Federal Authorities Continue With Biker Gang Raids
June 19th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 19, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The Outlaw biker gangs are not dominated by the Federal authorities yet. On Tuesday, the authorities informed that they had shot down Thomas “Tomcat” Mayne, 59, who was described by them as the American Outlaw Association motorcycle gang’s regional treasurer.
The ATF raided some locations in Maine, Massachusetts, North and South Carolina, Montana, Virginia, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The American Outlaws Association was charged of illegal gambling, attempt to murder and brutality.
The Outlaw gang’s second member and president of the Maine chapter, Thomas “Taz” Benvie, 41, was arrested from his home on Railroad Avenue in Springvale. He was taken to the federal court in Portland on Tuesday and is kept in detention for hearing later. David Beneman, the lawyer of Benvie, said that he will go for bail application.
The ATF raid arrested 27 members. The local police and federal agents also conducted arrest in Brockton, Massachusetts under operation “Black Diamond” against the Outlaws.
The raid at the Brockton clubhouse involved at least 20 federal and local authorities. Multiple states issued arrest warrants on the charges of attempted narcotics, murder, weapons and racketeering conspiracy. The supervisory special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives, Mark W Curtin informed all these.
Mayne’s brother-in-law Kenneth Chretian was also arrested for resisting the execution of a search warrant.
The Office of the Maine Attorney General investigating the use of deadly force, said that there were two men and two women in the home.
ATF’s Special Agent Anderson, who is in charge of the Boston regional office said that the indictments follow a two-year investigation.
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