A 51-year-old Vacaville man who's a member of the Vallejo chapter of the Hells Angels motorbike membership returns within the coming months to a federal courtroom in Sacramento for extra proceedings in a firearms case.
Dennis Killough Jr., indicted a couple of months in the past by a federal grand jury and who appeared in courtroom earlier this week, is charged with being a felon in possession of two completely different firearms and shall be again in courtroom for a standing convention on Nov. 7.
In custody in Sacramento County Jail with out bail, he's one in every of three Solano County males within the outlaw motorbike membership’s Vallejo chapter going through firearms expenses,
Jaime Alvarez, 51, of Vallejo, additionally was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm however has been launched from custody. He returns to courtroom at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 17.
Additionally launched from custody, Michael Mahoney, 29, of Fairfield, has pleaded not responsible to 2 felony firearms expenses and returns for a standing convention at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 9 in Choose John A. Mendez’s courtroom.
All had been indicted based mostly on an investigation right into a brutal beating within the Vallejo chapter’s clubhouse.
At his June 1 arraignment, Killough entered a not-guilty plea, and he was scheduled for a standing convention on Monday in entrance of Chief District Choose Kimberly J. Mueller, in accordance with data from the U.S. Division of Justice’s Jap District of California.
Alvarez was arraigned on Might 31 and he was scheduled for a standing convention at 9:30 a.m. July 21 in entrance of District Choose Troy L. Nunley; however on June 1, Alvarez was ordered launched on a $200,000 secured bond, courtroom information present.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, in October 2021, two completely different victims — each of whom had been members of a unique motorbike membership that's thought of a “puppet,” or subordinate, membership of the Hells Angels — had been overwhelmed by Killough, Alvarez, and different membership members based mostly on perceived infractions of Hells Angels’ guidelines, mentioned Phillip A. Talbert, the U.S. Legal professional for the DOJ’s Jap District.
Court docket paperwork additionally confirmed that, on Dec. 8, 2021, regulation enforcement searched Killough’s house and located two firearms, together with a Taurus G2C 9 mm pistol with an obliterated serial quantity and a Taurus PT 745 Professional handgun. Killough has a number of prior felony convictions — together with earlier firearm convictions — which, by regulation, prohibit him from possessing any firearms or ammunition.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, on Dec. 8, 2021, a search warrant executed at Alvarez’s house yielded a number of firearms, together with a Glock 27 .40 SW caliber handgun. Alvarez has a number of prior felony convictions — together with a previous conviction for possessing a harmful weapon — which, likewise, prohibit him from possessing any firearms and ammunition.
These instances are the product of investigations by the Solano County District Legal professional’s Workplace, the Solano County Sheriff’s Workplace, the Vacaville Police Division, the Vallejo Police Division, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron D. Pennekamp and Jason Hitt are prosecuting the instances.
If convicted, Killough and Alvarez face a most penalty of 10 years in jail and a $250,000 superb. Any sentence, nevertheless, can be decided on the discretion of the courtroom and federal sentencing pointers.
If convicted of possessing a firearm with an obliterated or altered serial quantity, Mahoney faces a most time period of 5 years in jail and a $250,000 superb. And if convicted of possessing an unregistered short-barreled shotgun, Mahoney faces a most penalty of 10 years in jail and a $10,000 superb.
The instances are a part of the joint federal, state, and native Venture Protected Neighborhoods Program, the centerpiece of the DOJ’s violent crime-reduction efforts. PSN “focuses enforcement efforts on essentially the most violent offenders and companions with locally-based prevention and reentry packages for lasting reductions in crime,” famous Talbert.
Based in 1948, the Hells Angels is a worldwide outlaw motorbike membership whose members sometimes trip Harley-Davidson bikes. The Vallejo chapter, at one time thought of the enforcer for the Oakland chapter, based by the late Ralph “Sonny” Barger, was infamous for 2 members’ involvement in an Oct. 5, 1986, mass homicide of a household of 4, together with two kids, ages 5 and 17, in Fort Bragg. It was a criminal offense that made nationwide headlines on Oct. 7, in the future after two members of the Sonoma County chapter traveled to Fort Bragg and, at evening, burned down a home close to Freeway 20 with the 4 our bodies inside.