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BOSTON (AP) — A Boston police officer is accused of pointing his personal laser-sighted handgun at two people in his neighborhood while off-duty and drunk.

Thirty-year-old Sandro Fonseca pleaded not guilty Thursday to assault with a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm while intoxicated. A judge set his bail at $5,000 and ordered him to surrender his firearms and stay away from the alleged victims of the Wednesday night incident. He will be evaluated for drug and alcohol dependency, and is on paid leave from his job.

Prosecutors said Fonseca pointed the gun first at a man on the street, then at a woman that man summoned on a cellphone.

Fonseca's attorney Kenneth Anderson said his client is a Marine Corps veteran of Iraq who saved his Boston police patrol partner's life in gunfire with a drug suspect last summer.

http://www.timesunion.com/news/crime/article/Boston-officer-charged-with-pointing-gun-at-pair-5058360.php

Prosecutors have filed theft charges against a veteran senior parole board officer for allegedly using PBA union funds to pay for his own legal bills.

According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, PBA Local #326 delegate Juan Villalobos used union money to pay for his personal legal expenses. A senior parole officer for 19 years, Villalobos, 41, allegedly tried to cover his tracks between 2008 and 2010 as to where the funds were.

Molinelli did not reveal the amount taken, stating only that it was "under $10,000." He also did not disclose what the purported personal legal matter was.

Villalobos, of Ridgefield Park, was charged with theft by deception. He was released from jail after processing and faces arraignment on Thursday.

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/12/bergen_parole_officer_charged_with_stealing_pba_funds.html

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Marion County corrections officer has been charged with misdemeanor battery after authorities say he slammed a suspect's head into a concrete wall.

Jail records show Charlie Broaderick was arrested on Tuesday. He was released on $2,000 and is now on unpaid suspension. Jail records don't list an attorney.

A surveillance video released by the sheriff's office shows Broaderick slamming the suspect's head into the wall. The suspect was handcuffed with his back to the wall.

The arrest affidavit says James Duckworth was intoxicated when he made a spitting noise. Broaderick pulls Duckworth by his shirt, grabs his throat and then slams his head into the wall. Broaderick told him: "You don't spit at officers." The affidavit says Duckworth appears to be unconscious and there was blood on the wall.

http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/state/corrections-officer-charged-with-slamming-head/article_470d9c92-e4d6-570a-aff8-5ff7e33b6696.html

FORT MILL, S.C. — No suspects have been identified nor any arrests made in the shooting deaths of two Columbia men during a motorcycle club party late Saturday night at the Fort Mill National Guard Armory, authorities say.

Still, police said on Monday morning that they believe there is no "imminent" threat to the public.

Fort Mill police officers were called to the armory on Munn Road around 11:30 p.m. Saturday to investigate a fight, according to a police report.

Steve Anthony Vandross, 47, and Reginald Strother, 24, were both taken to Carolinas Medical Center, where they died, York County Coroner Sabrina Gast said Monday morning. Both men lived in Columbia.

Police found the two men had been shot, the report states. One was lying in the front yard of the armory, while the other was found on the floor of a restroom inside.

The armory had been rented by a motorcycle club not based in Fort Mill, Zachary said. Several hundred people were in attendance, he said, and "were apparently from a number of states in the region."

"A large number of people left the scene prior to officers' arriving," Zachary said.

By Monday morning, police had not identified any suspects but don't believe there is an "imminent danger to the public," he said.

Zachary said he did not want to speculate on a possible motive for the shooting, and would not say if police have pieced together what led to shots being fired.

"Until investigators confirm some facts, (police) don't want to speculate," he said.

He would not say whether weapons were found on the scene.

The party was part of a weekend of activities hosted by the Triple R motorcycle club to celebrate its third-year anniversary, according to the group's Facebook page. Festivities started last Friday with a bowling night at Strikers Family Sportscenter in Rock Hill. Saturday afternoon, they hosted a cookout in which guests were asked to bring nonperishable food items to donate to Hope in Lancaster, Inc., a nonprofit that provides residents in financial duress with short-term assistance with their rent, mortgage, electricity and other essentials.

"No one wants to go out nowhere and experience no trouble," said Chiyoka Clyburn, who bar tended at the party Saturday night. "That's not what it was like. The atmosphere wasn't even like that."

