Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs
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ACQUITTED
LYTNIN (Mark Spradling). Fifty-two, former treasurer of the Outlaws’ Copper Region.
REBEL (William Davey). Forty-six, Outlaw in the Copper Region and formerly the enforcer of the Asheville, North Carolina, chapter.
Notes
1. Getting Inside
1 Pseudonym.
2 The term “one percenter” became a symbol and now appears on the stitched appliqué patches worn by OMG (outlaw motorcycle gang) members.
5. Shadowboxing
3 The leak involved an informant named George who had attempted to infiltrate the Vagos in a case out of Riverside County.
11. The Son of Anarchy
4 William Queen, a retired ATF agent, wrote a book called Under and Alone about his infiltration of the Mongols.
16. Endgame
5 Three strikes laws, also called habitual offender laws, require state courts to impose a life sentence on anyone convicted of three or more violent crimes or felonies. Twenty-four states have three strikes laws.
18. Once Upon a Time
6 Pseudonym.
ALSO BY KERRIE DROBAN
Running with the Devil: The True Story of the ATF’s Infiltration of the Hells Angels,
winner of the USA Book News National Award for Best True Crime, 2008
Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club,
winner of the USA Book News National Award for Best True Crime and Best Autobiography, 2011
A Socialite Scorned: The Murder of a Tucson High-Roller
About the Authors
CHARLES FALCO spent three years infiltrating the Vagos, becoming second in command of the Victorville, California, chapter, and another two years infiltrating the Mongols and Outlaws, and became vice president of a Virginia chapter of the Outlaws.
KERRIE DROBAN is the coauthor of Prodigal Father, Pagan Son and author of Running with the Devil, winner of the USA Book News National Book Award for Best Memoir/Autobiography and two-time winner for their True Crime Award. She is an attorney in Arizona.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
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VAGOS, MONGOLS, AND OUTLAWS. Copyright © 2013 by Charles Falco and Kerrie Droban. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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All photographs courtesy of Charles Falco
Cover design and photo manipulation by Young Jin Lim
Cover photographs:
leather vest by Nathan King/Alamy;
biker gang by Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos;
biker on the left by Boris Roessler/EPA/Corbis
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Falco, Charles.
Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: my infiltration of America’s deadliest biker gangs / Charles Falco with Kerrie Droban.—First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-312-64014-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-02108-3 (e-book)
1. Falco, Charles. 2. Motorcycle gangs—United States. 3. Organized crime—United States. 4. Gang members—United States. 5. Informers—United States. 6. Undercover operations—United States. I. Droban, Kerrie. II. Title.
HV6439.U5F33 2012
364.106'60973—dc23
2012042078
e-ISBN 9781250021083
First Edition: February 2013