Police got wrong riders - Highway 61 members

Police prosecute a group of Highway 61 members after passing them on the Desert Road and chasing them at speed.


Those charged are Athol Tewiata Raika, 53, Owen William Wilkinson, 46, of Porirua, Brian Andrew Thompson, 51, tutor, James Gregory Nelson, 49, labourer, of Paraparaumu, James Eric Hiroki, 46, truck driver, of Palmerston North, Carl Vance Furniss, 53, of Lower Hutt, Peter William Evans, 44, painter, Martin Allan Pinhey, 41, both of Miramar, Anthony James Devitt, 50, of Crofton Downs, Martin William Davies, 53, operator, of Taita, and Frank Berry, 48, of Waikanae

The Highway 61 members protest their innocence by blaming another group of motorcyclists and question the Police charges in identifying them.

Judge James Weir reserved his decision and requested written submissions from defence, and responses by prosecution.

He remanded the defendants on bail for sentencing in January if he found there was a case to answer.

Stuff article can be found here

88's Branching out in Wellington

Dominion Post article today detailing the Head Hunters establishing a cage fighting club in the Upper Hutt. Situated across the road from a Police station the Dominion approached Nathan Hemana a patched member for comment who resides at the address and is the only patched member in Wellington. Details of the Dominions article can be found here.

NZ Herald picked the story up this afternoon less detail than the Dominions article details found here.

The story states that it is setup as Capital Transitions Charitable Trust Board Its two trustees are Mr. Hemana and Phillip McFarlane another North Island based patched member. A.C.A.B as a teenager met Phil McFarlane once. He purchased his first V8 an HQ Holden from Phil McFarlane he was introduced to him by a friend.

Again the media sludge the MC even though no actual crime has been committed here. The Herald mentions Dave Dunn is still facing charges something blogged about here before.

Professional Gigolo??!!

A gang leader claimed his fleet of fast cars was partially paid for by his success as a professional gigolo rather than his drug enterprise.

A humerous article from the NZ Herald detailing his sentencing to three years jail for drug offences.

Details can be found here