Clyburn said she heard that "something was going on," but said she didn't see anything. She said she was away from any conflict.

"I'm just assuming maybe the wrong people happened to come there," she said, adding that she's bar tended at a party at the armory last year and it was "awesome."

A biker herself, Clyburn said "everybody was welcome" to the party.

"As far as any organization or any group...with people gathered together, they should show more love or support for one another, not against each other," she said.

Command staff with the National Guard referred comments to a media spokeswoman who could not yet be reached Monday morning.

http://www.thestate.com/2013/12/16/3162382/2-shot-to-death-at-fort-mill-biker.html#storylink=cpy

RICHMOND says it is unlikely to punish forward Jake King despite the forward defying club orders to end his association with former Bandidos biker club sergeant-at-arms Toby Mitchell.

The possibility of a fine or suspension for King was raised when News Corp on Monday ran a photo of the pair at the weekend sitting in adjacent rows watching lingerie-clad women play American football at AAMI Park.

The article claimed it was at least the second time King, 29, had been seen with Mitchell since the club's warning some months ago.

Richmond CEO Brendon Gale said the club was disappointed with King's actions and would speak to him further on Monday.

Gale said King's explanation was that he had attended AAMI Park with a large group of friends and had simply "bumped into" Mitchell, who has been a family friend of King's for "many, many years".

"We've had a few chats with Jake about it," Gale told SEN on Monday morning.

"We're particularly mindful with the circumstances this year with the (Australian) Crime Commission report (into links between sporting figures and criminals) and we certainly brought it to Jake's attention and others at the club, like all players at all clubs, (that) they should be mindful of those associations.

"In light of that, we're disappointed to see that in the paper today.

"We've brought it to Jake's attention that he should think long and hard about those sorts of friendships and connections and associations, particularly in light of the events of this year, which is a year in our industry without precedent.

"We don't offer directions and hard-and-fast rules to our players about who they should and shouldn't (associate with); we provide advice (and) guidance, but we expect them to make their own decisions.

"We would expect Jake to make better decisions. He understands that as a Richmond footballer he's a public figure and there's a heightened state of alert, and unfortunately these things have implications."

Asked whether King would be fine or suspended, Gale said: "I don't think so. Certainly we'll have another discussion. These are instructive opportunities to remind all players of the risk involved. We'll have a chat today, there's no doubt about that."

Following the Tigers' round 20 win over the Brisbane Lions at the MCG, Mitchell had been invited into the Richmond rooms by King, prompting the club to tell the player his association with the former biker enforcer was unacceptable.

Richmond went on to warn its entire playing list not to associate with criminals in any way.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-12-16/king-hit

A SUPREME Court Judge has labelled new jail measures for bikies "extremely harsh" and slashed time behind bars for three men to compensate.

Justice Peter Applegarth handed three reduced sentences to accused bikies because he feared jail could be too rough for them under the Newman Government's crackdown.

Justice Applegarth said new jail measures for bikies - including solitary confinement, pink jumpsuits and no TVs - should be taken into account in deciding how long the criminals should spend behind bars.

In three separate contempt judgments, he ruled the men would normally be jailed for five to six months - but gave them four to six weeks instead.

Even the bikies' own lawyers initially did not dispute prosecution submissions that sentences of five to six months in jail were appropriate for the three men.

However Justice Applegarth ordered the parties to return with new submissions which took into account the Government's bikie policies.

"The harms of solitary confinement are evidenced in a large body of literature, including research dating back to the nineteenth century,'' Justice Applegarth found.

Justice Applegarth's judgment revealed the three men were called to give evidence last month at highly secretive Crime and Misconduct Commission hearings into the criminal activity of bikie gangs.

Each refused to even take the oath and were charged with contempt, which would usually be expected to lead to a sentence of about six months in jail.

However in the latest judicial clash with the Government, Justice Applegarth sentenced two men to 28 days and a third man to 42 days in jail because of the conditions they will face.

The Government has created a bikies-only "super jail'' at Woodford prison where the inmates are allowed only two hours of sunlight a day and spend the rest of the time in solitary.

Bikies must also wear pink jumpsuits and have no TVs in their cells and no access to gym facilities or ovals.

