Outlaws biker-gang members go on trial Wednesday Richmond Times-Dispatch: "patch sewn on some of the denim and leather vests worn by m...
Outlaws biker-gang members go on trial Wednesday Richmond Times-Dispatch: "patch sewn on some of the denim and leather vests worn by members of the Outlaws motorcycle club warns 'Snitches Are A Dying Breed.'
Last week, Mark 'Snuff' Steven Fiel, president of the club's Manassas and Shenandoah Valley chapter, became the 14th current or former member of the Outlaws and an affiliated gang to sign a plea deal after a sweeping federal indictment last June.
Fiel will forfeit his 2005 Harley-Davidson, but his agreement does not require him to rat on other gang members. Plea deals often call for cooperation with authorities, although the lack of such a provision does not bar someone from snitching.
The trial of five Outlaws, including the national president, starts Wednesday in federal court in Richmond. An additional six bikers will be tried starting Dec. 1.
More than two dozen members of the Outlaws and Pagans motorcycle clubs were charged in the indictment that alleged the Outlaws moved into Virginia in 2006 when it opened the Manassas chapter, with plans to expand in the state and battle with the Hells Angels in the Richmond area.
In addition to Virginia, Outlaws were arrested in June in Maine, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
One of those indicted will not be tried -- Thomas 'Tomcat' Mayne, 59, was shot to death June 15 in Maine when authorities tried to arrest him the day the charges were made public."
Last week, Mark 'Snuff' Steven Fiel, president of the club's Manassas and Shenandoah Valley chapter, became the 14th current or former member of the Outlaws and an affiliated gang to sign a plea deal after a sweeping federal indictment last June.
Fiel will forfeit his 2005 Harley-Davidson, but his agreement does not require him to rat on other gang members. Plea deals often call for cooperation with authorities, although the lack of such a provision does not bar someone from snitching.
The trial of five Outlaws, including the national president, starts Wednesday in federal court in Richmond. An additional six bikers will be tried starting Dec. 1.
More than two dozen members of the Outlaws and Pagans motorcycle clubs were charged in the indictment that alleged the Outlaws moved into Virginia in 2006 when it opened the Manassas chapter, with plans to expand in the state and battle with the Hells Angels in the Richmond area.
In addition to Virginia, Outlaws were arrested in June in Maine, Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
One of those indicted will not be tried -- Thomas 'Tomcat' Mayne, 59, was shot to death June 15 in Maine when authorities tried to arrest him the day the charges were made public."
