EKB News

Indicted National Pagans Motorcycle Club President, 49 year old David Barbeito of Myersville, Maryland, was released on bond Thursday in Maryland after he posted property to gain his release. He was also ordered to avoid all activities associated with the Pagans, after being indicted in Charleston, West Virginia, along with 54 others, for alleged roles in an organization accused of such crimes as kidnapping, robbery, extortion and conspiracy to commit murder. Authorities say members and associates of the outlaw gang plotted to kill and extort rivals to consolidate the club's power in the eastern U.S. National Vice-President Floyd B. Moore of St. Albans, West Virginia was also among those indicted. On Friday, federal prosecutors were urging a federal magistrate in Charleston to revoke Barbeito's release, claiming no terms of bail could assure the public's safety, and, if allowed to remain free, he posed a threat. The judge agreed, and Barbeito was returned to custody.