The entire Bakersfield chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club has been arrested in California on various violent charges.
The Kern county sheriff’s department said on Tuesday that six members of the motorcycle club’s Bakersfield chapter were arrested, including its president and vice-president.
All suspects have been charged with kidnapping, first-degree robbery, criminal threats, false imprisonment, assault with a firearm, participation in a criminal street gang, criminal conspiracy and intimidating a witness or victim, as well as elder abuse.
Authorities also seized approximately 25 firearms, ammunition, multiple high-capacity magazines and gang-affiliated paraphernalia. Photos posted on Facebook by the Kern county sheriff’s office showed multiple firearms, motorcycle vests with the words “Hells Angels MC California”, as well as paraphernalia from other chapters of the motorcycle club across the country.
The members have been identified as Ricardo Alvarez, 42; Armando Villasenor, 55; Joseph Soto Sr, 57; Joseph Soto Jr, 33; Joshua Zavala, 31; and John Seeger, 57. All men are residents of Bakersfield, which is located around 113 miles (182km) from Los Angeles.
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