State Police are searching for a handful of motorcyclists following a confrontation on Interstate 91 in Longmeadow that ended with some of the bikers speeding away at 130 miles per hour.
On Sunday about 8 p.m., troopers saw about 10 motorcyclists riding four abreast - a traffic violation - on I-91 southbound near Exit 1, State Police said. A license plate - dealer plate MA DLN 8378A - on one of the vehicles was reported stolen, State Police said.
Troopers zoomed ahead of the motorcyclists and then tried to flag them down. Two of the bikers sped away. A third appeared to slow down, but then drove directly at Trooper Mark Weiner, striking his hand, before driving off toward Connecticut. Weiner was not seriously injured and continued to work the incident.
With traffic on the interstate stopped, Trooper Paul Kudryk, who was on the opposite side of the highway, tried to flag down another motorcyclist. The operator briefly complied, then drove at Kudryk’s cruiser, striking the open driver’s-side door, State Police said. He was not injured. That motorcyclist also sped off into Connecticut.
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"Indictments aim at multistate biker club" July 13, 2011|Associated Press
ST. LOUIS - A nationwide motorcycle gang was responsible for killings, robberies, drug distribution, and other crimes, according to a federal indictment unsealed in St. Louis yesterday.
The Wheels of Soul motorcycle club, with a “mother chapter’’ in Philadelphia, orchestrated violence and mayhem....
Dennis Baker, FBI agent in charge of the St. Louis office, said authorities had “disrupted and dismantled the Wheels of Soul Motorcycle Outlaw Gang by targeting the senior leaders.’’
The indictment describes a well-organized, violent organization....
You know, like a government.
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"Three people were killed and one was critically wounded in an apparent murder-suicide shooting at a northern Arizona motorcycle rally, authorities said Saturday....
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