The investigation lead to a raid of the Gypsy Joker clubhouse in North Portland that same year. Later, on November 29, 2018, Dencklau; Fisher; Erickson; Hause; Ryan Anthony Negrinelli, 36, of Gresham, Oregon; and Joseph Duane Folkerts, 61, of Battleground, Washington, were charged bysuperseding indictment with racketeering conspiracy. Kenneth Earl Hause, 61, and five other members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club were indicted Thursday on charges ranging from assault to kidnapping and murder. A 30-year-old Boulder man with links to the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Gang has been jailed over his role in an armed robbery at a Western Australian gold mine. The fancy new development across the street with its bizarrely-named restaurant "Belly" probably steal their focus first. An ex-girlfriend of Pribbernows called him dishonest during her cross-examination. All comments and messages are approved by people and self promotional links or unacceptable comments are denied. 14 April, 2012. Dencklau continued, Pribbernow testified: He said this was a righteous thing and that he was ready to go to prison for it and hoped everybody else is if it comes down to it.. In Australia, the club is referred to as the Gypsy Jokers MC. In 1967 the Gypsy Jokers relocation to Oregon and Washington, with the Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club mother chapter being located in Lincoln City, Oregon. Nolan, who appeared to have trouble breathing, said it was the Portland Police Bureau's fault when a woman died in the shooting melee and five others were wounded. (PORTLAND, Ore.) - A federal grand jury has returned a five-count superseding indictment charging six members and associates of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club (GJOMC) for racketeering, kidnapping and murder. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon, Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members Sentenced to Life in Prison for Kidnapping, Torturing, and Murdering Former Club Member, Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assaulting Postal Employee, North Carolina Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Punching Passenger on Commercial Flight to Portland, Umatilla County Man Faces Federal Charges for Armed Robbery at Wildhorse Resort and Casino, Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members Sentenced To Life In Prison For Kidnapping, Torturing, and Murdering Former Club Member. PORTLAND, Ore.On November 30, 2021, a federal jury in Portland found two members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club (GJOMC) guilty of kidnapping and murder in aid of racketeering for the 2015 kidnapping and murder of Robert Huggins, a Portland resident and former club member. The federal jury who convicted Dencklau and Erickson acquitted Erickson and Hause, the GJMC national president, of racketeering conspiracy. In keeping with the Attorney Generals mission to reduce violent crime, the District of Oregons PSN program focuses on prosecuting those individuals who most significantly drive violence in our communities, and supports and fosters partnerships between law enforcement, community organizations, and local community leaders to prevent and deter future criminal conduct. "[16], In 2004, the police raided the Gypsy Joker clubhouse in Portland, Oregon looking for two men wanted for armed robbery one of whom went by the street name Brick. In the days and weeks following this robbery, Dencklau directed GJOMC members to find Huggins. The neighbors say the club isn't so much an epicenter of biker mayhem as a party house for a bunch of older, rough and tumble kind of guys. The Evergreen State takes the top spot again in the U.S. News Best States ranking on the strength of its tech sector and other industries. The roofline is a strange black and white gothic facade that looks handpainted: And the only words on the building are this intriguing threat stenciled on a large black door: What is this private party to which law enforcement are specifically uninvited? Dencklau testified he suspected Huggins had taken about $18,000 from the club. An indictment is only an accusation of a crime, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. In 1967 the Gypsy Jokers relocation to Oregon and Washington, with the Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club mother chapter being located in Lincoln City, Oregon. