Rosga, Milwaukee Outlaws Leader Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison For Racketeering

Jack Rosga, aka, "Milwaukee Jack"

Outlaws engaged in drug trafficking and armed assaults to protect their criminal enterprise, according to the USDOJ.

By H. Nelson Goodson
June 18, 2011

Washington, D.C. - In April, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) in a press released announced that U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson sentenced the national president of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang to 20 years in prison for leading a violent criminal organization. The national president of the Oulaws organization, Jack Rosga, aka, “Milwaukee Jack,” 53, was found guilty on Dec. 21, 2010, of conspiring to engage in racketeering activities and conspiring to commit violence in aid of racketeering. To date, 27 individuals have been charged as a result of a long-term investigation into criminal activities of the Outlaws motorcycle gang. Twenty have either pled guilty or were convicted at trial, according to U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia; Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; and Rich Marianos, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) Washington Field Division.
“Jack Rosga led an outlaw motorcycle gang that was violent at its core,” said U.S. Attorney MacBride. “As the gang’s national president, Mr. Rosga declared war on the rival Hell’s Angels and ordered violent acts on rival gang members. Mr. Rosga admitted to undercover federal agents that he expected to go to jail for leading this violent motorcycle gang, and the jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit racketeering and violent acts. He spent decades dedicated to a criminal way of life, and he’ll now spend decades in prison paying for those crimes.”
Leaders and members of the Outlaws in multiple states including Wisconsin, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia are charged in a June 2010 indictment. Under Rosga’s leadership, the enterprise is alleged to have engaged in violent racketeering activities with the intent to expand its influence and to control various parts of the country against rival motorcycle gangs, particularly the Hell’s Angels.
Court records indicate that the Outlaws planned multiple acts of violence against rival motorcycle gangs, including shows of force at the Cycle Expo in Henrico County, Va., in 2006; Dinwiddie Racetrack in Virginia in 2008; the Cockades Bar in Petersburg, Va., in 2009; Daytona Bike Week in Florida in 2009; and the Easyrider Bike Expo in Charlotte, N.C., in 2010. The indictment alleges that in the Cockades Bar show of force, members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club joined the Outlaws in the assault against rival gangs.
In addition, the evidence showed that in 2008, the Outlaws established a clubhouse in Rock Hill, S.C., in territory traditionally controlled by the Hell’s Angels. The Outlaws understood that this act would create violent friction between the two organizations.
Court records also established that in September 2009, two members of the Outlaws were assaulted in Connecticut by members of the Hell’s Angels. This caused the Outlaws to increase their already violent approach to the Hell’s Angels in retaliation. In October 2009, this led to the alleged attempted murder of a Hell’s Angels member outside the Hell’s Angels’ clubhouse in Canaan, Maine. The victim was seriously injured from gunshot wounds to his neck.
Evidence during trial showed, that on April 17, 2010, Outlaw members of the Milwaukee and other Wisconsin chapters in the Gold Region participated in a charitable event known as the Flood Run crossing from Wisconsin into Minnesota where they brutally beat members of the Hell’s Angels and stole their club patches, also known as “colors.”
Witnesses at the trial also testified that the Outlaws regularly used and distributed narcotics and regularly used firearms or other dangers weapons, according to the USDOJ press release.

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Rosga, "Milwaukee Jack" Outlaws National President Found Guilty For Conspiracy And Racketeering By Federal Jury

Jack Rosga

Outlaws president facing up to 23 years in federal prison

By H. Nelson Goodson
December 21, 2010

Richmond, Virginia - On Tuesday, a federal jury found Outlaws president Jack Rosga, 53, aka, "Milwaukee Jack" of Milwaukee Wisconsin guilty. Rosga was convicted of two federal charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and commit violence in aid of racketeering. Rosga is facing up to 23 years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines allows for a lesser sentence. The jury took two weeks to decide a guilty verdict.
In November, a jury went into deadlock and couldn't reach a gulty verdict against Rosga. He along with 26 members and affiliates of the Outlaws were indicted in June and most have entered guilty pleas. Most of the charges stem from conspiring to commit acts of violence and crimes against rival motorcycle club the Hells Angels and their affiliates.
Jeffrey Grabman, an undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified in the second federal racketeering trial of the Outlaws. Grabman alleged Rosga had ordered members of the Outlaws to seek out members of the Hells Angels and their affiliates the Deperados in order to pick fights with them and to keep the rival groups from taking over the presumed Outlaws territory.
Grabman had infiltrated the motorcycle club and even setup a Petersburg Outlaws chapter with other undercover federal agents.
Also convicted on Tuesday were, Mark Jason Fiel and Christojher Timbers from the Manassas chapter of the Outlaws in Virginia, including Harry McCall of the Lexington chapter of the Outlaws in North Carolina. Timbers who was facing multiple charges was found guilty on two charges and McCall was found guilty on three charges.
Rosga, Fiel, Timbers and McCall will be sentenced on April 8, 2011.
In June, the indictment charged members of the Outlaws for participating in a criminal enterprise that engaged in at least 80 crimes, including attempted murder kidnapping assault, robbery, extortion, witness intimidation, narcotics distribution, illegal gambling and weapons violations.

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Federal Jury Deadlock In Outlaws President Rosga Trial In Virginia

Jack Rosga, aka, "Milwaukee Jack"

Outlaws president facing new trial after jury deadlocks, one Outlaws member convicted and two others aquitted by jury.

