Judge Sentences 3 Hells Angels Members

Three Hells Angels members who were convicted on charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, money laundering and firearm offenses were sentenced Wednesday. 

Mark "Lightening" Baker, who was president of the Rock Hill chapter that also operated in Lexington, was sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbia. "Gravel" Dave Oiler was sentenced to 16 years and 8 months, and Bruce "Bruce-Bruce" Long was sentenced to 14 years. 

A federal jury found the three men guilty on March 14 in a trial that lasted almost five weeks. 

During a two-year interagency investigation, authorities seized more than 100 firearms, including fully-automatic machine guns, silencers, assault rifles with high-capacity magazines, pistols and sawed off shotguns. The weapons were on display during a press conference Wednesday at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Columbia. 

The Hells Angels trafficked the firearms and knowingly sold them to convicted felons for use in armed robberies of other drug dealers, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Meth, cocaine, bath salts and prescription pills recovered during the investigation were also on display at the press conference. 

The Rock Hill chapter of the Hells Angles operated from York County to Lexington, authorities say. Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green said the group used to hang out at The Dog House, a former bar on Haygood Avenue that has been torn down. 

The group also held a rally called "Sin City Six Defense Fund" in Lexington in 2010 to raise money. 

A total of 16 Hells Angels members have been convicted of crimes related to racketeering conspiracy since federal and local law enforcement arrested 20 members and associates of the group in June 2012.