"It is appropriate to take into account the fact that any period of imprisonment that I impose is likely to be served in solitary confinement and in the other circumstances dictated by the policy,'' Justice Applegarth said in all three judgments.

"A requirement to serve a substantial part of the sentence in solitary confinement and in those conditions would be extremely harsh.''

The judgments were delivered behind closed doors last Thursday and since been published online.

The decisions have since been published online.

Defence lawyers initially agreed with the prosecution that sentences of five to six months in jail were appropriate for the three men.

Justice Applegarth ordered the parties to return with new submissions which took into account the government's bikie policies.

"The belief was that left alone with their conscience and the Bible, convicts would see the error of their ways and reform,'' Justice Applegarth said. "However, it transpired that many prisoners became mentally ill and there was little evidence that solitary confinement succeeded in reducing offending.''

The judgments note that the United Nations called for the abolition of solitary in 1990 and international conventions prohibited the cruel or inhuman treatment of prisoners.

Research linked solitary to the development of psychotic illnesses and it was recognised as ``an extreme prison practice which should only be used as a last resort and then only for a short period of time.''

``Any substantial period of solitary confinement carries a high risk of causing serious psychological damage to the respondent which will endure after his release. Such enduring consequences carry dangers for members of the community.''

There was "no arithmetical calculation'' to convert months in normal prison conditions to a period in solitary but his role was to deliver a just punishment, Justice Applegarth said.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/prison-too-tough-for-bikies-says-supreme-court-judge-justice-peter-applegarth/story-fnihsrf2-1226784475595

In three separate contempt judgments handed down last Thursday, Justice Peter Applegath said the lighter sentences were a response to harsh new jail measures for bikies that have been introduced by the state government as part of its crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs.

The government has created a bikies-only jail at Woodford prison north of Brisbane where inmates must wear pink jumpsuits and spend most of their time in solitary confinement, save for two hours of sunlight a day.

Inmates are also forbidden access to gym facilities and cannot have TVs in their cells.

In last week's judgments, delivered behind closed doors and since published online, Justice Applegath commented that the men who appeared before him would normally be jailed for five to six months — but gave them four to six weeks instead.

The unnamed men had been charged with contempt after they refused to give evidence last month at a highly secretive Crime and Misconduct Commission hearing into the criminal activity of bikie gangs.

Justice Applegarth sentenced two men to 28 days and a third man to 42 days in jail because of the conditions he feared they will face in jail.

"It is appropriate to take into account the fact that any period of imprisonment that I impose is likely to be served in solitary confinement and in the other circumstances dictated by the [state government] policy,'' the judge ruled.
He said any substantial period of solitary confinement "would be extremely harsh" and carries "a high risk of causing serious psychological damage to the [inmate] which will endure after his release".

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/12/17/06/04/jail-too-harsh-on-bikies-judge

Estonian and Finnish police say they have broken up a major drug ring that brought large volumes of drugs into Finland from Central Europe.

At a press conference in Tallinn on Tuesday afternoon, police from the two countries said the Estonian gang had smuggled in at least four batches of drugs including 76 kilos amphetamines as well as ecstasy and hashish. One of the recipients of the drug deliveries was the Bandidos motorcycle gang, authorities say.

Last May, the organisation hid some 30 kilos of amphetamines in the forests of Espoo and Kirkkonummi, west of Helsinki, police allege. They have recovered some 20 kilos of the drugs.

Operations run from behind bars

Finnish and Estonian officials believe that the imports, reception and distribution of the drugs were coordinated from within Helsinki Prison. There are 25 suspects, including five Finns, who are all members of Bandidos MC or its affiliates. However it remains unclear how many – if any – have been detained.

Court proceedings against the five Finns are to begin at Espoo District Court in late January.

http://yle.fi/uutiset/police_biker_gang_ordered_large_drug_deliveries_via_estonia/6989271

TWO outlaw motorcycle gang associates accused of sparking a public brawl have failed in their bid to be allowed to live together on the Gold Coast.

But the man accused of throwing the first punch is allowed to return to the area after a judge lifted his bail restrictions.

Darwin man Jason Trouchet, 39, and Matthew Sward, 25, are on bail charged with affray over the September brawl outside a Broadbeach restaurant.

