My harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle. He infiltrated scores of deadly criminal enterprises while living among violent gangs, antigovernment extremists, gunrunning groups, drug traffickers, organized crime members, bomb builders, home invasion robbery crews and murderforhire. Jul 25, 2003 as a result, two seasoned atf special agents infiltrated and joined the warlocks motorcycle gang during the twoyear investigation. The author is the agent who went undercover, and at times you feel as if youre right there with him. Can you be a fire employee and the leader and or member of a. When a confidential informant made contact with his boss at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, offering to. The curious case of exatf agent who infiltrated hells angels. Agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang. These brave undercover agents of the atf lived on the front lines of that war, infiltrating biker gangs, hate groups and international criminal syndicates, living double lives.
From the van they helped identify gang members for police. Atf and denver police arrest 12 for organized crime. My harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of the hells angels was published in 2009, and dobyns was the target of harassment from clubs as recently as 2008. In 1998, as part of his role in the atf, william queen was sent in to infiltrate the mongols under the alias of billy st. Former atf undercover biker jay dobyns, who infiltrated hells. In a donny brosco type of tactic, 2 federal atf agents infiltrated the gang, providing key evidence. The 10 most dangerous biker gangs in america the life of. For two years, they posed as members of a mexican renegade motorcycle club, earning the trust and respect of the vicious arizona hells angels. Dozens of burly, tattoocovered mongol motorcycle gang members were arrested tuesday by federal agents in six states, including washington, on warrants ranging from drug sales to murder after a threeyear undercover investigation in which four agents successfully infiltrated. In 1998, william queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork.
Undercover agent describes infiltrating biker gangs youtube. How i accidentally wound up running an outlaw biker gang in ohio. This is the riveting story of an undercover agent who risks his life not once, but every day, in an attempt to infiltrate the most dangerous motorcycle gang in the usa. After his successful infiltration of the vagos biker gang, charles falco once again goes undercover. William queen, a special agent with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms atf could afford no such luxuries during the 28 months he spent undercover investigating the mongols, the southern california outlaw motorcycle gang that by the 1990s had supplanted the hells angels in notoriety. Outlaw motorcycle gangs are alive and well in the u. Book overview in 1998, william queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. The book chronicles the hells angels investigation and how it impacted his life and career.
Federal atf agents arrest 12 in raids involving motorcycle. Department of justice doj defines outlaw motorcycle gangs omg. No other book i have read does a comparable job to this book in taking the reader inside one of these clubs and the mongols are arguably the worst of the. Aug 04, 2019 cefala, who is now retired from atf, spent 30 years with the agency as an undercover agent working criminal organizations including the symbionese liberation army, outlaw motorcycle gangs and splinter groups of the ku klux klan. He wrote a book about his experience, entitled under and alone the true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang. Nov 11, 2018 as an atf undercover agent, he often played the role of a calculating hitman or mob debt collector.
The other atf agents instantly opened fire from both sides of the car, killing the gunman. Biker gangs raided, dozens arrested orlando sentinel. Running with the devil chronicles the story of the atf sting and the two undercover agents who risked their. Interestingly the atf used multiple undercover agents who were highly experience in deep cover. When a confidential informant made contact with his boss at the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms, offering to take an agent inside the san fernando chapter of the mongols the scourge of southern california, and one of the.
Atf agent marko novak is assigned one of the most gruesome quadruple homicide investigations in northern california. Nov 04, 2018 a photo of kozlowski had also been printed in a book written by william queen, a sinceretired atf agent who had infiltrated the mongols years earlier, and whose work was well known throughout the motorcycle gang. Former atf agent jay dobyns book about infiltrating the hells angels, no angel. Jun 01, 2007 running with the devil chronicles the story of the atf sting and the two undercover agents who risked their lives to prove him wrong. Hells angels motorcycle club the countrys most notorious. One is with the pagans and the other with the outlaws. Later in the news conference, he said, this is not just. Under and alone book johnson county library bibliocommons. He sued the atf for reneging on an earlier agreement to protect him after a series of death threats. Starting in 1998, atf special agent billy queen worked a deep undercover investigation for two and a half years inside the san fernando chapter of the mongols the most dangerous motorcycle gang in southern california or america.
The operation black biscuit was a lengthy and vastly expensive attempt to infiltrate the hells angels in arizona. This book isnt just the fascinating story of an atf agent who was undercover with the mongols motorcycle gang for two years. In 1998, william queen was a veteran lawenforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. Chased by mean bikers, former agent sheds his cover to. Under and alone is a book written by undercover atf agent william queen and published by random house in 2005 which chronicles his infiltration of the violent outlaw motorcycle gang, the mongols. Biden to unveil actions on guns, including new atf boss. Former federal agent testifies about his years undercover. Critically wounded, dobyns was rushed to a tucson hospital. The true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang. Gang members were heard plotting to murder members of the hells angels using homemade hand grenades.
Running with the devil chronicles the story of the atf sting and the two undercover agents who risked their lives to prove him wrong. After a shooting at a restaurant left 9 dead and injured nearly two dozen others, authorities are on alert for more gun violence between biker gangs. They were so experienced they became fullpatch members of the mongols, which is an outlawed motorcycle gang. After the trials of the gang members, queen retired from the atf, and wrote under and alone. That was nazi jim alright, and yeah, he was an atf agent and a member of the order of blood motorcycle club. Well written account of an atf agent infiltrating the mongols motorcycle gang and his 2. Under and alone is the dangerous and fascinating true story of an undercover atf agent and the psychological price he was made to pay for his courageous work. Federal agents had to pass polygraph tests to infiltrate. Americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang gorilla convict. This is a good book written from the first person perspective of undercover atf agent jay dobyns. One member of the outlaws motorcycle gang was killed tuesday as the atf conducted a sevenstate sweep. Jul 09, 2020 prospecting inside the mongols was a dangerous game, queen wrote in his book under and alone. It takes a special kind of courage for an atf agent to try to infiltrate a motorcycle gang, a gang of murderers and rapists and thugs, william queen, aka billy st. In 1998, atf agent william queen infiltrated the club, eventually becoming a.
