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Four members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were found not guilty of charges of "rioting" and assisting in a criminal street gang.

The four acquitted, Rudolfo "Rudy" Martinez, Gerald Smith, Dale Hormut, and Stephen Helland, were among seven bikers arrested by an Arizona Department of Public Safety task force in 2009, during "Operation Quiet Riot."

The operation was a six-month investigation into an ongoing feud between the Hells Angels, the Desert Roadriders, and their mutual rival Vagos in northwestern Arizona, in what DPS officials called "a struggle for power."

The four Hells Angels found not guilty were accused in an assault on Vagos members at Lazy Harry's bar in Bullhead City.

On the other hand, several members of Vagos were arrested by a DPS task force in February after allegedly beating up a guy at Lazy Harry's.

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Arizona Bike Week is geared more toward the casual motorcyclist, but that doesn't mean the gangsters are absent.

A Scottsdale police spokesman tells New Times just two alleged motorcycle gangsters were arrested during this year's Arizona Bike Week, which ran during the last week of March.

According to police, one member of Lost Dutchman MC was arrested for excessive speeding, while a member of Exiled Few MC was booked for violations related to an ignition interlock and a concealed weapon.

Both of those clubs are Arizona-based.

Meanwhile, it looks like the Hells Angels decided to play nice this year. Hells Angels members tend to claim Arizona Bike Week is for the yuppies, but that's apparently not quite the case.

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Kevin Augustiniak

​Kevin J. Augustiniak, one of the Hells Angels charged in the 2001 murder of Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, was sentenced yesterday to 23.5 years in prison.

Augustiniak pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in October, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment.

Sentencing for second-degree murder is typically capped at 22 years, but a previous aggravated-assault conviction helped tack on a little extra, although he'll get some credit for his time served in county jail.

Maricopa County Attorney's Office spokesman Jerry Cobb tells New Times Augustiniak will get around six years credit for time served.

Augustiniak and another Hells Angel, Paul Eischeid, were partying with Garcia in the gang's Mesa clubhouse in October 2001 when some of the bikers thought she was being disrespectful.

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​Eleven members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested today by an Arizona Department of Public Safety gang task force in connection with several violent crimes around Bullhead City.

Six of the 11 arrested during "Operation Catch 22" are repeat customers to the DPS task force, as they were arrested during "Operation Sand Castle" in December, 2010, under very similar circumstances.

According to a DPS spokesperson, the arrests are the result of an eight-month investigation into a "resurgence of violent crimes" related to Vagos, including some violent incidents involving patrons of local bars.

The most recent involved some alleged Vagos gangsters beating up a guy inside Lazy Harry's Lounge, dragging him out of the bar, and beating him up some more.

Along with another part of the investigation involving the Lake Havasu chapter of the Vagos, the 11 arrested racked up assorted charges including assaults, witness intimidation, drug sales, motorcycle theft, and possessing stolen property.

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​A Hells Angels hanger-on who helped alleged murderous biker Paul Eischeid flee the country in 2004 has been sentenced to prison time for supplying Eischeid with a false passport before he skipped town.

Eischeid -- a former Charles Schwab stockbroker with a "relatively clean criminal record" -- is accused of the 2001 murder of Cynthia Garcia. He spent four years on the U.S. Marshal's Most Wanted list until he was arrested in Argentina earlier this year.

Robert Eugene Tutokey, 43, will spend nine months in the federal Bureau of Prisons as a guest of the U.S. government after pleading guilty in July to one count of providing false statements in an application for a U.S. passport.

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Kevin Augustiniak

​Ten years after murdering Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, one of several members of the Hells Angels initially charged in her death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office tells New Times.

According to MCAO spokesman Jerry Cobb, terms of Augustiniak's plea deal call for no fewer than 22 years in prison, and no more than 25.

"The normal sentencing range for second-degree murder is capped at 22 years," Cobb says. "But according to ARS 13-710B, that term can be expanded to 25 years if the defendant has been convicted of a prior second-degree murder or, as in Augustiniak's case, a class 2 or class 3 felony involving a weapon."

Augustiniak and several other Hells Angels -- including biker/stockbroker Paul Eischeid (more on him below) -- were partying with Garcia in the gang's Mesa clubhouse when some of the bikers thought she was being disrespectful.

As we've learned from experience, Hells Angels tend to frown upon disrespect (see exhibits A and B here and here). 

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Paul Merle Eischeid

​When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn't do it alone, authorities say -- he had help from a Mesa man.

Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Power and Brown roads in Mesa, accusing him of helping Eischeid flee the United States after the murder.

It's unclear whether Tutokey also is a member of the Hells Angels.

According to federal authorities, Tutokey applied for and obtained a passport in his name, which he gave to Eischeid, allowing him to flee the country in 2004.

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Paul Eischeid and his Angel ink.

​A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who authorities believe is responsible for "one of the most grisly" murders in recent American criminal history, has been captured in Argentina, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today.

Paul Merle Eischeid, one of the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitives, was captured today in Buenos Aires by Argentinean authorities.

Eischeid is suspected in the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia.

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Mike Yevtuck: Not a racist.

​The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and this newspaper have an (ahem) interesting relationship. Every time we write about the gang (literally every time), the comment section of each blog post erupts with comments from people accusing the group of molesting children, cooking meth, and various other crimes. Members of the group counter by threatening New Times writers, spelling things wrong, and apparently posting racist comments under the names of those who oppose them.

Check out some examples here...and here...and once again here.

One of those in frequent opposition to the "8-1" is Mike Yevtuck, who tells New Times his hatred of the gang dates back to when he was 14 years old. More importantly, Yevtuck wants New Times readers to know that he's not a racist, despite there being some very racist comments left on blog posts under his name.

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Christina Green was murdered on Saturday. Despicably, the members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to protest her funeral.

​Members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, announced today that they plan to protest the funeral of a 9-year-old girl murdered during Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson.

(UPDATE: Westboro Baptist Church agrees to not protest funeral in exchange for radio air time)

In a press release, the group -- made infamous for holding protest rallies at other funerals, including that of Elizabeth Edwards, cancer victim and wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards -- says 9-year-old Christina Green "was killed for your rebellion when God sent the shooter to deal with idolatrous America."

We'll spare you the rest of the group's despicable rant, but anyone interested can read it at www.godhatesfags.com.
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