Tag Archives: ATF

And all they got was this lousy t-shirt (27)

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Pat Hartman

As we mentioned, in mid-December, 2009, Danny was again sentenced to two life terms and immediately filed a Notice of Appeal. He had also asked the judge if he could serve the sentence on weekends, and be granted bail pending … Continue reading →

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“Fast and Furious” Revs Up (26)

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Pat Hartman

A “straw purchaser” acts by proxy, for an ultimate possessor who is not legally allowed to buy the item — like a grownup who gets beer for teenagers or a crook who buys assault weapons on behalf of drug cartels. … Continue reading →

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Mongols, Black Rain, Dobyns (25)

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Pat Hartman

Meanwhile, back in the world, what were all the other bad boys up to? Federal agencies had been watching their Hells Angels cases turn into train wrecks. They had even foreseen it, and were inspired to lay out ever more … Continue reading →

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How the July and December 2003 Raids Played Out (23)

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Pat Hartman

For a layperson, it’s hard to follow these complicated orgies of retribution because of the immense lapses of time between events, and because the system tends to shuffle people around. Are the charges local, state, or federal, or all three? … Continue reading →

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The Second Big Wave (17)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Throughout all this, Operation Dequiallo had been quietly rolling on even though its target, Danny Fabricant, was no longer a member of anything. Back in June of 2002, soon after the Laughlin incident, around the time when Dobyns and his … Continue reading →

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July Sweep (16)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

On the 8th of July, 2003, more than 500 local law enforcers and federal personnel swarmed every known Hells Angels venue in the state of Arizona. In Glendale, the cops demonstrated incompetence typical of the multi-pronged raid. Although the move … Continue reading →

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Mike Kramer on the Job (15)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

According to motorcycle club lore, some members are entitled to a decoration called the Dequiallo patch, signifying that the wearer has resisted arrest by putting up a fight. For better or worse, Kramer was now the key informant in what … Continue reading →

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Dressup and Playacting (14)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

The classics are the classics for a reason. This is from Lenny Bruce’s Berkeley Concert (1965): I think in 1951 there were probably about 7,000 dope fiends in the state and maybe 50 narcotics officers. Today probably there are about … Continue reading →

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Quintessential Undercover (13)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Also in Laughlin (but not at Harrah’s) was Jay Dobyns, aka Jay “Bird” Davis (no relation to Donald Charles Davis, who has studied Dobyns as carefully as any academic biographer.) Just another monumentally self-mythologizing ATF cowboy, this is a man … Continue reading →

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The two worst people in this story meet (11)

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Pat Hartman

Within a few weeks of the murder, Mike Kramer introduced himself to ATF agent John Ciccone, one of those people for whom the term “legend in his own mind” was invented. The ATF is full of them, but this guy … Continue reading →

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