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In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the "H.A.", "Red & White", and "81". [ 10 ] With a membership of over 6,000, and 592 charters in 66 countries, the HAMC is the largest "outlaw" motorcycle club in the world.
In 1997, the Dirty Dozen "patched over" to join the Hells Angels. [2] Amongst the members of the Mesa chapter of the Hells Angels were Michael Kramer, Paul Merle Eischeid and Kevin Augustiniak. [3] Kramer was an alcoholic and a methamphetamine addict who served prison sentences for assault and robbery. [4]
The Hells Angels' Akron chapter was formed in February 1979 by James Patrick Caronite, president of the club's territories in the Eastern U.S. [41] In December 1979, two Outlaws members armed with a silencer-equipped .22 caliber pistol and a sawed-off shotgun were arrested in a car by police near the Hells Angels' Akron clubhouse.
The British Hells Angels had 230 members while the Outcasts had 200 members. [2] In June 1997, the Outcasts tried to have the Lost Tribe biker gang in Hertfordshire join them, which led to a warning from the Hells Angels that the Outcasts should either join the Hells Angels or disband. [1]
All five were named in Easley’s indictment, accused in the murder of “J.P.” for the sake of Hell’s Angels membership. If convicted, they could face a mandatory life sentence.
The Hells Angels was founded in the 1940s in Fontana, but Barger formed the Oakland chapter in April 1957. He became the club’s national president, its most visible and voluble figure.
The first Hells Angels chapter in France was founded on 18 April 1981 when the Hells de Crimée ("Hells of Crimea") gang in Paris was granted a charter by the Dutch Hells Angels. [ 54 ] [ 100 ] It was not until 1987, however, that the French Hells Angels were incorporated as a société à responsabilité limitée . [ 100 ]
In 2001, Hells Angels Rodney Lee Rollness, a former Hells Angel, and Joshua Binder murdered Michael "Santa" Walsh, who had allegedly falsely claimed to be a member of the Hells Angels. [284] Paul Foster, hoping to join the Hells Angels, aided in the murder by luring Walsh to a party at his house and helping cover up the crime. [ 285 ]