Article: FEDERAL COURT: ; Judge keeps Pagans chief locked up without bail; Officials say bikers controlled territory with violence, intimidation

The national president of the Pagans Motorcycle Club will remain in custody while awaiting trial, a federal judge decided Thursday.

David K. "Bart" Barbeito, 49, of Myersville, Md., is one of 55 members and associates of the gang named in a sweeping, 44-count indictment unsealed last week. Prosecutors say Barbeito and other members of the group's ruling Mother Club led a criminal organization that controlled territory from New Jersey to Florida through violence and intimidation.

Stanley Needleman, Barbeito's Baltimore-based attorney, urged U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary E. Stanley not to get caught up in the outlaw biker mythology that surrounds motorcycle clubs.

Barbeito is a law-abiding, ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!