Feds charge 16 Fayetteville Hells Angels members in murder, attack
PEOPLE TO BOIL WATER FOR AT
LEAST ONE MINUTE BEFORE
DRINKING IT.
>> BULLETS AND HAMMERS FLYING
AS PEOPLE STOPPED TO GET GAS
DURING A ROAD TRIP. 16 PEOPLE
FACE FEDERAL CHARGES IN
CONNECTION WITH THE MOTORCYCLE
GANG RIVALRY. THAT STRETCH FROM
RALEIGH TO FAYETTEVILLE.
WRAL WAS THE ONLY MEDIA OUTLET
IN COURT TODAY AS ONE OF THE
DEFENDANTS FOUGHT FOR HIS
FREEDOM AND LOST TO BE OUR
INVESTIGATES. SARAH KRUEGER
EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED.
>> OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS,
WE'VE COVERED SEVERAL VIOLENT
ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE HELLS
ANGELS AND PAGAN MOTORCYCLE
CLUBS. PROSECUTORS SAY THEIR
GANGS ORGANIZED CRIME,
ESSENTIALLY THE MOB ON WHEELS.
NEW YEAR'S DAY 2023, JONAS
PADILLA WAS GUNNED DOWN WHILE
RIDING ON HIS BIKE IN WAKE
COUNTY. 5 MEN WERE CHARGED
LOCALLY ACCORDING TO NEW COURT
DOCUMENTS. THE FEDS TOOK OVER.
THEY'RE AMONG 16 ALLEGED
MEMBERS OF THE HELLS ANGELS
MOTORCYCLE CLUB IN FAYETTEVILLE
NOW FACING A NUMBER OF CHARGES,
INCLUDING MURDER AND ATTEMPTED
MURDER.
>> TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT, ONE
OF THOSE DEFENDANTS, 64
YEAR-OLD WILLIAM BEASLEY WAS
DENIED HIS RELEASE PRIOR TO
TRIAL.
>> PROSECUTORS SHOWED VIDEO
OF A FIGHT BETWEEN THE RIVAL
MOTORCYCLE GANG MEMBERS IN A
BUSY PARKING LOT WHERE ONE
PERSON DIED IN THE VIDEO.
BEASLEY WORE A SHIRT THAT SAID
THAT'S FOR RATS AND APPEARED TO
HIT A RIVAL GANG MEMBER WITH
A HAMMER. MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE REST OF THE DEFENDANTS HAVE
DETENTION HEARINGS IN THE NEXT