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  • Judge: Raid on Hells Angels clubhouse was illegal; officers moved in seconds after knocking

    12/02/2004 10:26:57 AM PST · by SmithL · 100 replies · 5,718+ views
    AP ^ | 12/2/4
    PHOENIX -- A judge threw out key evidence against a man accused of assaulting a police officer during a drug raid on an alleged Hells Angels clubhouse, noting the raiders waited only a few seconds to move in after an early-morning knock on the door. Judge Michael Wilkinson chastised members of a multiagency crime task force and ruled they illegally entered the building on July 8, 2003, violating search-and-seizure laws. Wilkinson said it was understandable that Michael Wayne Coffelt, 42, came to the door carrying a handgun. The knock on the door came around 4:45 a.m., and officers then waited...
  • Judge Rules Hells Angels Raid Illegal (Tosses Evidence in Assault of Cop)

    12/03/2004 5:54:12 AM PST · by IncPen · 37 replies · 1,133+ views
    Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | 12.2.04 | AP - Unsigned
    PHOENIX -- A judge threw out key evidence against a man accused of assaulting a police officer during a drug raid on an alleged Hells Angels clubhouse, noting the raiders waited only a few seconds to move in after an early-morning knock on the door. Judge Michael Wilkinson chastised members of a multiagency crime task force and ruled they illegally entered the building on July 8, 2003, violating search-and-seizure laws. Wilkinson said it was understandable that Michael Wayne Coffelt, 42, came to the door carrying a handgun. The knock on the door came around 4:45 a.m., and officers then waited...