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Operation Roadkill leads to federal charges again 15 in alleged motorcycle gang
By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff
Fifteen members and associates of the Outlaws motorcycle Club, including the former president of the Taunton chapter, were arrested today on federal gun and drug trafficking charges following a two-year undercover investigation dubbed "Operation Roadkill."
A task force of FBI agents, State Police, and officers from Brockton and Taunton raided the Outlaws' Taunton clubhouse as part of an investigation that led to the seizure of 17 guns, 116 grams of cocaine, and $100,000 in cash, according to Acting US Attorney Michael K. Loucks.
"It should have a substantial impact on their operation in this state," said Loucks, who added the Outlaws are a highly structured, violent gang with 90 chapters worldwide, including Taunton, Brockton and East Boston.
The Outlaws are the primarly rivals of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and have been embroiled in violent confrontations that led to the April 2006 fatal shooting of the president of a Hells Angels chapter in Connecticut, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.
Among those arrested today were Joseph "Joe Doggs" Noe, the reputed former president of the Taunton chapter, and Brian "Clothesline" Delavega, of Holbrook, the alleged regional enforcer for the Outlaws.
During the investigation, which began in 2005, members of the gang allegedly were involved in selling marijuana and cocaine, a carjacking, a home invasion, protecting drug shipments, and witness intimidation.
