The Diablos Motorcycle Club, or Diablos MC for short, is a "
one-percenter" outlaw motorcycle club that has chapters in cities across the United States.
John E. Irvin, president of the Diablos'
San Fernando Valley
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chapter, and Thomas E. Pastor, a former Connecticut chapter member, were convicted of possession with intent to distribute
methamphetamine, and of using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime after they were found to be in possession of two loaded weapons and eight packages of methamphetamine when searched by
Illinois State Police
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officers near
Collinsville, Illinois
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on January 5, 1995.
On September 24, 1998, Diablos club member Raymond "Stoney" Stone and seven other members were charged with various crimes (including Stone's confession in his involvement in the 1992 murder of rival gang member Mike D'Amato of
Wallingford, Connecticut
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's James Gang MC for which he would be sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment).
Keith Gallagher, the vice president of the Diablos' national chapter, was indicted in Massachusetts on charges of
cocaine
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trafficking
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There are various ...
on January 24, 2006.
Diablos member Jerry Louis Fantauzzi was arrested on December 7, 2005, following a long-term investigation into the Diablos in
Waterbury
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and
Meriden, Connecticut. On November 20, 2006, he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on charges of drug dealing.
On April 22, 2012, the national leader and founder of the Diablos, Jack Baltas, died at the age of 70, two days after being released from prison after being incarcerated for trafficking drugs.
Diablos were involved in a mass brawl with members of the
Outlaws at a bar in
Plainville, Connecticut
Plainville is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,525 at the 2020 census.
History
Plainville first was inhabited by Europeans around 1650. By the 1660s, the land was incorporated as land for nearby Farm ...
in May 2019, leaving two outlaws injured.
CT bar shut down after fight between rival motorcycle gangs
Lisa Backus, ''Connecticut Post
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'' (May 22, 2019)
References
External links
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1961 establishments in California
Motorcycle clubs in the United States
Outlaw motorcycle clubs
Gangs in California
Gangs in Connecticut
Gangs in Massachusetts