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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