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THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS--
ON A STORY WE FIRST
BROKE ON WPRI DOT COM
YESTERDAY.
MORE THAN FIFTY
ALLEGED ASSOCIATES OF
TWO VIOLENT
MOTORCYCLE GANGS--
ARRESTED AS PART OF
THE LARGEST TAKEDOWN
IN STATE POLICE HISTORY.
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DOZENS OF ILLEGAL
GUNS AND DRUGS WERE
ALSO SEIZED.
TODAY--
MANY OF THOSE
SUSPECTS APPEARED IN
COURT.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH--
JUST SPOKE TO STATE
POLICE--
AND EXPLAINS WHY THE
NUMBER OF ARRESTS IS
GROWING--
LIVE FROM SCITUATE.
(KW)
STATE POLICE SAID TWO
MORE PEOPLE TURNED
THEMSELVES IN TODAY
PUTTING THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF ARRESTS AT
52 - AND THERE ARE
WARRANTS OUT FOR 9
OTHERS.
THIS MORNING - WE WERE
IN COURT WHERE THE
ROOM WAS FILLED WITH
DOZENS OF ALLEGED
CRIMINALS GETTING
ARRAIGNED AS PART OF
THIS MASSIVE OPERATION.
DERIC TUNA MCGUIRE -
ORDERED HELD WITHOUT BAIL -
ON AT LEAST 221 CHARGES IN
PROVIDENCE DISTRICT COURT -
AND A PROBATION VIOLATOR IN
SUPERIOR COURT.
"I would hope he wouldn't be out
for
quite a long time."
RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE
WORKED FOR A YEAR TO
ARREST MCGUIRE - THE
ALLEGED PRESIDENT OF THE
RHODE ISLAND CHAPTER OF
THE PAGANS MOTORCYCLE
GANG - WHO WAS THE FIRST OF
DOZENS OF PEOPLE TO BE
ARRAIGNED THURSDAY AS
PART OF OPERATION PATCHED
OUT.
IN RHODE ISLAND STATE POLICE
DEPARTMENT'S SINGLE
LARGEST TAKEDOWN - AT
LEAST 50 PEOPLE ARRESTED
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
EYEWITNESS NEWS FIRST
BROKE THIS STORY - THEN
SHOWED YOU THIS.
POLICE SEIZED A ROCKET
LAUNCHER - GUNS - MARIJUANA
- COCAINE - AND MUCH MORE.
AFTER THE ARRAIGNMENTS
THURSDAY - WE WENT BACK TO
STATE POLICE TO GET YOU IN
DEPTH INFORMATION ON THESE
RAIDS.
"We found them all obviously in
bed
sleeping and usually we can do
them one at a time and keep
going
on, but once you do one, the
other
ones are going to get the heads
up
that you might be coming so I
think
it was a good thing to do them
simultaneously."
COLONEL PHILBIN SAID THEY
NEEDED TO USE EXPLOSIVES
TO BREAK THROUGH THE
HEAVILY FORTIFIED DOORS AT
THE PAGANS AND KRYPTMEN
GANG CLUBHOUSES IN
WOONSOCKET.
THEIR PRIMARY GOAL - OFFICER
SAFETY - AND EVERYONE WAS
ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
THIS INVESTIGATION - FAR
FROM OVER - AS SEVERAL
PEOPLE ARRAIGNED WERE
ALLOWED TO POST BAIL.
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE
MASSACHUSETTS PAGANS
CHAPTER WAS ALSO DUE
IN COURT TODAY - HE WAS
ARRESTED IN FALL RIVER.
NEW AT 6 - FIND OUT WHY
STATE POLICE
DETERMINED THEY
NEEDED TO CARRY OUT
THE RAID ON WEDNESDAY.
LIVE IN SCITUATE, IM KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
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FIRST AT SIX -- THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS ...
ON THE LARGEST GANG-
RELATED BUST IN RHODE
ISLAND STATE POLICE
HISTORY.
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IT'S A STORY WE'VE BEEN
TRACKING SINCE
YESTERDAY MORNING.
DOZENS OF SUSPECTS
WERE ARRAIGNED IN
COURT TODAY.
IN TOTAL -- 52 PEOPLE
ARE FACING CHARGES
RANGING FROM
POSSESSION OF
FIREARMS TO CONSPIRING
TO DISTRIBUTE DRUGS.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KAIT WALSH
WAS IN COURT TODAY --
AND IS LIVE IN SCITUATE
WITH THE LATEST. KAIT?
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WE ARE LIVE HERE AT
RHODE ISLAND STATE
POLICE HEADQUARTERS
FOR A SECOND DAY.
YOU SAW THE MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF WEAPONS
AND DRUGS SEIZED
YESTERDAY.
TODAY - WE FOUND OUT
WHY STATE POLICE
DECIDED IT WAS
NECESSARY TO CONDUCT
THE RAIDS YESTERDAY -
AFTER A YEAR LONG
INVESTIGATION.
NOT A SEAT OPEN IN THIS
PROVIDENCE DISTRICT
COURTROOM - DOZENS OF
PEOPLE OFFICIALLY CHARGED
IN RELATION TO RHODE ISLAND
STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S
OPERATION PATCHED OUT - A
YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION
INTO THE PAGANS AND
KRYPTMEN MOTORCYCLE
GANGS - BELIEVED TO BE
GAINING A STRONGHOLD IN
NORTHWEST RHODE ISLAND.
"You have Massachusetts and
Connecticut, both have
motorcycle
gangs - some of the bigger ones
-
So Rhode Island is kind of an
influx
state and they want to establish
seniority and superiority in
that small
state. They want to have the
whole
area."
STATE POLICE LT COLONEL
JOSEPH PHILBIN SAID FOR A
YEAR - THEY TRACKED THE
ALLEGED RHODE ISLAND
PAGANS PRESIDENT DERIC
TUNA MCGUIRE - GROWING
THEIR WEB OF HIS ASSOCIATES
AND GANG MEMBERS - BY
WIRETAPPING THEM - AND
LISTENING IN ON THEIR
DEALINGS WITH ILLEGAL DRUG
AND WEAPONS DISTRIBUTION -
UNTIL THEY DECIDED THEY HAD
TO ACT FAST - TO SAVE LIVES.
"We could tell from the
conversations we were
intercepting,
violence was on an uptick and it
could result in loss of life,
and any
time that happens when you
listen
in, you have to
act."
EYEWITNESS NEWS FIRST TO
BREAK THE STORY THAT
WEDNESDAY MORNING- STATE
POLICE USED EXPLOSIVES TO
RAID SEVERAL CLUBHOUSES
AND HOMES - MAINLY IN
WOONSOCKET.
IT RESULTED IN THE ARREST OF
MCGUIRE ON AT LEAST 221
CHARGES - ALONG WITH AT
LEAST 49 OTHERS - ALL
WITHOUT INCIDENT TO
EVERYONE BUT A POLICE
CANINE.
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SEVERAL OF MCGUIRE'S
CHARGES ARE DRUG
RELATED.
THE CASE CONTINUES IN
COURT FOR THE SEVERAL
SUSPECTS ON JUNE 18th.
LIVE IN SCITUATE, IM KAIT
WALSH, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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