Friday, March 26, 2010
Pagan Lawyers Seek To Have Information Withheld
WEST VIRGINIA....
On October 6, 2009, scores of federal agents fanned out across West Virginia and several other states armed with arrest warrants for members and associates of the national Pagans Motorcycle Club. Of the 55 defendants named in a 44-count indictment, 35 are scheduled for trial on May 4th, nineteen have entered guilty pleas to charges including helping stockpile explosives, extortion and selling drugs. Earlier this week, all charges against Rocco J. "Rocky" Boyd, of Little Ferry, N.J., were dismissed after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully aiding and abetting in the promotion of a raffle in which he was accused of transporting proceeds across state lines and participating in the alleged beating of a confidential informant in a New Jersey hotel room in January 2009. He was fined $5 plus court costs. Attorneys of four defendants have argued the government wrongly collected various items and statements, and asked U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to ban prosecutors from using them at the trial.
On October 6, 2009, scores of federal agents fanned out across West Virginia and several other states armed with arrest warrants for members and associates of the national Pagans Motorcycle Club. Of the 55 defendants named in a 44-count indictment, 35 are scheduled for trial on May 4th, nineteen have entered guilty pleas to charges including helping stockpile explosives, extortion and selling drugs. Earlier this week, all charges against Rocco J. "Rocky" Boyd, of Little Ferry, N.J., were dismissed after he pleaded guilty to unlawfully aiding and abetting in the promotion of a raffle in which he was accused of transporting proceeds across state lines and participating in the alleged beating of a confidential informant in a New Jersey hotel room in January 2009. He was fined $5 plus court costs. Attorneys of four defendants have argued the government wrongly collected various items and statements, and asked U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston to ban prosecutors from using them at the trial.
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