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Saturday, June 16, 2007

[/align]FBI targets biker club
40 indicted so far as FBI builds racketeering case against Highwaymen
Paul Egan / The Detroit News

The federal government has indicted 40 members and associates of Detroit's Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, and officials say they are building a racketeering case that will at least double the number of defendants.
The FBI's attempt to smash the Highwaymen -- detailed in court records, hearings and interviews, and based on at least 30,000 wiretapped phone calls -- features allegations of murder for hire, bloody beatings, suspected police corruption, a tractor trailer full of cocaine, interstate theft, and mortgage and insurance fraud.
"We're probably looking at one of the largest indictments in terms of number of defendants that this district has seen," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane Marion, who is prosecuting the case.
[/align]Indictments alleging large-scale trafficking of powder cocaine were handed down in October and March and a new charge was filed as recently as Friday. Within two months the government wants to combine the existing cases into a much more sweeping indictment involving a range of charges under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and 80 or more defendants, Marion said.
The Highwaymen, founded in Detroit in 1954, gained infamy in the 1970s when some members were convicted of bombing and raiding homes and clubhouses of rivals. The club, Detroit's largest, is still seen by many as an outlaw among outlaws -- banned from a federation of Detroit clubs founded by a former Outlaws president.
David "Ike" Simon, 47, president of the Detroit Highwaymen, said some members may have committed crimes but the club does not sanction anything illegal.
"There seems to be this perception out there that the Highwaymen are this massive, violent, uncontrollable organization, when that's not the case," said Simon, who is not among those indicted.
But a former Highwaymen vice-president and now honorary member, Aref "Scarface" Nagi of Sterling Heights, is jailed awaiting trial.
29 guns in Sterling Heights
Nagi, the owner of two Detroit-area restaurants, a bar and a janitorial company, may represent the newer face of motorcycle clubs -- the businessman biker. But an FBI search of his tidy home on a suburban street turned up 29 firearms, including assault rifles, shotguns and handguns, several of which had been reported stolen, according to evidence presented by the government in attempts to keep Nagi locked up.
In late-night chatter captured in about 30,000 phone conversations intercepted in 2005 and 2006, Nagi talked of beatings, a shooting and "scooby snacks" -- which the FBI says was his code word for cocaine.
Nagi's lawyer, James C. Thomas of Detroit, does not dispute it is his client heard on the tapes but said the word "snacks" suggests any drugs Nagi discussed were for personal use, not trafficking. Nagi is an industrious family man who, in addition to his business interests, is a licensed mechanic with a bachelor's degree and a community service award from Wayne State University, Thomas said.
'Rat' identified in raid
But tapes played in court present a different picture. In one, Nagi boasts about beating up a cook at his Pancho Villa's Restaurant in Dearborn, stabbing the man and throwing him in a Dumpster, FBI Special Agent Edward Brzezinski testified in U.S. District Court.
In another, Nagi tells his son Nasser to bring him his AK-47 assault rifle and "make sure it was loaded," Brzezinski testified at a hearing in February. Nasser also is indicted in the drug case and on Wednesday had his bond revoked by Chief U.S. District Judge Bernard A. Friedman.
In attempting to pinpoint a location on Fort Street for one of his associates, Nagi said "right down where I shot that guy," and then laughed, Brzezins

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FBI raids Detroit motorcycle club


Saturday, May 05, 2007
FBI raids Detroit motorcycle club
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News

DETROIT -- The FBI executed a search warrant Saturday afternoon at the headquarters of the Highwaymen motorcycle club, carting away boxes and motorcycles.

Agents in flak jackets and toting machine guns conducted the raid about 2 p.m. as the club staged its annual spring motorcycle inspection day. The event attracts old and young members and their families. About 500 people, including numerous young children, were inside the club and playing outside where a giant inflatable ride was set up, said people present during the raid.

The FBI closed both sides of Michigan Avenue about two blocks west and east of the headquarters. Police confirmed that the FBI's search warrant was sealed and its contents were not available to the public.

Leona McKinnon stood in tears about a block from the police perimeter. She had brought two of her granddaughters to thank club members for paying the $9,000 funeral bill for her son, Sean Martin, who died in September.

Federal agents stopped her and the girls before they could get close to the club. McKinnon said the raid should have occurred at a time when there were no children present, as she fingered rings that used to belong to her son and now adorn her necklace .

"This was a family day," she said. "I was shocked. They had to have planned this in advance. If you know in advance you are going to do this, why not wait for a day when the families would not be there?"

By 5:30 p.m., children and their mothers were allowed to leave the club. Some men who had vehicles other than motorcycles also were allowed to leave, said some people inside during the raid.

By 8:00 p.m., Michigan Avenue was reopened to traffic and club members and club members were socializing inside and outside the club.

Michigan Avenue outside the club was lined with gleaming custom motorcycles. The authorities had them towed two at a time onto flatbed trucks so they could be searched. The trucks had made at least three trips by 5:30 p.m.

Agents declined comment and since the warrant was sealed, it was unclear what the FBI was searching for and exactly why the building was raided.

Last October, the FBI and Brownstown Township Police conducted raids around Metro Detroit in a crackdown on alleged drug operations of the Highwaymen.

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