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HELLS ANGELS PROTESTING:

Did I just see the same Hells Angels leaders protesting "police propaganda" Being arrested today in one of the biggest busts of guns and drugs in recent memory”?

My, how one day can change what already was a sad attempt to recruit public sympathy for property damage inflicted by the Federal Authorities upon a Hells Angels East Vancouver chapter. Oh no, a poor Hells Angels door was bashed in - and look! Some glass was smashed! - Clearly, the public cares more about this than the decades of misery and death caused by gang violence, drug operations and prostitution in the downtown eastside, enabled in part by Hells Angels operations.

Let’s hope that the progressive criminal legislation used to turf these thugs in jail is used as frequently as necessary to rid the streets of the menace of organized crime activity.

As the photo shows, these organizations are worldwide in drugs, prostitution, fraud, weapons, explosives, and electronics – typical in hundreds of cases related to their organized crime and terrorism networks.

Network World:

The door to the Hells Angels New York City clubhouse shut behind me blocking out the light and noise of East 3rd St. I walked past a pile of orange safety cones used to reserve the Angels parking spaces. I glanced at the walls plastered with placards, and noticed a monitor beaming back images of the street outside from one of three closed-circuit cameras. So this is what the inside of a Hells Angels hangout is like. In some areas of the world, such as Storey County, Nevada, their interconnected organizations typical of the Illuminati have such multi – million dollars worth that they are buying and/or doing business nationally and internationally. Typical Instrumentals in these particular operations are Hells Angels David Burgess and Troy Regas. *SEE REFERENCE TO LINK BELOW.

But this surprisingly quiet and cozy six-story building is not just a place where Angels meet; it also houses a thriving Electronic Commerce Operation, Big Red Machine, which sells an array of club merchandise.

Most e-com headquarters cause nary a glance, but the Hells Angels attract a bit more attention. New York's finest tend to cruise by a couple times an hour to eyeball the place.

The U.S. government also monitors a Web site based in California dedicated to Ralph "Sonny" Barger, who is considered to be the unofficial chief (founder) of the notorious worldwide organization. Barger's site received more than 100 hits from government officials in October alone. The site sells statues of the man some consider a folk hero and others call a criminal.



Looking to buy your Hells Angels T-shirt but wanting to avoid the holiday rush? Fear not - you can order directly over the Net.

The Angels' products are not for everyone. One T-shirt says, "WHEN IN DOUBT . . . KNOCK EM OUT! A bumper sticker says, "SEE YOU IN HELL!" Some of this stuff has logos that are unprintable.

The Web site's offices, located several floors up, consist of a few rooms full of T-shirts, hats and other gear packed into plastic containers; on a desk sits a slider used to verify American Express cards.

Our guide is the soft-spoken, black-leather-clad Helene Czech Garcia, who is the head of the New York chapter's Internet-based business.

As we talk, Garcia casually mentions that she just added nose cones from the original Hells Angels World War II Fighter Bombers to the catalog. Not many know that the Angels began nearly 50 years ago when fighter pilots, fresh from the war, were looking to raise some hell. From there, it as transgressed into one of the largest Organized Crime networks BRANCHING INTO THE ILLUMINATI TYPE CONNECTIONS.

The New York chapter's Big Red Machine Web site (one of many worldwide) is Garcia's brainchild. The wife of a club member, Garcia decided to launch the site years ago primarily for direct sales. Before the World Wide Web, sales were driven only by direct mailings and Big Red Machine adds in Easy Rider and other biker magazines.

"We wanted to target international customers and ones not accessible by mail but who have access to a computer," Garcia says. So back in 1996, she headed to the Web, getting a local service provider to do the hosting while she did the design. So far it has been extremely successful in expanding the business. Hells Angels gear “it sells itself." Garcia says. Just how much she won't say, although she acknowledges the club moves hundreds of items a year worth millions of dollars. Hidden along with this are drug trafficking, laundering, fraud, prostitution, ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND TECHNOLOGY ABUSE - - Just about every crime, security and OCCULT ABUSE TO THE CURRENT BRANCHES OF THE ILLUMINATI TYPE AND “NEW WORLD ORDER.”