The wild public fight and another at Southport on the same night sparked a government crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs and has led to dozens of arrests.

It's alleged former housemates and Fink associates Trouchet and Sward were approached in the restaurant by members of the rival Bandidos gang and the brawl erupting when the men went outside.
It's alleged Trouchet threw the first punch.

Both were granted bail on condition they have no contact, while Trouchet was ordered to return to the Northern Territory pending a trial.

However, both applied in the Supreme Court on Tuesday to be allowed to live together on the Gold Coast again.

Their barrister Jeff Hunter QC argued the constraints on their freedom were "extraordinary" in the context of the charges, and said there was no identifiable risk the men would interfere with witnesses or "otherwise endanger the public" by living together.

Crown barrister Steve Dickson replied that both were associates of the former Finks gang, which he believed had changed its name, and both had come to the attention of police on multiple occasions.
Justice Martin Daubney refused the request and called it "remarkable" in light of the men's status as co-accused.

He said separating the duo was warranted as a precaution due to their alleged association with a "notorious outlaw motorcycle club" and past convictions for weapons possession (Sward) and assault (Trouchet).

However, Justice Daubney gave permission for Trouchet to return to the Gold Coast while maintaining a ban on contact with Sward.

Both men are also banned from entering the Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach drinks precincts pending their trial in February.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/outlaw-motorcycle-gang-associates-fail-in-bid-to-live-together-on-gold-coast/story-fnk0b1zt-1226785192269

TWO members of the Lone Wolf OMCG have been charged by police following investigations into drugs seized with a street value of more than $3 million.

The arrests of 33-year-old and 29-year-old brothers came after police raided a storage unit in Minchinbury on December 11.

They seized 1.8kg of methylamphetamine which is worth in excess of $3 million dollars, according to the police.

Police arrested one man at a unit in Minchinbury about 2pm yesterday where officers allegedly found 220g of a substance believed to be methylamphetamine as well as mobile phones.

They arrested another man at a Kellyville property about 4.35pm yesterday where they found electronic devices.

Both men are charged with supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs and were refused bail.

The matter is before the courts today with the 33-year-old appearing at Mount Druitt Local Court and the 29-year-old appearing at Parramatta Local Court.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/police-arrest-lone-wolf-bikie-brothers-after-drug-raid-nets-haul-worth-more-than-3-million/story-fni0cx12-1226784960036

A man with links to the Hells Angels has denied in an Adelaide court he shot the 11-year-old son of a rival gang member.

Arron James Cluse, 23, is on trial accused of storming into the Semaphore home of former Fink, now Mongols, gang member Mark Sandery, shooting his son twice in the leg and narrowly missing the boy's brother with two further shots.

Prosecutors alleged the shooting was part of an escalating war between gangs.

Cluse told the District Court he was not a Hells Angel but wanted to be, because his dad was.

He said he was at a club meeting on the night of the shooting and had never heard of Mr Sandery until media reports about the shooting.

Cluse told the court that since he he been charged, his house had been shot at and set alight.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-18/shooting-accused-arron-cluse-admits-hells-angels-link-but-denie/5163366

FURTHER law changes could be fashioned to stamp out the "twisted code of silence" bikie gangs use to avoid answering questions from authorities.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has not ruled out such amendments to anti-bikie laws after a Brisbane justice found prison conditions would be too "harsh" for bikies and drastically reduced their sentences.

Three Sunshine Coast bikies were jailed for contempt after refusing to even swear an oath in Crime and Misconduct Commission star-chamber hearings to gather intelligence on criminal gangs.

Mr Bleijie said it was inappropriate to comment on these specific cases because he was considering an appeal.

Despite a backlash from the judiciary in applying the new laws introduced after a bikie brawl on the Gold Coast, Mr Bleijie vowed criminal gang members would do hard time if they broke the law.

"The best way for them to avoid jail is to stop committing crimes and answer the CMC's questions. It's an easy choice," he told APN.

"Our contempt amendments are designed to turn the gangs' twisted code of silence against them.

"They don't speak to police even when they're attacked by rival gangs, which allegedly leads to brawls in our streets and people getting shot.

"If criminal gang members continue to be held in contempt, then they face a mandatory two and a half years imprisonment and a further five years in jail for a third offence.