By H. Nelson Goodson
November 3, 2010

Richmond, Virginia - On Wednesday, a federal jury couldn't reach a guilty verdict for Outlaws president Jack Rosga, 53, aka, "Milwaukee Jack" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rosga was facing two federal charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and commit violence in aid of racketeering. The jury after two days of deliberation couldn't decide on a verdict and became deadlock.
Federal prosecutors say they will retry Rosga and a judge is scheduled for next week to decide on a new trial date.
Outlaws leader Leslie Werth, 47, aka, "Les" of Rock Hill, South Carolina was found guilty of the same charges Rosga is charged with. He is facining 23 years in federal prison and sentencing date was set for February 11, 2011.
William Davey, 46, aka, "Rebel" the enforcer in the Asheville, North Carolina Outlaws chapter was aquitted of four charges and Mark Spradling, 52, aka, "Lytnin" of Hickory, North Carolina, treasurer of the region that includes Virginia and the Carolinas was also aquitted of two charges. Both men were released and no charges are expected, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in eastern district of Virginia.
Jeffrey Grabman, an undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified in the federal racketeering trial of the Outlaws. Grabman alleged Rosga had ordered members of the Outlaws to seek out members of the Hells Angels and their affiliates the Deperados in order to pick fights with them and to keep the rival groups from taking over the presumed Outlaws territory.
Prosecutors couldn't connect Rosga to what members of the Virginia Outlaws chapters were engaging in criminal activities and territorial disputes with rival motorcycle groups. Grabman's testimony fell short in proving Rosga's involvement in criminal activity.
Grabman had infiltrated the motorcycle club and even setup a Petersburg Outlaws chapter with other undercover federal agents.
In June, 21 members of the Outlaws were indicted, 15 have pleaded guilty, charges for one have been dropped and trial for six others will begin at a later date. The indictment charged members of the Outlaws for participating in a criminal enterprise that engaged in at least 80 crimes, including attempted murder kidnapping assault, robbery, extortion witness intimidation, narcotics distribution, illegal gambling and weapons violations.

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Four Outlaw Members On Trial In Virginia, 15 Have Pleaded Guilty

Jack Rosga, aka, "Milwaukee Jack"
Outlaws National President

Rosga, Outlaws leader on trial and federal agent admits to establishing an Outlaws club in Petersburg with other agents.

By H. Nelson Goodson
October 22, 2010

Richmond, VA - On Wednesday, the federal government trial against leaders of the Outlaws motorcycle national club began. On Thursday, Jeffrey Grabman, undercover agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified in the federal racketeering trial of Outlaws president Jack Rosga, 53, aka, "Milwaukee Jack" of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Outlaws leader Leslie Werth, 47, aka, "Les" of Rock Hill, South Carolina; William Davey, 46, aka, "Rebel" the enforcer in the Asheville, North Carolina chapter and Mark Spradling, 52, aka, "Lytnin" of Hickory, North Carolina, treasurer of the region that includes Virginia and the Carolinas.
Agent Grabman testified, he along with other Outlaws went to a Petersburg bar called Cockades Bar where one of the members confronted rival members of the Desperados who are affiliated with the Hells Angels. An Outlaw member picked a fight with one to the Desperados inside the bar and when Grabman jumped in, he was hit with a bottle in the face causing a cut that took 14 stitches to close. Grabman took out his ATF-issued extended baton and beat the attacker with it.
The brawl was taken outside the bar and almost became a shootout when guns were drawn between the Outlaws and Deperados, but police arrived, according to Grabman. He told the jury that Werth had ordered members of the outlaws to go out and look for rival gang members.
Defense attorney for the Outlaws told the jury, that the defendants were not even there and were not guilty of the crimes they are accused of doing.
Grabman said, he was assigned to investigate the Warlock motorcycle club and later was instrumental in bringing some of its members down for criminal activities in Baltimore. Before joining the Outlaws, he assumed a different identity and rented a home equiped with recording devices, including cameras. Other agents helped him start an Outlaws club in Petersburg when Rosga ordered to establish one to keep the Hells Angels away from the area. He became a full pledge member on July 4, 2009 and received his Outlaws colors, vest insignia of the skull and two crossed pistons.
Grabman testified that several times he almost blew his cover when a picture showed up on the Internet that was posted by the Warlocks accusing him as a fed, once when he hid behind another Outlaws member trying to avoid coming out in a photo snapshot, which drew suspicion by key members and another encounter at a party where he recognized a woman from the Warlocks club, but fortunate she didn't recognized him.
The jury saw video surveillance clips from Grabman's Prince George County residence and heard recorded conversations from Outlaws planning attacks on the Desperados in Petersburg and then afterwards talking about it. The video recordings and audio were of poor quality and prosecutors had to provide transcripts of the recordings to jurors to follow.
Rosga and the four suspects are accused of planning attacks on the Hells Angels and its affiliates.
In June, 21 members of the Outlaws were indicted, 15 have pleaded guilty, charges for one have been dropped and trial for six others will begin at a later date.
The indictment charged members of the Outlaws for participating in a criminal enterprise that engaged in at least 80 crimes, including attempted murder kidnapping, assault, robbery, extortion witness intimidation, narcotics distribution, illegal gambling and weapons violations.
If convicted, some members of the Outlaws are facing between 5 years to life in a federal prison.

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