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Two members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club have been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy charges in the 2015 kidnapping and murder of former Portland club member Robert Huggens. This legal undertaking began July 1, 2015, when the body of 56-year old Robert Huggins was found lying in a field in Clark County, Washington. As he appeals his sentence, he's urging a judge to . I like to get high and work on stuff, Pribbernow testified. Two members of the Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club were sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday for kidnapping, torturing and murdering former Portland club member Robert Huggens in 2015. If you enjoy articles like this, please help the, City Council Approves Unfunded Plan to Criminalize Unsheltered Homelessness, Super Fun Trivia Questions About New Governors, New Coaches, and Waaaaay Too Much Emphasis on EGGS! Salem-News.com is an Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States, setting the standard for the future of News. The path towards becoming a new international chapter of the Gypsy Joker MC started in 2007. Pribbernow acknowledged he alone did most of the torturing of Huggins and that he hadnt entered into a formal agreement with other club members ahead of time to kill Huggins. Gypsy Joker MC Norway started out as a local Harley Davidson club on the 1st of April, 1997 under the name JOKER MC. Pribbernows nickname initially was McLuvvin, after the skinny kid with glasses in the teen comedy Superbad, but then Dencklau changed it to Projects, he said. Defense lawyers attempted to discredit Pribbernow and show inconsistencies between what he said and the accounts of the other co-defendants who testified. As the club wielded its power, Hause, also known as Boss or the Wiz, and the others enriched themselves through extortion, robbery and distribution of drugs, including methamphetamine, according to the document. Support club members conducted criminal activities in support of the GJOMC and served as a source of new members and revenue for the club. Members of Free Souls Motorcycle Club and Gypsy Jokers MC were meeting in Salem, Oregon, when they noticed that an SUV parked in a neighbouring house was on fire. Since the 1980s, the club has been active in several states including Oregon and Washington and, until recently, operated six clubhouses in the Pacific Northwest. The GJOMC oversees several support clubs in Oregon and Washington, including the Road Brothers Northwest Motorcycle Club, Solutions Motorcycle Club, Northwest Veterans Motorcycle Club, High-Side Riders, and the Freedom Fellowship Motorcycle Club. 2004 Australia. Following a friendly amalgamation with the notorious South Australian formed Mandamas MC and Gypsy Joker MC. 541-206 . According to the indictment, since at least 2003, the Gypsy Jokers have engaged in a wide range of crimes, including kidnapping, murder, drug dealing, robbery, extortion, and witness tampering, said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski. The prosecutions lead witness, Tiler Pribbernow, described what that meant: You have to stand up, hands at your side and youre going to get punched in your face. Gypsy Joker members Dean Alan Adams and Peter Floyd attack Petera Heta Haimona with metal pipes outside the Cactus Club in Gosnells, Western Australia. For the time being it was still a local 1%-er club, but Gypsy Joker members were frequently observed around the clubhouse. Well just ban you! Police pulled his car over and discovered a gun, an expandable baton, capsicum spray and ammunition when they searched his vehicle. 12 May, 2007. The Joker MC clubhouse was fortified, and members of the club was observed riding with bullet proof vests under their colors/patch. "The heinous nature of these crimes truly warrant these life sentences," said ATF Seattle Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan T. McPherson. They were at the Gresham clubhouse of the Road Brothers, the Gypsy Jokers support motorcycle club that Pribbernow belonged to. After Huggins was dragged out of the shed on a tarp, Pribbernow said Dencklau ordered him to smash Huggins hands. The indictment claims that the Gypsy Jokers have been a part of a wide range February & March 2019 meetings will be at Salem Harley-Davidson,3601 Silverton Rd NE Salem, Oregon 97305. . Jospeh Folkerts, left, and Mark Dencklau were among the members indicted. Earl Fisher, left, and Anthony Negrinelli were among the members indicted. Portland clubhouse president Mark Leroy Dencklau, 61, of Woodburn, and clubhouse member Chad Leroy Erickson, 51, of . View the book on Amazon (link will open in a new tab). The platform is designed to engage citizens and government leaders in a discussion about what needs improvement across the country. Instead it references an old motorcyclist maxim that . The Portland Gypsy Jokers are reputedly among the most violent, drug dealing, anti-social biker posses this side of the Hells Angels. 2008 USA. Ultimately, the Gypsy Joker club was run out of California by the Hell's Angels, he said. If your eye is not blackened, youre going to get punched again. Note that the center patch is different for the German and American chapters of the club. