Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

Hells Angels Biker James Day Steals Car, Tries to Sell It to Undercover Cop, Police Say

A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Phoenix stole a car from a guy he believed owed him money, then turned around and tried to sell it to an undercover cop, police say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, James Day, a 47-year-old Hells Angels biker with a lengthy rap sheet ... More >>

Hells Angels Biker Who Beat Charges in 2010 Shootout With Vagos Bikers Arrested After Cutting Off Scottsdale Detective

A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was arrested this weekend after cutting off a Scottsdale police detective who was trailing several Hells Angels during an Arizona Bike Week event.Bruce Schweigert, one of the seven Hells Angels bikers who beat charges from a 2010 shootout with Vagos biker ... More >>

Valley Fever's 12 Most Popular Arizona News Stories of 2012

It seems like every year there's one local story that defines the news more than others. Last year, it was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson (which we got a horrific reminder of with the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary). This year, as far as actual readership g ... More >>

Hells Angels Sue Toys 'R' Us, and It's All About Yo-Yos

The Hells Angels seem like the kind of guys who would be absolutely allergic to anyone wearing a suit -- unless their somewhat infamous lawyer Fritz Clapp wears a suit.Clapp and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club have teamed up for the badass biker move of the week, which involves filing a lawsuit aga ... More >>

Top 5 Contemporary Blues Rock Bands That Don't Totally Suck

Our sister blog, West Coast Sound, has caught a lot of shit lately for their disdain for neo-blues rockers The Black Keys. Just remember we're only critics, and opinions are just opinions. Nicholas Pell even offered up some alternative blues bands for you to dig. The problem is, as commenter AlexNic ... More >>

Richard Maloney of Peoria Sues Woman for Telling Cops He Threatened Her and was Member of Hells Angels

Peoria resident Richard Maloney is upset that a California woman told police he'd threatened her and was in the Hells Angels, so he's suing her for $100,000. Maloney filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday, acting as his own attorney. In it, he states that Lois Kropp of Oceano, California, an ... More >>

Should Foreign Hells Angels Be Allowed in the United States?

See also: Hells Angels Sue Feds Over Ban on Members Entering U.S.The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has filed a lawsuit against several federal agency heads -- including Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- claiming the group's foreign members have been wrongful ... More >>

Hells Angels Sue Janet Napolitano and Hillary Clinton Over Ban on Members Entering U.S.

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has filed a lawsuit against several federal agency heads, claiming the group's foreign members have been wrongfully banned from entering the United States.Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service ... More >>

DEA Agents Pretended to Be Hells Angels to Bust Phoenix Bath Salts Manufacturers

See also: DEA Makes Raids Nationwide for Making Chemicals Similar to Illegal DrugsThe Drug Enforcement Administration's nationwide "synthetic drug takedown" led to the arrest of five Valley men this week. Two of the men were uncovered by DEA sources, two were busted by DEA agents pretending to be me ... More >>

Hells Angels' Charges Dismissed in 2010 Shootout With Vagos Bikers

Charges were dismissed against seven members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were accused of being involved in a 2010 shootout with Vagos, a rival gang.The two clubs shot it off in Chino Valley, north of Prescott, in August 2010, as at least 50 shots were fired, although no one was seriously ... More >>

Four Hells Angels Found Not Guilty of "Rioting" Charges From 2009 DPS Operation

Four members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were found not guilty of charges of "rioting" and assisting in a criminal street gang.The four acquitted, Rudolfo "Rudy" Martinez, Gerald Smith, Dale Hormut, and Stephen Helland, were among seven bikers arrested by an Arizona Department of Public Safe ... More >>

Two Alleged Motorcycle Gangsters Arrested During Arizona Bike Week; Hells Angels Play Nice Despite Warning

Arizona Bike Week is geared more toward the casual motorcyclist, but that doesn't mean the gangsters are absent.A Scottsdale police spokesman tells New Times just two alleged motorcycle gangsters were arrested during this year's Arizona Bike Week, which ran during the last week of March.According to ... More >>

Arizona Legislature Apparently Trying to Criminalize Being Annoying on the Internet

