced-to-14-years-in-prison-on-drug" target="_blank">Bandidos president “Biggie” sentenced to 14 years in prison</a> on drug and attempted murder charges</strong></li>
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<p>During a raid and search of Evans’ residence on December 8, 2020, law enforcement seized approximately 10 ounces of cocaine as well as two firearms, ammunition, magazines, and over $10,000 dollars in cash. Because Evans, a convicted felon, is prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition, he also pled guilty to another charge related to the firearms. His sentencing is scheduled for December 2, 2021.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Biker war</strong></span></p>
<p>The Pagans Motorcycle Club is involved in a war with rival club the Hells angels, which resulted in several violent and deadly clashes. A Pagans president was <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/pagans-biker-president-shot-dead-in-professional-gangland-hit-in" target="_blank">shot to death</a> in broad daylight in the Bronx in May of 2020. Several Hells Angels have been <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/outlaw-vendetta-hells-angels-charged-in-broad-daylight-execution" target="_blank">charged</a> in that killing.</p>
<p>At the beginning of this month, several Pagans leaders and members were <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leaders-and-members-of-pagan-s-motorcycle-club-hit-with-drug-gun" target="_blank">charged</a> with racketeering and the 2018 assault of an associate of the Hells Angels at a gas station in Newark. The beating was <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/leaders-and-members-of-pagan-s-motorcycle-club-hit-with-drug-gun" target="_blank">caught on camera</a>.</p>
<p>Underworld factions always fight for dominance, but that dominance isn’t worth much when everyone is locked up in prison.</p>
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<li><strong>Check out the <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bikers-amp-outlaw-motorcycle" target="_blank">Bikers section</a> on Gangsters Inc.</strong></li>
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