Hessians MC
Founded1968
FoundersThomas F. Maniscalco[1]
Founding locationCosta Mesa, California
Years active1968–present
TerritoryCalifornia, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Idaho and Utah[2]
MembershipApproximately 160 members (as of 1994)[3]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, murder,robbery and intimidation
Allies

The Hessians Motorcycle Club or Hessians MC is an American "one-percenter" or outlaw motorcycle club[4]

History

The Hessians Motorcycle Club was founded on March 7, 1968, in Southern California by Danny Lynn Qualls and Thomas F. Maniscalco, a motorcycle enthusiast who would later become a Westminster attorney.[5][6] The club would soon expand across the nation's western seaboard and in 1972, they claimed to have around 500 members across the United States.[7]

The club's logo features a sabre-pierced skull over an Iron Cross.[8]

Criminal allegations and incidents

In 1994, eight members of the Hessians MC were arrested on drug and weapons charges following a series of raids in California that were conducted by federal, state, county and local law enforcement agencies. The crackdown stemmed from an 8-month investigation into the club, in which ATF agents infiltrated the group's 20-member mother chapter.[9]

References

  1. ↑ https://orangecountyda.org/press/co-founder-of-hessians-motorcycle-club-turned-lawyer-granted-compassionate-release-after-conviction-for-1980-triple-execution-murders-prosecutors-objected-to-release-of-thomas-maniscalco-arguing-he/
  2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/C02-fZGrXNy/?igshid=ZWQ3ODFjY2VlOQ==
  3. ↑ "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
  4. ↑ "Photographs : Hessians Motorcycle Club on Between the Covers".
  5. ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-30-me-10358-story.html
  6. ↑ "Hessians Motorcycle Club".
  7. ↑ "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
  8. ↑ The One Percenter Encyclopedia: The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite. Motorbooks. 3 April 2018. ISBN 9780760360552.
  9. ↑ "8 in Biker Gang Arrested in 5-City Sweep : Crackdown: About 200 officers seize weapons and drugs in early morning raids. Two federal agents had infiltrated the tightly knit Hessians club". Los Angeles Times. 10 September 1994.
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