Inside, investigators reportedly recovered two truckloads of evidence connecting the bike group to gang culture, hate groups and other “1-percenters” across the state and nationwide – including membership documents and oaths.
The house was allegedly being run and managed under the name of a deceased Iron Cross member, and was serving as an illegal alcohol establishment for those in the biker culture. The investigation into the group escalated, resulting in the search of its clubhouse on E.
A handgun was recovered at the scene, Yarbrough said.Īfter the chase, Lloyd Jefferson Harris, 28, was arrested and charged with discharging a weapon near a public highway, pointing a gun at another, and reckless conduct. The chase ended after the bikers were intercepted by deputies near the intersection of Bullsboro Drive and Ga.
When one biker lost control of his bike and crashed, gang members blamed the driver of the car and began pursuing it in a chase across the eastern part of the county, Yarbrough said.Īt one point during the chase, a biker reportedly pointed a firearm at the occupants inside the car and shot at least one round in their direction. 29 into Newnan when they were followed by a group comprised of Iron Cross and Knights of Solomon members. In November 2016, two women were traveling along U.S.
Investigators discovered the motorcycle club was affiliated with the Outlaws MC – a national motorcycle gang, and the Knights of Solomon, a regional, smaller motorcycle gang, according to Chief Deputy James Yarbrough with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office.Īfter an incident last fall, authorities were able to directly tie the group to criminal activity. The name derives from the idea that 99 percent of motorcycle clubs are law-abiding, while “1-percenters” don’t consider themselves subject to the law.Īfter incidents linking violence and drug activity to the Iron Cross MC, investigators began putting together a file on the group – gathering information from informants and victims of the gang’s enterprises. In 2014, investigators from the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office began making a concentrated effort into combating street gangs, hate groups, anti-government organizations and all outlaw motorcycle clubs, also known as “1 percenters.”
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