Tag Archives: Bandidos Motorcycle Gang

48 More Waco Bikers Indicted

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Another update on the aftermath of the Waco shootout: A Texas grand jury indicted 48 more bikers Wednesday in connection with a May 2015 shootout outside a Twin Peaks restaurant that left nine dead, bringing the total number of people … Continue reading →

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Four Bandidos Arrested in Drug Raid…in Australia

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Lawrence Person

“Four people have been arrested in raids on the Geelong chapter of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang.” Geelong is an Australian city about 40 miles southwest of Melbourne. Bandidos head Jeff Pike may swear up and down that the Bandidos … Continue reading →

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Waco Shootout Update: The View From the Cossacks

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Lawrence Person

The Dallas Observer has two interesting pieces up on the Waco biker shootout: First, a profile of the Cossacks, which paints them as a tough but mostly mostly law-abiding group. Much of the piece covers Jake “Rattle Can” Rhyne, a … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Update: Top Bandidos Arrested

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Lawrence Person

Three of the top Bandidos leaders have caught federal charges. National leaders of the Bandidos biker gang were arrested Wednesday on charges of racketeering and waging a deadly “war” on the rival Cossacks gang, federal authorities said. An indictment announced … Continue reading →

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Waco Update: 106 Bikers Indicted

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Lawrence Person

106 bikers involved in the Waco biker shootout have been indicted. (A complete list of those indicted can be found here.) However, as far as I can tell, the indictment is only for engaging in an “organized criminal conspiracy.” No … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Update

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Lawrence Person

More than four months after nine people were killed in the biker shootout at a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, the details of who did what to who and why remain as murky as ever. Of 170 (per the Dallas … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Follow-up 7

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Lawrence Person

Three weeks after the May 17th biker shootout, it’s still not clear who instigated the fight. Evidently at least 50 of those arrested have been released after their initial $1 million bail was reduced. Several hundred bikers also peacefully protested … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Follow-Up 6

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Lawrence Person

We’re finally starting to get a fuller picture of how the Waco biker shootout between the Bandidos and the Cossacks actually went down. A Cossack who was there says that they were set up by Bandidos who invited them to … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Follow-Up 5

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Lawrence Person

And here’s still more information that’s dribbled out on Sunday’s Waco biker shootout: A complete list of bikers arrested after the Waco shootout. Security camera footage from the restaurant shown to the media but not released to the public (thanks … Continue reading →

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Waco Biker Shootout Follow-Up 4

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Lawrence Person

A few more tidbits about the Waco biker shootout: And still more background on the Bandidos/Cossacks beef: Earlier Monday, Dallas TV station WFAA reported that the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Joint Information Center issued a bulletin May 1 that … Continue reading →

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