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  • Last jailed biker expected to be released after Twin Peaks melee [Waco]

    10/21/2015 10:47:03 AM PDT · by don-o · 41 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | October 21, 2015
    The last biker still behind bars over the deadly clash at the the Twin Peaks in Waco is expected to be released from jail Wednesday, his lawyer said. Marcus Pilkington and 176 others arrested had been held on $1 million bail a piece following the May melee that left nine people dead and 18 wounded. Everyone else had been able to either meet the bail amount of have their bail greatly reduced. The McLennan County District Attorney’s Office agreed to his bail being dropped to $50,000, which means Pilkington has to post 10 percent of that to be conditionally freed...
  • Clarity remains elusive four months after Waco biker shootout

    09/25/2015 6:42:19 PM PDT · by Elderberry · 87 replies
    More than four months after nine bikers were killed May 17 during a shootout outside the Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, troubling questions stand before us, while clarity remains elusive. The mass arrest of 177 people has created a legal morass, and complicated an already complex investigation. An overly broad gag order is feeding suspicion that more than complexity is delaying the release of information about the investigation. And while autopsy reports on the nine bikers killed were released in August, ballistics testing reportedly continues. Without ballistics evidence the question of who shot whom increasingly generates harmful speculation. The embarrassing...
  • Case exposes trust issues between Waco police detective, McLennan County DA's office

    09/18/2015 9:25:33 PM PDT · by ExyZ · 11 replies
    Waco Tribune ^ | Thursday, February 7, 2013 12:00 am | TOMMY WITHERSPOON
    A police detective’s refusal to turn over the name of a confidential informant to prosecutors has cast a public spotlight on a private rift between the Waco Police Department and the McLennan County District Attorney’s office. Police Chief Brent Stroman, Assistant Chief Frank Gentsch and Sgt. Phillip Zboril brought Waco City Attorney Jennifer Richie, who hired Waco attorney Rick Bostwick to represent the department. Waco’s 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother then ordered police to disclose the informant’s identity to prosecutors and himself so he could determine if it should be revealed to the defense. But Strother said as he...