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Gypsy Joker MC Norway have a support club in Brazil, Jesters MC, established in 2016. Allegedly a key link in drug distribution, the Gypsy Jokers are the largest biker gang in the Northwest, with 65 members and five clubhouses in Portland, Coos . On the evening of June 30th, 2015, Dencklau and others kidnapped Huggins from a residence in Portland and transported him to a rural property in Southwest Washington. Dencklau and Fisher are detained pending trial. Their leader was furious at Huggins. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon, Jury Convicts Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members on Racketeering Charges, Portland Fentanyl Dealer Charged in Federal Court, Douglas County Man Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Manufacturing Illegal Short-Barreled Rifle and Selling Drugs, Portland Man with 18 Prior Felony Convictions Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm, Jury Convicts Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club Members On Racketeering Charges. The title has nothing to do with their tax bracket. Cooperating co-defendant Ian Jung drove a buck-style knife into the top of Huggins leg, Pribbernow said. Just days after a big sign with Gypsy Joker MC decorated the former Joker MC clubhouse. But he said he felt he had no other choice or would meet the same fate. The neighbors knew immediately - the strange building is the exclusive clubhouse of Oregon biker gang the Gypsy Jokers. Brown's decision comes days after two other federal judges in Portland rejected the renewed release requests of three Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club defendants, Earl Deverle Fisher, 50, Joseph Duane Folkerts, 62, and Chad Erickson, 49. 17 March, 2009. PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) - One person was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in northeast Portland Saturday night, sparked by a confrontation between an armed homeowner and armed . 2001 Gypsy JokersMC were named as one of the targets of the South Australian Police Operation Avatar, a law enforcement task force formed in 2001 and made permanent in 2002 which aimed to take down one percenter motorcycle clubs including the Descendants MC,Finks MC, Hells Angels MC, Rebels MC, MobshittersMC and Red Devils MC. This investigation was focused on the state of South Australia. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. They even share a sign, they're literally on opposite sides of the same pole: Turns out the Jokers are serious about the "violators will be prosecuted" threat, too. 1 September, 2001. According to court documents and trial testimony, the GJMC is known to be a hierarchical criminal organization wherein members and associates maintain their position and status in the organization by participating in, directly or indirectly, various acts of violent racketeering activity including murder, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, narcotics trafficking, and witness tampering. An Oregonian article says that police believe there's about 80 Gypsy Jokers in Oregon, about half of them with felony records for crimes like murder, rape and robbery. According to the superseding indictment, the GJOMC preserves, promotes and protects its power, territory and profits through violence and intimidation and enriches its members through extortion, robbery and the distribution of narcotics. This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). All opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Salem-News.com. This page was last edited on 7 February 2023, at 00:24. On May 12, 2007, Dean Alan Adams and Peter Floyd Robinson attacked Petera Heta Haimona outside the Cactus Club in Gosnells, Western Australia and beat him with metal pipes. [20], On January 31, 2019 six members of the Oregon Gypsy Joker MC were charged with multiple crimes. The other five members who were indicted includeMark Dencklau, 58;EarlFisher, 48; Ryan Negrinelli, 36; Joseph Folkerts, 61; and one unnamed defendant. This move raised the profile, and strength, of the club in Australia significantly. It said he ordered the man to shut down the club within 30 days and threatened to kill anyone who reported the assault to police. This was Marks show, Pribbernow said during 2 days on the stand. Its the first racketeering case to go to trial in federal court in Oregon in more than 15 years. The clubs national bylaws, seized from a clubhouse, identify it as a 1% club, what prosecutors say stood for the part of the motorcycling world that doesnt follow the law. A Douglas County, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for manufacturing and selling an illegal short-barreled rife and selling several ounces of methamphetamine. Both men die in the explosion. "They start their bikes all at one time, it gets so loud you can't hear the TV, it shakes the house," says a neighbor who lives on the corner, "But it's kinda cool at the same time." He sustained numerous injuries to his head and face, including a fractured skull; lacerations to his chest and torso; and removed nipples. 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