The New York Big Red Machine site sells gear from a number of Hells Angels chapters to a wide range of people and situations that are completely sickening. "We do a lot of business in Japan, Garcia says. And someone in Thailand can look and say, 'That's a cool shirt and order it. They know who the Hells Angels are. It's amazing; it's such a small world." According to Garcia, the club really has no competitors - after all, there is only one Hells Angels and THE ILLUMINATI TYPE TOOK ADVANTAGE AND VISA VERSA. THESE INCLUDE OTHER “ONE PERCENTER” ORGANIZATIONS TO ITALIAN CRIME FAMILIES SUCH AS GENOVESE (EXAMPLES ONLY).

Working on a Windows PC, Garcia does her Web updates using Adobe Page Mill Security and server tools are provided by the ISP. Payments are made by the usual e-commerce means, such as credit cards.

Like many Web site managers, Garcia has a hard time keeping up with all the correspondence: HUNDREDS OF mail per day goes through her Eudora mail basket. In fact, a fair number of the members of her chapter are online. Garcia also posts the dates of Angels parties and diverted situations that are intended for federal and public confusion.

Some of the money raised on the Angels Web sites goes to the various clubs legal defense funds. For instance, the West Coast of England sells clothing and many other items and procedures to pay the legal costs of a "brother" given 10 years for manslaughter with provocation. A fairly recent case would be Hells Angels – Orange County, California – Rusty Coones, who was indited along with City officials. These people are hidden and paid-off into every conceivable BUREAUCRATIC area that you can imagine.

One man's opinion

George Christie is a prominent Ventura, Calif.-based Hells Angels member. Christie, speaking from his Ink House tattoo shop, says the group is just changing with the times. "The Internet is a way to reach out to a lot of people," he says. Christie's chapter in Ventura is about to launch its own Big Red Machine Web site.

The managers of the Angels Web sites do not view themselves as competitors. "We're all part of the same organization," Christie says. Although not a Web surfer himself, Christie says a number of the members of his chapter are. But browsing and blending with the rest of society are two different things. "I have never felt part of mainstream society and don't think I ever will," he says. "I don't feel any different than I did 25 years ago."

Another thing that hasn't changed is the willingness of the Angels to defend their turf. Witness a recent e-mail exchange from a Swedish Angels site (Viewer please go to any related key words). After someone wrote that the Angels "are simply the best, of course, besides the Bandidos," a man named GRUMPY replied, "This is the wrong neighborhood for that kind of talk."

The authorities take:

Law enforcement officials are not totally surprised by the biker’s Web presence. "They are a very sophisticated organization, despite what some people believe," says Terry Katz, a lieutenant in the criminal intelligence bureau of the Maryland State police. "They're not just barroom brawlers. They have a reputation for violence and intimidation, but they can be charming (SOCIOPATHIC)."

Hence the club's sponsoring of Toys for Tots bike runs and other public-relations opportunities.

"They have an impressive ability to expand," Katz says. "They're very conscious of their image."

Moreover, Jack Levin, an author and criminology professor at Northeastern University in Boston has some concerns.

"Every shadowy organization in existence is on the Web and attempting to make money out of it if it works," Levin says.

Teenagers who are drawn to anything that appears rebellious are the most likely to respond to such Web sites, Levin believes.

What's with Big Red?

By now you may be wondering where the name "Big Red Machine" comes from. Why not ?

For the answer, we turned to the testimonial of club member Tricky Tramp, which was posted on the Windsor, England, site cityweb.co.uk. According to Tramp, a group of Angels spontaneously coined the term during "a stoned night in Amsterdam" in 1989.

Eventually, they created the Big Red Machine logo - which indicates support for the Hells Angels but avoids trampling on the precious death's-head trademark. Consumers are free to wear Big Red material, but the actual Hells Angels logo remains strictly for members.

