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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

RICKY JENKS,

Defendant.

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CASE NO. CR06-041-RSL

DETENTION ORDER

Offense charged:

Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organization (RICO); Conspiracy to Commit RICO;

Date of Detention Hearing: April 13, 2006

The Court, having conducted a detention hearing pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f), and

based upon the factual findings and statement of reasons for detention hereafter set forth, finds

that no condition or combination of conditions which defendant can meet will reasonably assure

the safety of other persons and the community.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR DETENTION

(1) Defendant has been charged by Indictment with four co-defendants on RICO

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charges relating to activities of the Washington Nomads Chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle

Club, of which defendant is a member. The Indictment alleges that the Hells Angels was a highly

organized criminal enterprise that adhered to a hierarchical chain of command, engaging in acts

of violence, intimidation and assaults, including kidnaping, threats of violence, witness tampering,

extortion, and interstate trafficking in stolen motor vehicles. As a full patch member, defendant

is alleged to be responsible for carrying out the directives of the president and officers.

(2) The Indictment charges that as part of the pattern of RICO activity, the defendant

and three co-defendants committed the crime of robbery by utilizing the use of immediate force,

violence, or fear of injury, during the commission of which one of the defendants (not this

defendant) was armed with a deadly weapon, and bodily injury was inflicted upon the victim

during the commission of the robbery. Defendant is also charged with committing extortion in the

first degree by obtaining property by threat of future bodily injury. Other defendants are charged

with murder and conspiracy to commit murder, trafficking in stolen motorcycles and parts,

extortion, mail fraud, interference with commerce by threats or violence, and witness tampering

as part of the pattern of RICO activity.

(3) The defendant’s criminal history includes a conviction for manslaughter in the 2nd

degree for which he was on state supervision at the time of the instant alleged offense, and charges

for Violence in Aid of Racketeering, Use of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony and Aiding and

Abetting which are pending in the District of Nevada, for which the defendant is on pretrial

supervision.

(4) The AUSA proffers that the nature of the instant charges are such that cooperating

witness testimony will prove critical, and that some witnesses in the case have reported fear of

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reprisals. A co-defendant in this case has been charged with witness intimidation. 

(5) The defendant has strong ties to the Spokane community in which he resides and

the court does not find that he poses a risk of flight. However, the defendant does pose a risk of

danger due to the nature of the instant charges, his criminal history which suggests an increasing

propensity for violence, and association with the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.

(6) There does not appear to be any condition or combination of conditions that will

reasonably address the danger to other persons or the community.

It is therefore ORDERED:

(1) Defendant shall be detained pending trial and committed to the custody of the

Attorney General for confinement in a correction facility separate, to the extent

practicable, from persons awaiting or serving sentences or being held in custody

pending appeal;

(2) Defendant shall be afforded reasonable opportunity for private consultation with

counsel;

(3) On order of a court of the United States or on request of an attorney for the

Government, the person in charge of the corrections facility in which defendant is

confined shall deliver the defendant to a United States Marshal for the purpose of

an appearance in connection with a court proceeding; and

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(4) The clerk shall direct copies of this Order to counsel for the United States, to

counsel for the defendant, to the United States Marshal, and to the United States

Pretrial Services Officer.

DATED this 13th day of April , 2006.

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Mary Alice Theiler

United States Magistrate Judge 

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