"The gangs need to realise that they are not above the law and if further legislative changes are required, we'll make them."

Justice Peter Applegarth said the men would be subjected to "extremely harsh" conditions inside the Woodford Correctional Centre's new bikie-only section.

The bikies would be in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day, have restrictions on TV and gym use, limited access to communications and must wear pink jumpsuits.

Justice Applegarth said one day in solitary confinement would be equivalent to a week in a normal prison environment.

He reduced two sentences for contempt from four months to four weeks and the third sentence from six months six weeks.

Mr Bleijie had earlier told ABC radio that modern solitary confinement was no longer an "1800s image", with cells now having mattresses and natural light.

"It's a normal cell but they're in there by themselves and not allowed to meet and conspire," he said.

http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/bleijie-bikies-should-stop-crimes-and-answer-cmc-q/2118211/

VACAVILLE - A dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol and her husband, a member of the Hell's Angels, are facing serious weapons, drugs and bribery charges after a lengthy investigation conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

According to the ATF, who have been investigating the couple since February 2013, Sarah and Dennis Killough committed numerous felonies during meetings with undercover agents.

The ATF claims Sarah Killough, 35, used her job as a CHP dispatcher to help the Hell's Angels with criminal activity, including warning members when law enforcement officers were on the way.

Court documents filed by the Yolo County District Attorney's Office Tuesday reveal aspects of the ATF investigation, though many details are still under seal.

The documents state the ATF began investigating Dennis Killough, 42, back in February when he sold a stolen military rifle scope to undercover agents. During that meeting, Killough informed agents that his wife was a CHP dispatcher.

Undercover agents met with both Killoughs in May, where Dennis said Sarah was in charge and would have to approve any deals going forward. Sarah confirmed to agents that she knew of her husband's involvement in the motorcycle gang.

During the meet, Sarah told agents she had previously used information gathered as a dispatcher to warn Hell's Angels members when law enforcement officers were on the way, according to court records. She said her information had prevented at least one member from being arrested.

Agents met with Dennis Killough again in July, where they negotiated the purchase of an AR-15 assault rifle. Dennis told agents his wife had the gun and he would have to get it from her.

At that same meeting, Dennis told agents his wife could access the confidential CLETS law enforcement database, and suggested they use her car for transporting drugs, the documents stated. The reason, he said, was because her license plate would show her as a CHP employee and police wouldn't pull them over.

In August, undercover agents hired Dennis as security for a staged methamphetamine transaction, for which he was paid $1,000.

On their way to the staged drug transaction, Dennis told agents he thought they were being followed by a police officer. Dennis pulled out a gun and said if the car followed them off the interstate, he would shoot the driver, read the D.A.'s motion opposing the suspects' release.

Dennis also wrote down the license plate of the car and asked Sarah to run the plates for him.

Agents said if Sarah was able to run the plates, they would pay her $250. Less than a week later, she provided the name and address of the vehicle's owner.

The investigation later revealed the plate number on the suspected police car was run at the Vallejo dispatch center where Sarah worked, although she didn't run the plate herself.

According to court documents, Sarah posed as a DMV investigator and asked an unwitting dispatcher to run the plates as part of a DMV investigation.

On Dec. 13, agents served warrants on several locations, including the Killoughs' home, the Hell's Angels Chapter Club House in Vallejo and a Vacaville storage locker rented by Dennis Killough, where they reported finding a sawed-off shotgun.

Dennis Killough is charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, sale of an assault weapon, being armed with a firearm during a drug offense, and transportation of methamphetamine for sale. Sarah Killough is charged with possession of methamphetamine for sale and bribery.

At the Killough's Vacaville apartment, neighbor Lucy Olvera the couple was friendly and added she was surprised at the gun-related charges, but not at the charges involving methamphetamine.

"The firearms, yeah. But I don't know, the meth, they kinda seemed like they would be running that way," Olvera said.

Neighbor Cory Brown said Dennis Killough made no secret of his affiliation.

"On the back of his vest was Hell's Angels," Brown said. "So I'm assuming he was a part of a biker club."

