Mongols Biker Gang Members Indicted

NASHVILLE, TN — A dozen members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club, an outlaw biker gang, and their associates face a 54-count federal indictment, Middle Tennessee’s top prosecutor announced Thursday.

The Mongols members all face federal racketeering charges while three others, identified by U.S. Attorney Jack Cochran as “associates,” are charged with large-scale drug trafficking and violations of the Hobbs Act.

According to the indictment, members and associates of the Clarksville Chapter of the Mongols engaged in a host of violent criminal activities, including murder, attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, robbery, extortion, witness tampering, money laundering, interstate travel in aid of racketeering, and large scale drug trafficking.

The indictment is available here.

The 12 Mongols members indicted on racketeering are:

• James Wesley Frazier aka “Slo-Mo” and “Special,” 30, of Clarksville;
• Aelix Santiago aka “Goon,” “Big O,” and “Big Offit,” 29, of Clarksville;
• Kyle Heade, 30, formerly of Fort Campbell, Kentucky;
• Joel Aldridge aka “Sleezy” and “Spoon,” 36, of Clarksville;
• James Hines aka “Fester,” 42, of Clarksville;
• Michael Forrester, Jr. aka “Stix,” 29, of Clarksville;
• Jamie Hern aka “J-Roc,” 38, of Clarksville;
• Robert Humiston aka “Bric” aka “Brichands,” 25, of Dover, Tennessee;
• Michael Myers aka “Yea Yea,” 33, of Oak Grove, Kentucky;
• Michael Levi West aka “Smurf,” aka “Blue,” 35, of Clarksville; and
• Adrianna Frazier aka “Adrianna Miles,” 32, of Owensboro, Kentucky.

Charged with large-scale drug trafficking is:

• Derek Leighton Stanley, 43, of Owensboro, Kentucky.

Charged with offenses related to Hobbs Act Robbery are:

• Timothy Grant, 31, of Clarksville; and
• Dustin McCracken aka “D,” 28, of Clarksville.

The Hobbs Act is a 1946 law criminalizing interference in commerce via robbery or extortion. Federal courts have ruled that people robbing drug dealers can be charged under the law because it makes no distinction between legal and illicit commerce.

The Mongols are a self-proclaimed outlaw gang, identifying themselves as “one percenters,” a reference to an apocryphal comment allegedly made by the president of American Motorcycle Association in the 1960s, who supposedly said “99 percent” of bikers are law-abiding; thus, the implication of a one percentage is that they are not.

Among the crimes alleged in the indictment:

• Kidnapping two individuals at gunpoint in the Clarksville area on May 22, 2015, and transporting them to a cemetery in Bumpus Mills, Tennessee, where one individual was murdered by shooting the victim at least eight times, including once in the head
• On April 24, 2016, three of the individuals charged were travelling from Oak Grove, Kentucky, to Boone County, Missouri, where they were stopped by law enforcement for travelling in a stolen vehicle and found in possession of a Glock 9mm pistol with an extra 30 round magazine and a .40 caliber handgun; 113 grams of 100 percent pure methamphetamine; and varying amounts of other illegal controlled substances;
• On May 11, 2016, one of the individuals charged sold approximately three grams of 96 percent pure methamphetamine to another individual;
• Attempting to murder an individual on July 14, 2016, by shooting the victim multiple times for wearing clothing identifying himself as a member of another motorcycle club.

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