Posted on 04/19/2005 6:47:00 AM PDT by Calpernia
SOMERVILLE, N.J. Somerset County authorities say two members of the Pagans motorcycle gang shot and killed a man because he was wearing a Hells Angels T-shirt.
A friend had given the shirt to John Grover, who didn't even own a motorcycle and was not a member of the gang.
William ``Rodent'' Martin and Peter Ciarletta are charged with murder.
Authorities say the two Pagans were sent to Gatto's Sports Cafe in Manville looking for someone associated with the Hells Angels on Sunday.
Authorities say Martin opened fire on Grover, who was shot in the leg and abdomen. The 40-year-old died at Somerset Medical Center
Don't forget your goat leggings.
Pagans? I thought they went the way of the Gypsy Jokers.
Tip: Do not wear gang clothing unless you are a member of that gang. It's just stupid.
He got the attention he was looking for.
NEW JERSEYFollowing those two guys doesn't sound like the smart thing to do.MANVILLE: BIKERS ACCUSED OF HOMICIDE Two members of the Pagans motorcycle gang have been charged with killing a man in a Manville sports bar on Sunday, the Somerset County prosecutor announced yesterday. The suspects, Peter James Ciarletta, 28, and William Martin, 33, both of Somerset County, were charged with first-degree murder and various weapons charges in the shooting of John Grover, 40, of Hillsborough, who was wearing a Hells Angels T-shirt at Gatto's Sports Cafe, said Jack Bennett, a spokesman for the prosecutor. The three exchanged words, then Mr. Grover followed the other two as they left, and Mr. Martin shot him twice, the authorities said. The Hillsborough police stopped the two as they drove away.
I guess they didn't go the way of the Gypsy Jokers.
Posted on Mon, Apr. 11, 2005
Pagans throw hell of a party
Gathering aimed at sending tough message to Angels
By KITTY CAPARELLA
caparek@phillynews.com
Steven "Gorilla" Mondever-gine, who oversees Pagan Outlaw motorcycle chapters in Philadelphia and South Jersey, pointed to initials on the back of a member's T-shirt outside a South Philadelphia diner: A.H.A.M.D.
"It means All Hells Angels Must Die," said a Pagan of their hated rivals late Saturday afternoon.
Three dozen Pagans on Harleys and in pickups met at the Penrose Diner parking lot, at 20th Street and Penrose Avenue, after attending a Baltimore-area funeral for a Pagan named "Lobster."
The Pagans' show of force - members from Philadelphia, New York, Maryland and West Virginia - at their second annual party to celebrate opening a chapter here, was aimed to send a message to the Angels.
The message: "This is a Pagan city and they're in charge," according to a law-enforcement source.
But another show-of-force arrived: Philadelphia police and FBI agents in six patrol cars and at least eight surveillance vehicles outside the diner. A dozen uniformed cops stood across 20th Street.
Cops and agents were determined to avert a repeat of the violence that occurred after the Angels' last party.
Acting Angels president Thomas "Thinker" Wood, 36, was fatally shot early on Jan. 14 while driving on the Schuylkill Expressway at the Vare Avenue exit, after inducting a couple of new members and celebrating at Cheerleaders, a Pagan hangout.
On Saturday the two gangs never confronted each other.
Mondevergine and Atlantic County Pagan Robert "Clean" Woodward were heard complaining about the Angels.
When Mondevergine was pulled in after Wood's death, cops gave him a 15-page statement signed by Pagan-turned-Angel Steven DeMarco to read. "I'm trying to get a copy and put on the Internet," he joked.
Inside the diner, a blonde waitress with 10 earrings swooned over a Pagan 10 years her junior. "I just want him for a night," she said.
About 6:40 p.m., the highest-ranking Pagan, Floyd "Jesse" Moore, a Pagan mother club vice president from West Virginia, showed up, changing the upbeat mood.
About 8 p.m. after Moore ate, he let authorities know the members would stop at Oasis, a Southwest Philadelphia bar.
Meanwhile in West Philadelphia, 60-70 Angels from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Maryland met at the Angels' clubhouse, on Merion Avenue near Girard, a law-enforcement source said.
Angels treasurer Donald Ekstrom, a cane by his side, and three prospects, or recruits, manned a police barricade near the party as police and agents watched. "We're just having a party," said Ekstrom, refusing to answer other questions.
Angels spilled into Merion Avenue from their red-and-white clubhouse, described by a Pagan as a "phone booth."
The Angels chapter here has had a tough first year. Its mother club, or ruling body, wanted to put the chapter on probation a year ago, but Wood developed a rapport with higher-ups, said another law-enforcement source. "They actually started to like the guy," the source said.
Then last fall, Angels chapter president Anthony "Mengie" Mengione was kicked out of the club, after he was returned to federal prison on a parole violation.
Mengione and James Wysong, a former Pagan who took over as president after Wood was killed, were described as two of the four traitors Mondevergine had fingered as "patching" over to the Angels after he was nearly assassinated in 1999, according to law- enforcement and biker sources.
Mondevergine believes Mengione set him up to be killed. He was shot multiple times outside his then-South Philadelphia home, sources said.
Last week, the Angels attempted to throw their bash at two sites - the German Hungarian Club, in Bensalem, and the Shooters N.Y.A. clubhouse, in South Philadelphia. Both parties were canceled.
"The three exchanged words, then Mr. Grover followed the other two as they left, and Mr. Martin shot him twice, the authorities said."
Yeah, let me get into an argument with a couple of affiliated scooter tramps, then follow them out of the bar when they decide to leave, then wind up shot. Great day! What a numb nut.
There are two spelling errors in your angry missive ;-)
CAREFUL! YOU'RE GONNA GET ME SHOT!
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No red & white, no 81, no trouble. The underworld is alive and well.
Live long and prosper. :-)
we're not a gang.... we're a club.
I have a feeling that the late lamented Mr. Wood was a "thinker" in the way that certain gentlemen one may encounter in an institutional setting are nicknamed "Tiny," which is to say -- not really. But I could be wrong about that.
white trash bttt.
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