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Although always a predominantly male organization, the Hells Angels had female members until 1964 when Barger imposed a rule making the club male only. [25] He justified the male-only rule on the grounds that female Hells Angels were less able to defend themselves against rival bikers seeking to steal their patches. [25]
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]
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.
A secondary and subservient gang, the Red Devils, acted as both recruiters and potential Hell’s Angels. Members who broke the gang’s rules were subject to “violations,” including murder.
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 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 time the bodies were cremated lined up with the disappearances of Hells Angels members Robbie Huff and Art Carasis, who went missing in 2015 and 2016; Huff participated in the coverup of Silva ...
Anchorage Hells Angels chapter sergeant-at-arms Anthony "Tony Truth" Tait volunteered to become a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1985, and he provided the government with detailed information on the club's organization and criminal activities – such as drugs and explosives trafficking – for two years. [27]