The Yolo County District Attorney's Office filed paperwork Tuesday arguing neither suspect should be granted bail. They worry Sarah's connections to law enforcement could endanger the officers who worked on this investigation. They say Dennis' willingness to shoot a police officer clearly makes him a danger to the public.

The CHP confirmed Sarah Killough has been a dispatcher at their Vallejo dispatch center since 2009. They say that allegations against one employee should not reflect on the rest of the hardworking CHP employees.

http://www.news10.net/news/article/266165/2/ATF-CHP-dispatcher-aided-Hells-Angels-with-weapons-and-drug-trafficking

A member of the Satudarah was arrested Monday in Appingedam, on suspicion of menace and kidnapping. A few weeks earlier the man forced a taxi driver under threat of a knife, to drive him from the Grote Markt in Groningen to a village in the province, reported the police.The suspect forced the terrified taxi driver to drive around the province for an hour and a half, after which he just got out and disappeared. The police also suspects him of destroying windows of a family member, late October, in Appingedam.

The police considers the arrested man a so-called outlaw biker, someone who does not abide by the law and refuses to accept any rules. Their behavior is often very intimidating and victims often do file police reports out of fear. Many members of biker clubs are involved in criminal activities, according to the police.

The prosecution, the Defense department, and the IRS conducted a joint operation Monday in Enschede, Maastricht, and Bergen op Zoom. Two Satudarah members were arrested, one of them in the German Altstätte. Police and the prosecution have been monitoring the biker gang for some time. The suspected are suspected of money laundering, extortion, weapons possession, and exploitation of cannabis plantations.

Three Satudarah members were sentenced last week by the court in The Hague, in relation to the murder of The Hague resident, Rini Setten. He was shot in the head in February in Scheveningen. Setten’s corpse, aka Haagse Rinus, was
dumped on a bank of the river Lek. The court imposed sentences up to ten years in prison.

http://www.nltimes.nl/2013/12/18/outlaw-biker-busted-kidnapping-cab-driver/

Hells Angels boss Paul “Sasquatch” Porter is getting out of prison in January, but his release will come with special conditions that he regularly disclose all banking records to a parole officer to ensure his income is from legitimate sources.

The Citizen has also learned that the parole board will forbid him from associating with gang members until September 2014, when his sentence for cocaine trafficking expires.

But it might not be hard for Porter, 50, to stay clear of the notorious gang.

In a failed bid to win parole earlier this year, Porter told the parole board that he wants out of the lucrative gang business for good and said he intends to turn in his colours with “honour” so he’s not looking over his shoulder in retirement.

It is not known if Porter has told the Hells Angels that he no longer wants to be a member, let alone the president of its elite Ottawa-based Ontario Nomads chapter.

Born in 1963, Paul Robert Porter is not your typical Hells Angel.

Nicknamed Sasquatch for his 6-7 frame that once carried close to 400 pounds, Porter was a founding member of the Rock Machine that waged a Quebec biker war against the Hells Angels in the 1990s. That battle claimed at least 150 lives, including innocent bystander Daniel Desrochers, an 11-year-old boy killed while playing near a Jeep that was blown up.

Porter was shot at twice by Hells Angels’ contract killers and when he recalled it for the Citizen he was calm as he rolled up his sleeve, showed the bullet wound and said: “It wasn’t my time to die.”

Porter was the most unlikely candidate to become president of the Nomads chapter, but he secured the title in swift order by leading a mass defection of rival bikers in 2001 to give the crime corporation its first Ontario franchises in its then-60-year history.

The secret defection talks were held over lunch at an Italian eatery on St. Laurent Blvd. in the city’s east end.

Because Porter has been a longtime biker gang leader, and because he has a serious drugs and weapons record dating back to 1985, the parole board said he has “ingrained criminal values”.

They denied him parole in the summer and even if they had released him there would have been nowhere for him to go after three Ottawa halfway houses said they wouldn’t take him.

His last conviction came in 2012, when he pleaded guilty for a cocaine bust back in 2009. It was a quick, successful investigation by the Ottawa police. They got a tip and pulled over his 1964 Cadillac de Ville on Innes Road only to find nine ounces of cocaine in his girlfriend’s purse.

Porter owned up to it right away and said the 250 grams of coke in the purse belonged to him and she knew nothing about it. Porter pleaded guilty, and in exchange, charges against his girlfriend were withdrawn and his vintage Cadillac returned.

