A member of the Hells Angels will spend the next eight years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering.Fifty-9-year-old James Henry McAuley of Rochester was sentenced Thursday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Norman Mordue for conspiring to murder members of the Kingsmen Motorcycle Club in Fulton. The Kingsmen, who were affiliated with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, were trying to establish a chapter in Hells Angels territory.The scheme was derailed by the FBI after an informant contacted authorities. Nobody was hurt.
William (Billy) Bowden pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007
William (Billy) Bowden, 33, pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg courtroom today to carrying a firearm in a careless manner in January 2007 and skipping out on his preliminary hearing about a year later. Other drug and weapons charges related to the 2007 incident were stayed as part of a plea bargain securing the two convictions. Bowden remains in custody though, charged with manslaughter in relation to the November 2007 killing of Jeff Engen, who was fatally stabbed at the Empire Cabaret, prompting the club to close. That charge remains before the courts. Bowden has been in custody since he was arrested Feb. 14 in Whistler, B.C., and returned to Manitoba. The Crown and defence jointly recommended that time be noted in his sentence for carrying the firearm. That crime occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2007, as Bowden was leaving the NV lounge in a truck with friend Ken Houston, court heard. Police discovered a Glock 9mm handgun loaded with 18 bullets in a pile of garbage close to where the...
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