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| One member of the Iron Horsemen was shot in a gunfight with Cincinnati Police on September 18, 2010.<ref></ref> Local media reported that a gang member opened fire on several identifiable police officers and 2 undercover officers as they approached JD's Honky Tonk and Emporium escorted by marked police cruisers. The two undercover officers were injured and the gunman who started the incident was killed in the shooting. Others at the scene of the incident claim the officers did not identify themselves, and an Iron Horsemen member opened fire on the two armed, rapidly approaching men, who he assumed to be members of The ], a Detroit-based motorcycle club who were attempting to establish a clubhouse in Cincinnati at the time.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} | One member of the Iron Horsemen was shot in a gunfight with Cincinnati Police on September 18, 2010.<ref></ref> Local media reported that a gang member opened fire on several identifiable police officers and 2 undercover officers as they approached JD's Honky Tonk and Emporium escorted by marked police cruisers. The two undercover officers were injured and the gunman who started the incident was killed in the shooting. Others at the scene of the incident claim the officers did not identify themselves, and an Iron Horsemen member opened fire on the two armed, rapidly approaching men, who he assumed to be members of The ], a Detroit-based motorcycle club who were attempting to establish a clubhouse in Cincinnati at the time.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}} | ||
| A member of the club stealing single-serve peanut butter and a ] from a gas station was published on the YouTube channel ''Gas Station Encounters''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCuYPQrulqU |title=The Peanut Butter Biker |access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref> | |||
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| Founded | Mid-1960s |
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| Type | Outlaw motorcycle club |
| Region | Northeastern and Midwestern United States |
| Website | www.ironhorsemenmc.com |
The Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club is an American outlaw motorcycle club that was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in the mid-1960s. The club now also has chapters in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Indiana, California, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington and New York. The club is also active in Louisville, Mississippi, where associates threatened a local super market employee. Their insignia is a winged, metallic horse's head and their motto is "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if it weren’t for the Iron Horsemen , the highways would rust"..
Iron Horsemen MC (Australia)
There is also another motorcycle club in Australia, founded in Melbourne during 1969, which uses the same name. This gang received brief notoriety in 2010 when, during a tour of Australia, Boston comedy legend Lenny Clarke called members of the gang "pussies". The ensuing melee resulted in Clarke being banned from all of Oceanic Nations.
Publicized crimes
Police arrested three Iron Horsemen for beating an off duty police officer to death and assaulting another on April 20, 1997. The attacks took place on two occasions at bars in Hollywood, Maryland.
Dean Hamblin, Ed Wiggins and Eddie Whitlow members of the Iron Horsemen were sentenced to five years in prison, and another three were given sixteen years in total on June 26, 2008 for drug dealing. They sold methamphetamine and speed in the Western District of Kentucky between December 2003 and December 2005, and distributed between 50 and 200 grams each. Both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were involved in the case.
On May 19, 2009, 15 Iron Horsemen, including a State President, were convicted of drug trafficking at the District Court in Portland, Maine. They smuggled cocaine and marijuana, which they obtained from drug cartels in Mexico, to Atlanta, Georgia and then Haverhill, Massachusetts before trafficking it to Maine where they distributed it throughout the state. The ring operated from 2004 until December 2007. The DEA and ATF investigated the club for over a year and carried out the final raids on March 12, 2008. During these raids, they arrested a total of 29 people and seized 10 kilos of cocaine, 600 pounds of marijuana, AK-47s, AR-15s, handguns and $37,000 in cash. The case was known as "Operation Trojan Horse".
One member of the Iron Horsemen was shot in a gunfight with Cincinnati Police on September 18, 2010. Local media reported that a gang member opened fire on several identifiable police officers and 2 undercover officers as they approached JD's Honky Tonk and Emporium escorted by marked police cruisers. The two undercover officers were injured and the gunman who started the incident was killed in the shooting. Others at the scene of the incident claim the officers did not identify themselves, and an Iron Horsemen member opened fire on the two armed, rapidly approaching men, who he assumed to be members of The Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, a Detroit-based motorcycle club who were attempting to establish a clubhouse in Cincinnati at the time.
A member of the club stealing single-serve peanut butter and a Lightning adapter from a gas station was published on the YouTube channel Gas Station Encounters.
See also
References
- Notorious Iron Horsemen motorcycle gang has been linked to a ruthless unsolved bikie execution in Melbourne
- Iron Horsemen MC (Australia) official website
- "Horsemen Drawn and Quartered". Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
- Two Iron Horsemen Bikers Sentenced To Five Years For Dealing Speed
- Members of Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club convicted on drug charges in Maine
- Iron Horsemen Motorcycle Club accused of running an elaborate drug ring in Maine
- 19 charged in drug sweep targeting Iron Horsemen motorcycle club
- Iron Horseman Trial Begins
- Police: 1 Dead, 2 Officers Hurt In Biker Gang Shootout
- "The Peanut Butter Biker". Retrieved 2021-06-14.