The head Angel;

Not satisfied with the Big Red Machine selection? Just pop over to , where you can pick up a $300 statue of the Angels' organizational architect Barger astride a Harley. The site plans to sell Barger's “in-the-works” biography when it is published, as well as a video based on the book.

"He's an American legend," says Jack Lupertino a long-time friend of the 63-year-old Barger, and manager of the Web site. THIS IS THE MISLED AND UNFORTUNATE INACCURACY OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE NEWS MEDIA.

Based in Santa Cruz, Calif., Lupertino is a member of the Ghost Mountain Riders, an Angels affiliate. It was Lupertino's idea to create the statue of Barger and market it over the Web; he sealed the deal with Barger with a handshake.

Lupertino got a friend to set up the page, and the site went live in June; in October, it received 20,567 hits. "The thing's potential is phenomenal," says Lupertino, who adds that Barger's fame translates well on the Web.

The hits that Barger’s site gets are from all over the world - Russia, South America and New Zealand, for example. Lupertino makes note of the 100 hits from the U.S. government. Whether it was the Justice Department or some other agency, he doesn't know.

All we do is sell statues and other articles he says. "I don't know why the government is interested in that." Especially since Lupertino dropped ads from pornographic and tattoo companies.

Passing comments through Lupertino, Barger says he's amazed at how many people are hitting his Web site, and that the rapid growth of the medium is like nothing else he's ever seen.

Barger notes that today there is more e-mail shuttling back and forth than a regular paper mill – Information is the most important thing we have in “RUNNING THE WORLD," Barger says. (SOUNDS LIKE ILLUMINATI LINGO)!

Some Government Agencies, uninformed and/or misinformed public and media are inches away from proper awareness and publication.

*David Burgess – “pertinent President of the Hells Angels” and his partner, Troy Regas keep “popping-up” so much that it has become real important to add specific information about their operations in Reno – Sparks – Storey County, Nevada. Please refer to the rob- ENTITLED:

PRESIDENT OF THE HA, DAVID BURGESS – AFFILIATES SUCH AS TROY REGAS AND TYPICAL OPERATIONS IN NEVADA.

UPDATE AUGUST 2007

HELLS ANGELS ARRESTED IN WYO. JULY 26th, 2007

Hells Angels members arrested during traffic stop

Posted: Tuesday, Jul 31st, 2007

Evanston – Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers continue to follow up additional leads in their investigation of two members of the Hells Angels that have been arrested and charged with drug possession.

The arrests were made during a traffic stop conducted near the Utah/Wyoming State Line on Interstate 80, July 24.

The traffic stop was made shortly after 10 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 about three miles east of Evanston when a trooper noticed the trailer being pulled by a white 1999 Freightliner motor home was displaying an expired Wyoming registration tag.

During the traffic stop a user amount of marijuana was found in the possession of the driver, 37 year-old Shayne D. Waldron who is from Sun Valley, Nevada. A passenger in the motor home was also arrested, 54-year-old DAVID W. BURGESS from Sparks, Nevada. Both individuals are members of the Nevada Chapter of the HELLS ANGELS M. C.

Troopers obtained a search warrant for the motor home and during a subsequent search they discovered approximately 14.9 grams of COCAINE.

Waldron is being held on $5,000 dollars bond on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance. BURGESS is being held on a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance and bond has been set at $55,000.

Waldron and Burgess were driving the Freightliner motor home, known as the “War Wagon,” at the 2007 Hells Angels USA Run which is being held in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, from July 25 - 29, 2007.

Hells Angels chapters from across the United States are expected to attend this meeting.

IT IS KNOWN THAT THE HELLS ANGELS OPERATE in 23 STATES, 25 FOREIGN COUNTRIES and have A MINIMUM 3,500 (NOW THOUSANDS) member’s worldwide. THIS DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE CONNECTIONS THAT DO NOT RESEMBLE BIKER ATTIRE WHAT SO EVER.

They are RECOGNIZED AS ORGANIZED CRIME by law enforcement agencies and courts throughout the United States. The FBI estimates the Hells Angels takes in A MINIMUM BILLIONS A YEAR WORLDWIDE from drug trafficking.