Nov 20, 2005 the undercover operation, billed by atf as its most successful penetration of a motorcycle gang, resulted in dozens of successful prosecutions of mongol members for dealing drugs, stealing. John, tried just that, knowing full well that he would be killed if his undercover status were discovered. Now, cefalu has penned a book, ratsnakes, which chronicles the dangers he faced daily on the job. Memoir by a federal alcohol, tobacco, and firearms agent who spent two years undercover in the mongols, a motorcycle gang less famous than but probably even more deadly than the hells angels. William queen was an atf agent who infiltrated the vicious mongol motorcycle club by becoming a fullpatched mongol. It was to the vagos in san bernardino, california, that falco went first. Novak, who is haunted by a photo of the slain little girl named dallas finds himself pitted against a brutal motorcycle gang and their unstable leader. Outlaw biker gang members dont necessarily have education degrees, but they have ph. Joseph wambaugh, bestselling author of the onion field. In his new book, no angel, atf agent jay dobyns writes about his. Exatf agent jay dobyns, who infiltrated hells angels, visits. The 10 most dangerous biker gangs in america the life of a. Martin said he and other undercover officers never broke.
Mar 04, 1991 atf agents quickly handcuffed him and the four others and led them off to a van. Two undercover federal agents infiltrated the motorcycle gang and spent two years. Nov 07, 2019 federal atf agents raid the hells angels clubhouse in denver early on nov. This is no mean feat, as the book very carefully and accurately explains.
The raids came after an atf agent infiltrated the gang and spent two years as a member. The true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang by william queen. Fbi twentyseven members of american outlaw association. Oct 30, 20 a police officer shows vagos motorcycle gang patches confiscated in a raid at a command post in san bernardino, california. Santa ana, california after finding the mongols outlaw motorcycle gang guilty of racketeering offenses last month, a federal jury today determined that the criminal organization should forfeit the logos worn by members, finding that there was a direct connection between the gang s crimes and the trademarked logos that prosecutors said formed the core of the motorcycle gang s identity. Im about half way through and it is taking longer than they other two under and alone. Members of the mongols have been accused of extortion, arson, weapons violations, drug dealing and murder. Most of the world never realizes that there is an invisible war being waged just outside their front door, every day. Top 10 most dangerous motorcycle gangs in the us byker gyrlz.
Eastern seaboard mother chapter in orlando, florida approximate. Bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. The true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang jay lived the roles in life that i live to play in movies. Mar 23, 2021 there is a recent story out of florida thats has generated a lot of discussion.
Atf officials said thursday the breach left motorcycle gang. Motorcycle gang member heads to prison for illegally possessing ammunition corpus christi, texas a 37yearold corpus christi resident who was involved in a shooting at a local convenience store has been sentenced following his conviction of unlawful ammunition possession, announced u. Owasso man among motorcycle gang members arrested by atf. Tickle the wire retired atf agent vincent cefalus book. The fact that the author is still alive, defies logic. The national president and 26 other members and associates of the american outlaw association outlaws motorcycle gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the eastern district of virginia. Jul 29, 2015 the initial lawsuit followed dobyns infiltration of the the hells angels motorcycle gang. Jun 15, 2010 photo of the milwaukee headquarters of the american outlaws association tuesday, june 15, 2010. This book lets you experience some of the most dangerous activities of the best known biker gang in the world. Armed and dangerous by william queen, douglas century. I figured that anybody who joined a biker gang would feel contempt for rules of any kind. Federal jury orders mongols motorcycle gang to forfeit.
Novak pulls out all the stops in his effort to cage the murderers. According to wftstvs iteam, two fire captains, from two different departments, are chapter presidents of two different motorcycle gangs. Oct 16, 2018 atf agent darrin kozlowski went deep undercover to take down the hollywood chapter of the vagos by mike kessler and darrin kozlowski on and off for almost 20 years, i investigated and infiltrated outlaw motorcycle gangs as an agent for the u. An outlaw motorcycle club sometimes known as a motorcycle gang is a type of motorcycle club that is part of a subculture with roots in the postworld war ii usa, entered on cruiser motorcycles, particularly harleydavidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals celebrating freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group. Can you be a fire employee and the leader and or member of. Nov 01, 2018 a photo of kozlowski had also been printed in a book written by william queen, a sinceretired atf agent who had infiltrated the mongols years earlier, and whose work was well known throughout the. Under and alone the true story of the undercover agent who infiltrated americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang book. Nov 07, 2019 while the atf would not confirm who specifically was targeted, special agent booth did reveal that some do have ties to motorcycle gangs. Americas most violent outlaw motorcycle gang gorilla. Jay dobyns brought honor to the atf and is a true american hero. Under and alone is a book written by undercover atf agent william quee. In 2003, while it was still only a draft, film rights to the book were sold to icon, the hollywood production company owned by mel gibson.
Exatf agent jay dobyns, who infiltrated hells angels. I will probably read other books available regarding the motorcycle gangs, mainly to learn a new perspective. William queen was an atf agent who infiltrated the vicious mongol motorcycle club. Atf agent darrin kozlowski went deep undercover to. Prospecting inside the mongols was a dangerous game, queen wrote in his book under and alone.
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