Clarksville, Tenn.–A 54-count superseding indictment was unsealed today, charging 12 members and associates of the Mongols Motorcycle Gang (Mongols) with racketeering conspiracy, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office of Middle Tennessee. Three other individuals were charged with other federal crimes including large scale drug trafficking and crimes related to the Hobbs Act.
One of the men indicted is from Dover. Among the crimes with which they are charged including the kidnapping and murder in the summer of 2015 which began in Clarksville and ended in a cemetery in Bumpus Mills. Other crimes include a long list involving other kidnap, murder and assault cases.
Joining U.S. Attorney Cochran in announcing these charges at a Noon news conference were Jack Webb, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Nashville Division; Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director Dewayne Johnson; and Clarksville Police Chief Al Ansley.
According to the indictment, members and associates of the Clarksville Chapter of the Mongols, engaged in a host of violent criminal activities, including murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, witness tampering, money laundering, interstate travel in aid of racketeering and large scale drug trafficking.
As stated in the indictment, the Mongols Motorcycle Gang identifies itself as an “outlaw” motorcycle gang and is a nationwide and international organization with chapters located in different geographical areas. Most of the chapters are in California, but chapters have been established in other parts of the United States and in other countries, including Tennessee.
This morning, local, state and federal law enforcement officers began arresting those charged in the indictment and all but one are in custody.
The indictment details allegations of violent, criminal activity and drug trafficking in and around the Clarksville, Tenn. area beginning in or about March 2015, by certain Mongols members or associates and continuing until the return of the indictment. The 12 individuals charged in the Racketeering conspiracy are:
- James Wesley Frazier, a/k/a “Slo-Mo,” a/k/a “Special,” 30, of Clarksville;
- Aelix Santiago, a/k/a “Goon,” a/k/a “Big O,” a/k/a “Big Offit,” 29, of Clarksville;
- Kyle Heade, 30, formerly of Fort Campbell, Kentucky;
- Joel Aldridge, a/k/a “Sleezy,” a/k/a “Spoon,” 36, of Clarksville;
- James Hines, a/k/a “Fester,” 42, of Clarksville;
- Michael Forrester, Jr., a/k/a “Stix,” 29, of Clarksville;
- Stephen Cole, a/k/a “Lurch,” 36, of Clarksville;
- Jamie Hern, a/k/a “J-Roc,” 38, of Clarksville;
- Robert Humiston, a/k/a “Bric,” a/k/a “Brichands,” 25, of Dover, Tennessee;
- Michael Myers, a/k/a “Yea Yea,” 33, of Oak Grove, Kentucky;
- Michael Levi West, a/k/a “Smurf,” a/k/a “Blue,” 35, of Clarksville; and
- Adrianna Frazier, a/k/a “Adrianna Miles,” 32, of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Charged with large scale drug trafficking:
- Derek Leighton Stanley, 43, of Owensboro, Kentucky.
Charged with offenses related to Hobbs Act Robbery:
- Timothy Grant, 31, of Clarksville, Tennessee;
- Dustin McCracken, a/k/a “D,” 28, of Clarksville.
Steven Cole remains at large and his whereabouts are unknown.
Allegations of criminal conduct contained in the indictment include:
Holding weekly meetings of the Mongols Clarksville Chapter at various residences and businesses in Clarksville, for the purpose of discussing club business and paying dues to support the criminal activities of the club;
Kidnapping and assaulting an individual, using a firearm and a Taser, at a motel in Clarksville on April 20, 2015;
Setting fire to and destroying the Sin City Motorcycle Clubhouse in Clarksville on May 17, 2015;
Kidnapping two individuals at gunpoint in the Clarksville area on May 22, 2015, and transporting them to a cemetery in Bumpus Mills, Tenn., where one individual was murdered by shooting the victim at least 8 times, including once in the head;
Robbing two individuals at gunpoint in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Clarksville on July 3, 2015;
Breaking into a home in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on July 4, 2015, and pistol whipping the resident and stealing the resident’s belongings while holding the victim at knifepoint;
On numerous occasions, travelling to California and transporting an aggregate total of at least 50 pounds of methamphetamine and bringing it back to Tennessee for distribution in Tennessee and Kentucky;
Delivering an aggregate total of at least $300,000 in cash, the proceeds of methamphetamine sales, to a co-conspirator member of the Mongols California Harbor Chapter;
On January 9, 2016, in Clarksville, purchasing 80-90 pills containing Oxymorphone, a schedule II substance, in exchange for $3,000-$3,500;
On January 16, 2016, in Clarksville, attempting to purchase 90 pills containing Oxymorphone, in exchange for $5,400; during this deal, Kyle Heade shot and wounded another individual, using a 9mm handgun;
Kidnapping two individuals at a residence in Clarksville and holding them at gunpoint while they interrogated one of the victims and searched the residence for drug proceeds on January 17, 2016;
On April 24, 2016, three of the individuals charged were travelling from Oak Grove, Kentucky to Boone County, Missouri, where they were stopped by law enforcement for travelling in a stolen vehicle and found in possession of a Glock 9mm pistol with an extra 30 round magazine and a .40 caliber handgun; 113 grams of 100 percent pure methamphetamine; and varying amounts of other illegal controlled substances;
On May 11, 2016, one of the individuals charged sold approximately 3 grams of 96 percent pure methamphetamine to another individual;
Attempting to murder an individual on July 14, 2016, by shooting the victim multiple times for wearing clothing identifying himself as a member of another motorcycle club;
From Oct. 26, 2016, through on or about Nov. 9, 2016, kidnapping a woman from a hotel in Nashville, and physically assaulting her and threatening her while interrogating her about the death of a co-conspirator member of the Mongols Harbor Chapter in California.
Other criminal acts are alleged in the indictment.
If convicted, Timothy Grant and Dustin McCracken face up to 20 years in prison. All other defendants face up to life in prison.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; the Clarksville Police Department; and the Owensboro, Kentucky Police Department; with assistance from the Montgomery County, Tenn. Sheriff’s Department; the Stewart County Tenn. Sheriff’s Dept; the Christian County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Dept; the Davies County, Kentucky Sheriff’s Dept; and the Fort Campbell Army Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Katy Risinger of the Middle District of Tennessee and Trial Attorney Robert Tully of the DOJ Organized Crime and Gang Section are prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
Photo: Robert Humiston of Dover