OCTOBER 26, 2007

FBI agents spent several hours Thursday OCTOBER 25, 2007 searching the home of HELLS ANGELS LEADER AND BROTHEL OWNER DAVID BURGESS on Mayberry Drive in southwest Reno for several hours Thursday but declined to say WHAT THEY FOUND.

The agents and Reno police, many with assault rifles and wearing helmets and bullet-proof vests, blocked traffic from Mayberry onto Sherwood Place. A Humvee blocked the entrance to the driveway of the home.

BURGESS faces trial (on a previous charge) on Dec. 3 in Uinta County, Wyo., for a felony charge for possessing cocaine.

In December 2003, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms searched the Hells Angels clubhouse in Sparks and seized property during a five-state crackdown on the gang.

The clubhouse, near McCarran Boulevard and Sullivan Lane, had been owned by Joe Conforte, the former owner of the Mustang Ranch brothel now a fugitive in Brazil. Burgess is a nephew of Conforte.

After that search, Waldron and three other Hells Angels filed a federal lawsuit against Washoe County and the sheriff’s office, claiming their constitutional rights were violated in the search. Waldron was arrested at the clubhouse on suspicion of possessing a stolen gun during the search.

(DETAILS WILL FOLLOW - THIS POST DATED OCTOBER 26, 2007)

OCTOBER 27, 2007

RENO, Nev. -- FBI agents remain mum on why they raided the Reno home of brothel owner and HELLS ANGELS LEADER DAVID BURGESS.

"We are here executing a search warrant and that's really all we can say," Bill Woerner, FBI assistant special agent in charge, told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Agents, many carrying assault rifles and wearing bullet-proof vests, also declined to say what THEY FOUND during the search of the home Thursday.

Burgess, owner of the Old Bridge Ranch brothel in Mustang just east of Reno, awaits trial Dec. 3 in Wyoming after his July 26, 07 arrest there on a felony charge of possessing cocaine.

EDITED OCTOBER 2007

POSTED January 2, 2008

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Federal prosecutor wants Nevada man to pay for his own lawyer

A federal prosecutor has asked a judge to review whether the owner of a Nevada brothel who's charged with possessing and transporting child pornography meets the financial requirements to be represented by a federal public defender.

David Burgess, 55 is charged with possession and interstate transportation of child pornography. Court records state that he faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of both counts.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol arrested Burgess in July. According to a statement from the patrol, a trooper stopped a Freightliner motor home known as the "War Wagon" in which Burgess was a passenger. The patrol reported that the trooper made the stop just east of Evanston because the motor home was pulling a trailer with an expired registration tag.

According to the patrol statement, both the driver and Burgess were members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. Both men told police they were traveling to the 2007 Hells Angels USA Run in Eureka Springs, Ark. Court records said officers found 14.9 grams of cocaine in the motor home.

Jim Anderson, assistant U.S. attorney, said in court last month that in addition to drugs, a search of a laptop computer found in the motor home determined it was "chock full" of child pornography.

A federal grand jury indicted Burgess last month on the child pornography charges and he was arrested in Nevada. A magistrate in Nevada appointed the federal public defender's office to represent him.

Burgess pleaded not guilty to both counts last month at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate William C. Beaman in Cheyenne.

Prosecutor Anderson had urged Beaman to jail Burgess pending his scheduled Feb. 4 trial. He said Burgess is a leader of the Nevada chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, has no ties to Wyoming and is operating a brothel.

"It's a legal occupation, but I would characterize it as an unsavory occupation," Anderson said of Burgess' ownership of the Old Bridge Ranch, east of Reno, Nev.

Beaman allowed Burgess to remain free pending trial.

At last month's court hearing, Anderson also questioned how Burgess qualified for representation from the federal public defender's office.

"It looks to me like the defendant's got a net worth of several million dollars," Anderson said.

Beaman said the prosecution could file a petition questioning Burgess' representation.