​It has been brought to our attention that there's a bill cruising through the Legislature that, according to some critics, could cause people like myself and this blog's commenters to be thrown in jail for generally being jackasses on the Internet.We understand that there's probably a healthy amo ... More >>

Hells Angel Kevin Augustiniak Gets 23 Years Up the River for 2001 Slaying of Cynthia Garcia

​Kevin J. Augustiniak, one of the Hells Angels charged in the 2001 murder of Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, was sentenced yesterday to 23.5 years in prison.Augustiniak pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in October, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment.Sentencing for second-degree murd ... More >>

Eleven Members of Hells Angels' Rival Motorcycle Gang Vagos Arrested, Six of Them Repeat Customers to DPS Task Force

​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 tas ... More >>

Hells Angels Crony Robert Tutokey Gets Prison Time For Helping Alleged Murderous Biker/Former Stock Broker Flee Country

​A Hells Angels hanger-on who helped alleged murderous biker Paul Eischeid flee the country in 2004 has been sentenced to prison time for supplying Eischeid with a false passport before he skipped town.Eischeid -- a former Charles Schwab stockbroker with a "relatively clean criminal record" -- is ... More >>

Hells Angel Kevin Augustiniak Pleads Guilty to Murder in 2001 Slaying of Cynthia Garcia

www.bighousecrew.net Kevin Augustiniak​Ten years after murdering Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, one of several members of the Hells Angels initially charged in her death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week, nearly eight years after his 2 ... More >>

Mesa Man Helped Murderous Hells Angel Flee Country, Authorities Say

Paul Merle Eischeid​When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn't do it alone, authorities say -- he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Powe ... More >>

Hells Angel Accused of 2001 Murder Arrested in Argentina After Nearly Four Years on U.S. Marshals' Most Wanted List

KPHOPaul Eischeid and his Angel ink.​A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who authorities believe is responsible for "one of the most grisly" murders in recent American criminal history, has been captured in Argentina, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today. Paul Merle Eischeid, one o ... More >>

Hells Angels Hater Mike Yevtuck Wants World to Know He Aint No Racist

Mike Yevtuck: Not a racist.​The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and this newspaper have an (ahem) interesting relationship. Every time we write about the gang (literally every time), the comment section of each blog post erupts with comments from people accusing the group of molesting children, cooki ... More >>

Feb. 1 In Blogs: Spice, Jethro Tull, Canna Cola, and Hells Angels

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Funeral of 9-Year-Old Girl Murdered in Tucson Shooting; Hells Angels to the Rescue?

Christina Green was murdered on Saturday. Despicably, the members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest her funeral.​Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, announced today that they plan to protest the funeral of a 9-year-old girl murdered during Sat ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Spree Wasn't First Arizona Rampage

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is fighting for her life.​The Saturday shooting rampage in Tucson that felled Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others, six of whom died, wasn't the first such mass-killing spree in Arizona.Listed below are other Arizona mass shootin ... More >>

Eight Members of Hells Angels' Rival Motorcycle Gang, Vagos, Arrested in "Operation Sand Castle"

www.agingerbel.com​Eight members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested yesterday in a massive roundup of alleged motorcycle gangsters -- dubbed "Operation Sand Castle" -- believed to be involved in a July brawl at Rio Lomas Beach in Bullhead City.On July 18, police r ... More >>

Hells Angels/Vagos Shootout: Judge Sends Case Back to Grand Jury, Lawyer Blames New Times for "Significant Slant" Against Angels

​The cases against seven men with connections to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club -- stemming from an August shootout with rival biker gang the Vagos -- were sent back to a grand jury on Monday.  And, in an effort to have one of the biker's trial moved to another venue, an attorney f ... More >>

Billet Bar in Scottsdale Closes Down

Benjamin Leatherman​Scottsdale's bar and club scene is as volatile as ever. In the past week alone, we've reported on openings and closings, as well as the transformation of one particularly notorious dancehall. Here's the latest development in Old Town's nightlife landscape: The Billet Bar ... More >>

Hells Angels Started Shootout With Rival Biker Gang; Apparently Angels' Aim Could Use a Little Work

