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From: gregcarronusenet on 20 Sep 2008 14:09
Biker target of pipe bombs
The Monterey County Herald
MediaNews
Article Last Updated: 09/19/2008 01:43:01 AM PDT


SAN JOSE — A cluster of pipe-bomb blasts shook a small San Jose
neighborhood from its sleep early Thursday, turning a tiny cul-de-sac
a few miles from downtown into what police fear is the latest
battleground between two bitterly feuding biker gangs: the Mongols
Motorcycle Club and the Hells Angels.
San Jose police identified the target in the 3:38 a.m. blasts as
Robert Rios, an upper-echelon member of the Mongols' San Jose chapter
and confirmed that suspicion is falling heavily on their often bloody
rivals, the notorious Hells Angels. Mark "Papa" Guardado, 46,
president of the Frisco Hells Angels chapter was gunned down Sept. 2,
allegedly by a Mongol from Modesto who remains at large.

"It's either the Hell's Angels are sending a message, or this is a
calculated, but ill-advised move," said Sgt. Larry Day, the San Jose
Police Department's in-house expert on outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Federal law enforcement officials are assisting San Jose's
investigation into Thursday's attack, described by shaken neighbors as
a series of blasts that roused them from their beds. Officials are
probing for any links between the two incidents and how they might fit
into the wider, ongoing clash between the Mongols, primarily based in
Southern California, and the Hells Angels, long an iconic group in
Northern California.

No one was injured and no one is in custody, San Jose police spokesman
Jermaine Thomas said.

Several other explosives were found outside the house on the
700 block of Melannie Court, where bomb-squad officers and federal
agents spent hours searching for evidence.

http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_10507163?source=rss
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Another clean sweep for bikers in Surrey court cases

Vancouver Sun


Thursday, September 18, 2008



CREDIT: REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
Motorcyclists ride in a procession along Dolores Street following
funeral services for Mark Guardado, the leader of the San Francisco
chapter of the "Hells Angels" motorcycle club, who was murdered in the
city's Mission District on September 2.

Two full-patch Hells Angels, including the president of the White Rock
chapter, have been acquitted in two separate court cases over the last
week.

Last Friday, Surrey provincial court Judge Michael Hicks acquitted
White Rock Angel Villy Roy Lynnerup, 44, and his chapter president,
Douglas Falconer Riddoch, 58, as well as a third man named Scott
William Schneider, 29.

All three had been charged in connection with a January 17, 2007
report of a break and enter and assault in Surrey. At the time, the
resident of the house was taken to hospital with what RCMP described
as "severe bruising to the head, arms and leg."

Just two weeks after the first incident, Lynnerup and Schneider were
charged with kidnapping, unlawful confinement, uttering threats and
mischief after a complaint that Lynnerup had used a baseball bat to
smash out the windows of someone's car.

But all those charges were also dismissed Wednesday in Surrey
Provincial Court, this time by Judge Ellen Gordon.

Crown counsel spokesman Stan Lowe confirmed Thursday that there were
acquittals in both cases, but said he didn't have access to the
reasons for judgment in the cases.

RCMP Insp. Gary Shinkaruk, head of the outlaw biker gang unit, said he
was really surprised when the first verdict came down last Friday.

"It was an unexpected result and I think I wasn't the only one who
thought that," Shinkaruk said Thursday, praising the efforts of Crown
counsel. "But we respect the decision of the court. Certainly we were
confident that we had brought forth the necessary evidence in this
case."

Shinkaruk said police "will continue to monitor the activities of
those we believe are involved in criminal activity."

Last fall, Lynnerup was found guilty on a series of weapons charges
after he went through Vancouver Airport security with a loaded gun. He
had been traveling to Edmonton when airport screening staff noticed
what they believed was a semi-automatic weapon in his carry-on
luggage.

Police also found Hells Angels documents in the luggage, including
minutes of chapter meetings that mentioned formation of associated
puppet clubs.

The White Rock chapter celebrated its 25 anniversary two months ago
with a massive party at its Langley clubhouse that attracted Hells
Angels and biker cops from across Canada.


kbolan(a)vancouversun.com

© Vancouver Sun
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=9425a4dc-7f28-4531-8a7d-a446b1a060a8

In earlier newsreports it seemed like the Crown had plenty of
witnesses and the case was a slam dunk.
Douglas
(Doc) Riddoch must be very happy.
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