Anderson on Wednesday filed a motion asking U.S. Judge Alan B. Johnson to review the Nevada magistrate's determination that Burgess qualified for the services of the federal public defender's office.

Anderson wrote that Burgess told a pretrial services officer in Nevada that he owns a business, a residence and other property. Anderson said it appears that Burgess has the means to retain his own private lawyer.

Anderson also asked Johnson to decide whether it would be appropriate to require Burgess to repay the public defender's office for its work on his case so far.

James Barrett, an assistant federal public defender, represented Burgess at last month's court hearing. An attempt to reach Barrett on Friday was unsuccessful.

BEN NEARY



March 4, 2008 POSTING:

Wyoming - A lawyer for a Nevada brothel owner facing federal child pornography charges argued Monday that Wyoming police violated his constitutional rights when they seized a laptop computer and two hard drives during a traffic stop last summer.

David Burgess, 55, has asked a federal judge to SUPPRESS evidence taken from the computer equipment. His lawyer said the equipment was beyond the scope of a search warrant obtained by Wyoming police, who were investigating the Hells Angels motorcycle gang leader for drug trafficking.

Burgess -- the owner of the Old Bridge Ranch, a legal brothel east of Reno, Nev. -- was arrested on drug charges by the Wyoming Highway Patrol last July during a traffic stop in western Wyoming. His motor home had been pulled over because the vehicle's trailer had an expired license plate, police said.

On Monday, lawyers argued over whether the police officers' search for evidence of drugs justified their seizure of a laptop computer and two hard drives from the motor home.

A state investigator mining the computer equipment for evidence of drug trafficking allegedly found images of child pornography, leading to charges of possessing and transporting child pornography against Burgess.

Burgess has pleaded not guilty. State drug charges were filed against him were later dismissed. He declined to comment after Monday's hearing.

Jim Barrett, assistant federal public defender, said the search warrant for the motor home was overly broad. It listed "computer records," but did not specify a computer or hard drives. He said there's no excuse for "throwing a warrant at somebody with the word 'records.’

"When you're looking at a computer or hard drive, you're not looking at anything but a machine," Barrett said. "If you're looking for records contained on that item, you get a warrant to search that item."

Special Agent Russ Schmitt, with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, testified that officers often confiscate computers during drug investigations. He said they're common tools for storing potential evidence, such as photos, drug recipes or contact lists.

Schmitt said he was called in on the day of the Burgess stop to help write the request for search warrant. He said he was not specifically seeking computer equipment, but had used a search warrant form that listed "computer records."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Anderson said the officers had reason to believe the computers contained records related to drug trafficking.

"Where do we keep the records of our lives? Just as Agent Schmitt testified, on our computers," Anderson said.

U.S. Judge Alan B. Johnson didn't rule Monday on the suppression motion.

Johnson rescheduled a pending trial in the case for April 14, 2008.

POSTED April 19, 2008:

BY: MATT JOYCE

WY - CHEYENNE -- David Burgess, a Nevada brothel owner and Hells Angels member known for his love of photography, WAS CONVICTED Friday of possessing and transporting child pornography.

Jurors deliberated less than four hours after closing arguments in the weeklong federal trial of Burgess, a charter member of a Nevada chapter of the Hells Angels and owner of the Old Bridge Ranch, a legal brothel near Reno, Nev.

Burgess, 55, had pleaded not guilty to the two charges. When the verdict was read, he looked solemnly back at his friends and family members in the courtroom, many of them weeping. Burgess' bond was revoked, and he was handcuffed and taken into custody by U.S. marshals.

Burgess faces from five to 30 years in prison, up to a $500,000 fine, and from five years to life of supervision after his release.

Friends and family members testified during the trial that Burgess was a proficient digital photographer, always snapping photos on motorcycle runs or of his neighbor's garden.

But prosecutors said investigators found more sinister images on two hard drives that were seized from Burgess' motor home last July during a traffic stop in western Wyoming. The hard drives contained a vast collection of child pornography images, well-organized and carefully labeled, prosecutors said.