​The game of "he started it" has come to an end, and it turns out that the Hells Angels are the ones who started a gunfight with a rival motorcycle gang last month. The gunfight netted precisely zero deaths, despite more than 50 shots fired.A recently released police report about the ... More >>

Charges Filed Against Five Men in Hells Angels Shootout

​As is always the case, we must issue the following disclaimer before writing anything about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club: The purpose of this article is not to provide a forum for Hells Angels and their enemies to bicker over who is a child molester, who beats women, and who cooks the best me ... More >>

August 26 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Phoenix Poetry Series, Sepultura, Upside-Down Tomatoes, and Hells Angels

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Gunfight Involving the Hells Angels Leads to Arrest of 27 Bikers

​Disclaimer: the intention of this post is not to create a forum for biker gangs and their enemies to bicker about who the bigger pedophile/ meth heads are -- as has almost always been the case whenever we post anything about the Hells Angels.Check it out here...and here...and once again here. ... More >>

Former Hells Angel Accused of Murder Got Boot From Club for Being Government Informant and Drug Use, Group's Former Lawyer Claims

William Gary Potter​The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club sent us and email over the weekend saying that "if [we] have the balls" we should give them a call to discuss -- among other things -- a former member arrested for murder last week. We were feelin' a little ballsy, so we did, and it seems the gr ... More >>

June 19 In Blogs: Neo-Nazis, Nitro, The Maine, Sucker Punch Sally's, Hells Angels

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Wanna Watch Hells Angels Duke it Out in Cyber-Land? Just Mention Them in a News Article

​Are the Hells Angels still scary?Sure, there's the occasional murder or bar fight -- and once in a while you'll find a few slangin' meth to hillbillies -- but it seems the Sonny Barger/ Altamont days of busting up bars and running amok wherever they see fit have come to an end.The new fo ... More >>

Top 10 Rock Documentaries: Anvil, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, Wilco, and More (With Video!)

Anvil​This Friday the summer movie blockbuster season kicks into full swing with the release of Iron Man 2. Yes, there will be plenty of explosions, CGI special effects, sequels and remakes to last eager movie goers for the next few months.But just in case you want to skip the long lines, expensi ... More >>

Hot Links: Hells Angels, Structural Damage, and Luggage Theft

​An Arizona ATF agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels has won a civil complaint against the ATF. The agent, Jay Dobyns, says that his bosses failed to protect him after he received death threats from the notorious motorcycle club. But federal lawyers have filed a counterclaim against Dobyns, alle ... More >>

Seven Hells Angels Busted in Felony Assault Roundup Could Be Charged as Gang Members Thanks to Recent Court Ruling

​Department of Public Safety officers, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, carried out one of the final stages of "Operation Quiet Riot" last night, arresting seven members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for a series of violent assaults in Northern Arizona ... More >>

ATF Agent Jay Dobyns, Infiltrator of Hells Angels, Says Feds "Abandoned" Him in Tucson House Fire Investigation

  Image: www.youtube.comAn undercover agent who infiltrated the Arizona Hells Angels basically called his federal superiors cowards this morning on NPR for not doing more to find out who burned down his Phoenix home last year. Jay Dobyns, a University of Arizona grad who has been promoti ... More >>

June 8 In Blogs: The Aggrolites, Skyy Vodka, DMX, and More

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Up on the Sun:The Aggrolites, Pool Parties, Mixology, First Friday, "Butterscotch Swag" and More Over the Weeke ... More >>

To Hells and Back

Professional tough guy Jay Dobyns lives to sign new book

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Kerrie Droban

Genesis P-Orridge, the post-Rogue interview...

Flight of Fancy

Glossy combat epic offers a sanitized version of World War I

Heaven's Angels

Choppers run for charity

Beer Nuts

Sample specialty brews at Scottsdale Stadium

Atomic Blast

Comic store turns 50

Docu-Mama

Rising documentary filmmaker Barbara Bustillo-Cogswell rides high on the hog

Time Transients

A new millennium in Phoenix, where the motorist in the next lane is your auld acquaintance

Gimme Shelter Again

The Green Room's Altamont 2 takes rock back into the bowels of hell

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