Their money had to come from somewhere, but none of them ever worked.. American outlaw biker and gangster (19491989), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Hells Angels Stage Funeral for Leader Killed in Bar Fight, Man sought in slaying arrested in West End, Five-state sweep produces arrests of 32 Hells Angels, FBI report says informant uncovered Hells Angels crimes, Louisville trial gives bikers an easy ride, Jury Finds National Hells Angels Leader Guilty of Conspiracy, How Hell's Angels 'maximum leader' Sonny Barger got convicted in Louisville and still 'won', The Process Behind Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller, Prison plots become more common among white supremacist groups, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_O%27Farrell_(biker)&oldid=1137551717, Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent, Prisoners and detainees of the United States, People murdered by American organized crime, Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Oakland, California), CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 06:25. San Antonio Bandido who killed Hell's Angel member gets 18 - mySA Sign up for BFI news, features, videos and podcasts. I woke up to be a Hells Angel, I didnt wake up to go to work. Michael Vincent O'Farrell (June 2, 1949 June 6, 1989), nicknamed "Irish", was an American outlaw biker and gangster who served as the vice-president and acting president of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC). Silva, who went by the nickname Doughboy, was a frequent meth user, and Hardisty partied with him during the trip, he testified. A Hells motorcycle jacket is shown in this undated photo. HELLS ANGELS, HAMC, and the Death Heads (winged skull logos) are trademarks owned by Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation, registered and/or applications pending in the United States, Europe, China and many other countries. But two others, a government informant and former Hells Angels prospect named Steve Verhagen, and a former Sonoma charter member who was allegedly beaten out of the group also took the witness stand to offer a rare perspective of the inner workings of the secretive biker club. A San Antonio man who killed a member of the Hell's Angels in 2006 to gain membership in the rival Bandidos Motorcycle Club was sentenced Thursday . I took it really serious. Its theirs. Then they beat him for hours, covered his tattoo, and took back his motorcycle and other club property, he said. The FBI has contended that the Angels and other motorcycle gangs are involved in extortion, drug dealing, trafficking stolen goods and other criminal activities. Hells Angels San Diego California - Facebook The tension between. The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in the San Bernardino area in 1948, according to its website. One Angel built beautiful motorcycles for friends on the Deads crew, and Garcia played a legendary show in 1973 with his solo band for an Angels party held on a boat ride in New York City harbor.