James Barrett, the assistant federal public defender representing Burgess, said the convictions will be appealed.

"I think Mr. Burgess was disappointed, and it's obvious that his family and friends and supporters were disappointed," Barrett said outside the courtroom.

Barrett said the appeal will be at least partly based on U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson's ruling last week to allow evidence taken from the computer equipment to be used in the trial. Burgess had attempted to suppress any evidence taken from the hard drives, arguing that the equipment was beyond the scope of a search warrant obtained by Wyoming police.

Johnson ruled that the officers had probable cause to take the equipment and that investigators acted properly in the way they handled the case.

Burgess told police he was on his way to the 2007 Hells Angels USA Run in Eureka Springs, Ark., when he was stopped in western Wyoming in July because of an expired license plate. During the stop, Burgess was arrested on drug charges when officers found substances believed to be marijuana and cocaine in the vehicle, police said. State drug charges stemming from the traffic stop were later dismissed.

Officers have testified that they confiscated the computer equipment from Burgess' Freightliner motor home because they believed it could contain evidence related to drug trafficking.

"We know this item contains not only tens of thousands of images child pornography, it also contains thousands of documents related to the defendant, David Burgess," Assistant U.S. Attorney James Anderson said as he held up the hard drive during closing arguments.

The defense had argued that prosecutors presented no evidence proving that Burgess downloaded the images or was aware of their presence on the hard drives. Barrett said during the trial that Burgess' home, computers and cameras were always open and freely accessible for his friends to use.

"What you have here is a whole bunch of data and images and absolutely no idea what computer they were downloaded from, when they were loaded, or by whom," Barrett told jurors.

April 26, 2008 POST:

Hells Angels MC

BY: Karen Woodmansee

Wyoming - ~Convicted brothel owner may end up losing operating license~

Storey County officials are weighing their options after a brothel owner was convicted last week in Wyoming of possessing and transporting child pornography.

David Burgess, who owns the Old Bridge Ranch in the north end of the county, could lose his brothel license as a result of his conviction.

Burgess, 55, who is also an alleged Hells Angels motorcycle gang member, faces five to 30 years in prison, up to a $500,000 fine and five years' to life probation after his release. He was handcuffed and taken into federal custody immediately after his conviction.

Storey County Sheriff Jim Miller said his office was collecting data on the Burgess case and had not made any decisions on the brothel license.

"We're aware of (the case)," he said. "What we do now is look at all of the options, review different things. We are gathering facts and talking to different authorities."

According to the county code, Miller said, a person who has a felony conviction can't have a brothel license.

Miller said there were procedures that his department had to follow, and they were following them and would be addressing the issue after their investigation is complete.

At his trial in Cheyenne, Wyo., Burgess was described in testimony as an avid photographer, always taking photos of motorcycle runs or of his neighbor's garden.

But prosecutors said investigators found more sinister images on two hard drives that were seized from Burgess' motor home last July during a traffic stop in western Wyoming. The hard drives contained a vast collection of child pornography images, well-organized and carefully labeled, prosecutors said.

James Barrett, the assistant federal public defender representing Burgess, said the convictions will be appealed.

"I think Mr. Burgess was disappointed, and it's obvious that his family and friends and supporters were disappointed," Barrett said outside the courtroom.

Barrett said the appeal will be at least partly based on U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson's ruling last week to allow evidence taken from the computer equipment to be used in the trial.

Burgess had attempted to suppress any evidence taken from the hard drives, arguing that the equipment was beyond the scope of a search warrant obtained by Wyoming law enforcement authorities.

Johnson ruled that the officers had probable cause to take the equipment and that investigators acted properly in the way they handled the case.

Burgess told police he was on his way to the 2007 Hells Angels USA Run in Eureka Springs, Ark., when he was stopped in western Wyoming in July because of an expired license plate.

During the stop, Burgess was arrested on drug charges when officers found substances believed to be marijuana and cocaine in the vehicle, police said. State drug charges stemming from the traffic stop were later dismissed.