At his failed bid for parole in June, Porter said he intended to retire from the Hells Angels as long as membership of the chapter increased so his exit didn’t force it to close.

Hells Angels bylaws require each chapter to have at least six members to keep official status. The prison documents suggest Porter’s exit could jeopardize the chapter’s membership requirement.

Porter, who has been working as a cleaner in prison, received a score on an evaluation indicating he is a low risk to re-offend. He’s been a model inmate with no institutional charges or security concerns, according to his prison file.

Porter is scheduled to be released from prison on Jan. 6 and is expected to return to Ottawa. Originally from Montreal, Porter headquartered his chapter in Ottawa, a city he knew well after months-long stays at a safe house in Vanier during the biker war.

His former associates who stayed with him in the safe house told the Citizen they gained a lot of weight because they rarely went outside for fear of being shot, and almost exclusively ate take-out food delivered by underlings.

In police circles, Porter is known as an intelligent negotiator who keeps a low profile. Some of his former criminal associates have told the Citizen his biggest fear was ending up in prison. But his time in prison has so far been unremarkable. The potential for trouble was largely sorted out before he was assigned a cell, with prison officials weeding out any inmates who might have been incompatible because of gang affiliation.

Porter has told the parole board that his post-criminal life will include running a towtruck company and repairing motorcycles on the side.

He once told the Citizen, over morning orange juice, that he makes an honest living charging $50 an hour to fix motorcycles.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Hells+Angels+boss+Sasquatch+released+from+prison/9302239/story.html

Jailed Queensland bikies will be kept behind wire mesh walls up to five metres high.

The metal walls have been erected at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre and will soon be built at Woodford Correctional Centre, the Courier Mail reports.

The walls are the latest in tough prison conditions imposed on bikies.

Already a bikies-only section of the Woodford jail has been established, where gang members face solitary confinement, no television or gym and are made to wear pink jumpsuits.

Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says gang members use their time behind bars to recruit new members and have to be separated from the general prison population.

"While the criminal gang prison is not the medieval dungeon some are painting it as, members will be doing hard time - we make no apologies for that," Mr Bleijie told the Courier Mail.

However, criminal lawyer Bill Potts says the conditions being imposed on bikies are of great concern.

"Not even murderers and sex offenders are subjected to this ... they did this type of stuff at Guantanamo Bay," he told the newspaper.

Corrective Services says the sight screening barriers have been standard practice for five years.

Australia's top civil libertarian, Terry O'Gorman, says forcing bikies to stare at the metal walls for at least 22 hours a day ignores a Queensland Supreme Court judge's warning that such harsh conditions lead to serious mental health problems.

The Australian Council for Civil Liberties president also said the justification for building metal walls outside bikies' cells was simply "law and order propaganda".

There was no evidence to back up claims bikies used their jail time to recruit new members and continue criminal activities, he said.

"In the Queensland Corrective Services Annual Report released a couple of months ago, there was not a single sentence indicating that bikies in prison presented any sort of a problem", Mr O'Gorman said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/national/a/20394386/high-metal-walls-for-qld-bikie-prisoners/

The entrance to the St Kilda Road police complex has been fortified following threats made by members of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Four large concrete barriers have been placed outside the complex following a security review.

Police say a number of gang members have been charged for making threats following a big operation against the gangs in October.

Officers have been reminded to be vigilant about their own safety and Victoria Police says all threats are taken seriously and are fully investigated.

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West Covina police arrested two men and fatally shot a pit bull early Wednesday while serving a search warrant to seize guns at the home of a known outlaw motorcycle gang member in Irwindale, authorities said.

“Known, dangerous Vagos outlaw motorcycle gang member” and ex-convict Ralph Rodriguez, 38, of Irwindale was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of firearms, resisting arrest and possession of false identification, according to West Covina police Cpl. Rudy Lopez. He was the person targeted by the search warrant.

Also arrested in the 3:30 a.m. raid at a home in the 4600 block of Nora Avenue was Robert Ghiloni, 28, of West Covina, on suspicion of possession of a dagger, resisting arrest and an outstanding traffic warrant, Lopez said.

The arrests were the result of an ongoing investigation by the West Covina Police Department, officials said.

