Court docs: Violent crimes involving rival KC-area motorcycle ‘gangs’ land 18 people in jail

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Plans involving assault, threats, and rival biker gangs land more than a dozen people behind bars. Court documents show the Kansas City area was at the center of the plot.

A grand jury indicted more than a dozen Kansas City of the Pagan’s motorcycle club. The indictment accuses them of a series of armed assaults against rival motorcycle gangs. The indictment was unsealed Thursday.

A dozen law enforcement agencies executed seven search warrants, including one at a house near SW 3rd Street and Pryor Road in Lee’s Summit, Thursday morning.

Officers seized more than 40 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, body armor and a marijuana grow operation.

The indictment shows Pagan’s maintains chapters in numerous states, including Missouri and Kansas.

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The indictment charged the following 18 people, identified as of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, with the following crimes.

• Christopher “Mack” McGowen, 40, of Platte City, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon
  • discharging a firearm during an assault
  • assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering

• Arthur “Straight Edge” Reynolds III, 48, Independence, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Jarrid “Hammer” Hammer, 45, Independence, Mo.
  • assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering

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• Jeremiah “ Out” Hahn, 41, Cameron, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon

• John “Krazy Legs” Hahn, 46, Cameron, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Charles “Crash” Smith, Jr., 38, Blue Springs, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• James “Rugby” Prettyman, 42, Blue Springs, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Mark “One Shot” Cottman, 49, Kansas City, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

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• Bryan “Fletch” Fletcher, 48, Lee’s Summit
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Mark “Navajo” Crump, 54, Lee’s Summit, Mo.
  • assault resulting in serious bodily injury in aid of racketeering

• Jeffrey “Got-It” Hannah, 42, Grain Valley, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Eric “EZ” Forsyth, Jr., 34, Oak Grove, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Robert “Flipper” Miller, 46, Joplin, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

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• Brandon “Youngblood” Hodge, 25, Joplin, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Monty “Smoke” Mitchell, 58, Windsor, Mo.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

• Alan “Bones” Thornton, 40, Holden, Mo.
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon

• John Travis “T-Bone” Fisher, 51, Sapulpa, Okla.
  • attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon

• Graham “Dro” Gattis, 40, Panama City, Fla.
  • assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering
  • discharging a firearm during an assault

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The indictment claims that Pagan’s used threats of violence to protect its territory from rival motorcycle clubs.

In Missouri the rival clubs include:

• Hells Angels
• Outlaws
• El Forastero
• Galloping Goose
• Sons of Silence
• Bandidos

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The court documents go on to show Pagan’s tried to eliminate the other gangs completely by assaulting, robbing, extorting and even trying to murder them.

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