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Southern California Hells Angels chapter denies knowing man convicted of producing child pornography
ktla ^ | 10/26/2026 | John Ross Ferrara

Posted on 10/27/2026 6:34:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The Hells Angels motorcycle club, which the FBI classifies as a “transnational violent outlaw motorcycle gang,” is publicly denying any affiliation with a Southern California man who was convicted on child pornography charges and sentenced to more than 11 years in prison last month.

The group responded to a press release issued by the Fontana Police Department on Oct. 23, which states that 42-year-old Ryan Van De Car, “a member of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang,” was found guilty of producing and distributing child pornography in California.

A statement sent to KTLA by attorney Gary Wenkle Smith, who represents the Hells Angels’ San Bernardino County chapter, known as the Hells Angels Berdoo, states that the group has no connection to Van De Car.

“As attorney for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, Berdoo California Charter — the correct name for the Club — Hells Angels Berdoo deny any knowledge of this man, and would never associate with anyone involved in this kind of behavior,” Smith’s statement reads. “In fact, it is commonly known that Hells Angels have an intense dislike for people who hurt or exploit children. Fontana Police know this to be true.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: drugdealingfront; fontana; hellsangels; hellspedos; ryanvandecar

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1 posted on 10/27/2026 6:34:38 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe the Angels can give us some jussice here and there....the system certainly isn’t!


2 posted on 10/27/2026 6:38:23 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: BenLurkin

Hmmmmm! There’s a HA chapter club house not far from us. Seems okay ..🙄


3 posted on 10/27/2026 6:38:48 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: BenLurkin

I know a former Hells Angels leader from the LA group, many decades back.

He’s always been into porn, but never stuff with kids.

It was always weird to visit him in his “office” and see his walls lined with porn, but he was otherwise a decent person to be around.

We crossed paths around computers and a few other things. I modeled tuxedoes at a show he sponsored, as well.

He was/is Catholic and I was/am Protestant.

It was a strange match to see, I’m sure. Thankfully, I never watched his porn, but when I stopped by unexpected, he would often have a porn laserdisc playing on his projector screen.

It always felt a bit awkward.


4 posted on 10/27/2026 6:47:26 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe this was an ‘alert’ to the HA members who he may meet in the facilities.........The Hell’s Angels also hate people claiming to be Hell’s Angels when they are not..............


5 posted on 10/27/2026 7:02:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: ConservativeMind

I know some HA in Myrtle Beach. They are normal people. Love America. Some go to church. They do like to drink. But other than that they are very much conservative.


6 posted on 10/27/2026 7:51:41 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Hyman Roth

You sure don’t know them very well, what you see in public isn’t what their organization is.


7 posted on 10/27/2026 9:41:39 AM PDT by ansel12 (Quit anthropomorphizing SI computer functions.)
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To: ansel12
You sure don’t know them very well, what you see in public isn’t what their organization is.

The guys I know in HA are a lot better than some of the self righteous clowns posing as Christians that I know.

8 posted on 10/27/2026 9:52:54 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Hyman Roth

Because you don’t know their organization, it is like thinking your mafia neighbor is a nice guy and just belongs to a social club called the mafia.

I don’t know what brought on the dig at Christians and Christianity.


9 posted on 10/27/2026 10:07:22 AM PDT by ansel12 (Quit anthropomorphizing SI computer functions.)
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To: BenLurkin

In fact, it is commonly known that Hells Angels have an intense dislike for people who hurt or exploit children.

I believe it seen them protect the weak a few times they are not 100% bad.


10 posted on 10/27/2026 10:54:28 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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