After arriving at the home and ordering the occupants out via loudspeaker repeatedly, Ghiloni eventually emerged from the home and was taken into custody, Lopez said. He had a dagger on his person.

But Rodriguez remained holed-up inside the home, police said.

“After two hours of repeated announcements, SWAT then initiated an entry into the residence,” according to Lopez. “During the search, (Rodriguez) was located hiding in the attic. He surrendered to officers without further incident.

While serving the warrant, SWAT officers encountered a pit bull, which Lopez said became aggressive toward them.

“The dog began to attack, forcing officers to fire upon it,” he said. “The dog died as a result.”

The number and type of guns sized from the home was not available late Wednesday.

According to Los Angeles County booking records, Rodriguez was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail pending a scheduled arraignment Friday in West Covina Superior Court. Ghiloni was being held in lieu of $10,995 pending his arraignment, also scheduled Friday in West Covina Superior Court.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20131218/guns-seized-pit-bull-shot-during-raid-targeting-vagos-gang-member-in-irwindale

The first of five alleged bikie associates locked up for meeting in a Queensland hotel has been refused bail.

One of five alleged outlaw motorcycle gang associates jailed for meeting in a pub has been refused bail, while the others should find out on Friday whether they will also spend Christmas behind bars.

Alleged Rebels associate Paul Lansdowne, 57, was remanded in custody on Thursday after Brisbane Chief Magistrate Tim Carmody rejected his bail bid.

Lansdowne and Steven Smith, Scott Conley, Joshua Carew and Dan Whale were arrested last week and charged with being participants in a criminal organisation and being knowingly present in public places with two or more people who are participants.

Police say the alleged meeting last month at the Sunshine Coast hinterland's Yandina Hotel was captured on CCTV.

The men face a minimum of six months' prison and up to three years' behind bars if found guilty.

Lansdowne's case was adjourned until January 6, while his alleged associates are expected to learn on Friday whether they will also remain behind bars.

Meanwhile, another alleged Rebels associate jailed for entering a clothing shop that used to be a gang clubhouse was also denied bail on Thursday.

Ben Wilson, 29, was this month charged with entering a proscribed place and possessing testosterone after police allege he entered the 12 Gage Kustoms clothing shop at Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, on December 7 and 8.

The court heard Wilson was already on bail for sending death threats to his ex-girlfriend's new partner via social media.

He'd denied links to the Rebels however prosecutors said Rebels flags, a Harley Davidson motorcycle and other gang-related paraphernalia were found at his home.

Magistrate Carmody said Wilson had placed himself in a challenging position with respect to bail.

"In the current Queensland climate, entry of the Rebels clubhouse on the pretext of opening a new clothing shop with the ominous name of 12 Gage Kustoms ... can be interpreted as an act of defiance," he said.

Wilson was remanded in custody and his case was adjourned to January 9 in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/12/19/bikie-mate-denied-bail-over-pub-drink

An ex-special forces soldier has been blasted by a magistrate for his stupidity in getting involved in a Gold Coast mass bikie brawl.

It "defied logic" for trainee car salesman and Rural Fire Service volunteer Peter James Andrews to join the Bandidos at the age of 50 earlier this year, Magistrate John McGrath said.

Andrews fronted the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday to plead guilty to a charge of riot, after admitting playing a "passive" part in the Broadbeach brawl on September 27 which sparked the Queensland anti-bikie crackdown.

At the time he had been a "probationary" member of the criminal motorcycle gang just a few months.

His marriage of 24 years had ended in March, leaving him as sole carer for his two teenage children and his elderly disabled mother, the court head.

"To have got to your station in life and associated with these people, knowing what the probable consequences of that were is, in my mind, illogical," Mr McGrath told him.

He ordered Andrews, from Runcorn in Brisbane's southwest, to do 100 hours of community service.

The conviction was not recorded after defence lawyer Dominic Keim said it would bar Canberra-born Andrews from getting a car sales licence.

Mr Keim said the defendant served six years in the army, including in the Special Air Service and a stint in Somalia.

He joined the Bandidos through a friend but had since handed in his colours and disassociated himself with the group.

"He is extremely remorseful for what happened, for the effect on the people there at the time and on the community at large," Mr Keim said.

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