Kansas City, Mo.—A Sapulpa man was part of the 18 indictments handed down on Thursday by a federal grand jury for a series of armed assaults, according to the US Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Missouri.
A law enforcement operation that day resulted in 15 arrests of known members and associates of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club, a biker gang that maintains chapters in numerous states. The indictment alleges a series of assaults were committed as part of Pagan’s racketeering enterprise.
One of those charged is a 51-year-old Sapulpan named John Travis Fisher, also known as “T-Bone.”
Fisher is charged together with several others in one count of attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering. The indictment alleges they attempted to assault a rival motorcycle gang member with a dangerous weapon on September 3, 2022.
An indictment does not necessarily mean an immediate arrest, and it’s currently unknown whether or not Fisher has been arrested.
The indictment alleges that Pagan’s is territorial and protects its territory from rival motorcycle clubs through violence and intimidation. The primary rivals to Pagan’s in Missouri include the Hells Angels, Outlaws, and several others.
When members of rival motorcycle clubs were in areas Pagan’s believed to be under its control, says the indictment, Pagan’s threatened and intimidated them with violence. Pagan’s tried to eliminate other motorcycle gangs completely from their territory by assaulting, robbing, extorting and sometimes attempting to murder them, according to the indictment.
More than a dozen law enforcement agencies—including the FBI—were involved in the operation and executed seven search warrants, which led to the seizure of more than 40 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, body armor, and a marijuana grow operation.
Get more information on the full details of the indictment and arrests at justice.gov.