Officers have testified that they confiscated the computer equipment from Burgess' Freightliner motor home because they believed it could contain evidence related to drug trafficking.

JUNE 2008:

Nevada - Convicted brothel owner David Burgess won't be getting his license back anytime soon, leaving his estranged wife, Ingrid, who has run the business, out of work.

Burgess' license for the Old Bridge Ranch in northern Storey County, which Ingrid Burgess managed, was suspended May 9 after he was convicted in federal court in Wyoming for possessing and transporting child pornography. He has been incarcerated since his April 18 conviction, and is scheduled to be sentenced July 7 in Cheyenne, Wyo. He faces from five to 30 years in prison and up to a $500,000 fine.

Not long after the brothel license suspension, Sheriff Jim Miller suspended Burgess' liquor and escort licenses.

On Friday at a contentious public hearing, the Storey County Brothel Licensing Board and the Liquor Licensing Board comprised of Miller and the three county commissioners upheld both suspensions.

Mark Picker, attorney for David and Ingrid Burgess, accused the county of unfairness, providing 200 pages of documents to be used against his client only one minute before the hearing began.

He was denied a continuance of the hearing by Chairman Greg "Bum" Hess. Nevertheless, Picker took his time reading the documents at the podium for more than an hour.

Picker noted that a judge had not certified the guilty verdict, and under federal law, a conviction doesn't exist until that point.

He also accused Hess, Commissioner Bob Kershaw and Storey County special counsel Mark Gunderson of having a conflict of interest. Picker said Hess has business ties to Burgess' chief competitor in the brothel business, Lance Gilman, who owns the Wild Horse and Mustang II brothels. Kershaw's son worked for Gilman and Gunderson had represented Gilman in a previous case involving Burgess.

Picker has filed writs with the First District Court in Carson City and Storey County, and plans to ask the court to overturn the board's decision.

Picker also challenged the board's inclusion into evidence of checks with no sufficient funds marked on them, saying that every check was made good and accepted by the county.

He said the county tried to pull Burgess' brothel license in 1998 because of his client's associations with the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, but was overturned by the Nevada Supreme Court.

"Given the plethora of misstatements, misleading allegations and unproven allegations within the complaint served by the sheriff, on behalf of the sheriff, we believe we have proven and shown cause that not only should this license not be revoked, but the suspension should be lifted," he said.

Gunderson responded that the hearing was about Burgess and his actions, not anyone's involvement with Gilman, and added that all documents were part of the previous record and Picker had access to it.

"It's unfortunate that this commission as well as its counsel has to suffer through scurrilous and unfounded allegations against your integrity and mine," he said.

Gunderson said Burgess was found guilty of two very serious crimes and regardless of technical definitions, clearly violated county rules governing brothels.

"This case is about David Burgess and Mr. Burgess doing something he should not have done, and that constitutes a crime of moral turpitude under anyone's rules," he said. "He had been found guilty of a crime involving sex with minors."

Burgess was not charged with having sex with minors, and the contention that he did so brought a loud and angry objection from Picker.

George Flint, head of the Nevada Brothel Association who last month offered to run the Old Bridge Ranch in a receivership to keep its value so it could be sold, alleged that Gunderson's client, whom Picker identified as Gilman, had threatened him for trying to help the Old Bridge.

After the testimony, Miller said he believed that Burgess violated his trust with the county and said the license is a privilege not a right.

"I believe we are compelled and obligated to take action and I stand by my vote last time."

Kershaw acknowledged that Ingrid Burgess ran the brothel most of the time and was a good neighbor to the people of Lockwood, but said since David Burgess' name is on the license, he had no choice but to go along with the suspension.

July 19, 2008 POSTING:

Cheyenne WY.

Nevada Brothel owner and president of the Hells Angels David Burgess (Possibly former president) was sentenced Friday to 15 years prison, 10 years supervision after release and 20,000 dollar fine for the above child porn charges.

Approximately 30,000 images --- plus tens of thousands additional ---- AS PER DETAILS ON INTERNET …

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