Hells Angels Connected To Drug Deals Investigation Reveals Large Amounts Of Meth, Cocaine Came From Outlaw Biker Gangs
The Hells Angels are tied to methamphetamine sold at a fashionable northwest Spokane home, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
Drug dealers boasted of having access to “large quantities” of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, the year-long investigation revealed.
“The methamphetamine in this case was coming from the Hells Angels,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Earl Hicks.
The connection with the outlaw biker gang surfaced after a U.S. District Court jury convicted the last of three defendants.
Spokane businessman Norman Charles Jones, 35, was found guilty Monday of conspiracy and two counts of distribution of methamphetamine.
He was indicted last May, along with his girlfriend, Regina Chapman, 34, who lived with him at 6915 N. Foxwood Court, where drugs were sold.
A third defendant, Henry John “Cat” Tisor, 32, is believed to have obtained the methamphetamine from the Hells Angels, Hicks said.
To avoid prejudicing Jones’ trial, the jury was not told about the Hells Angles connection.
Jones was convicted of selling an informer 1-1/2 ounces of high-grade methamphetamine - enough for 3,400 single doses, Hicks said.
He was acquitted of 11 counts of using a telephone to facilitate drug transactions.
The two sales occurred on Jan. 17, 1995, and Feb. 6, 1995, at Jones’ house.
Chapman is serving five years in prison after pleading guilty to her role in the meth sales.
She testified at Jones’ trial that he had no knowledge of her drug-dealing, but the jury didn’t buy that alibi after listening to tape recordings of the drug deals.
Tisor is serving a 12-1/2-year prison term after being convicted last August of conspiracy, drug distribution and using a telephone for a drug deal.
Tisor’s sentence was lengthened because of his criminal record, which includes two convictions for first-degree robbery and four auto thefts.
Jones’ sentencing date hasn’t been set, but he will remain in custody. He faces a minimum of five years in prison.
He previously worked for his father’s brake business and owned Capital Builders Inc. and Capital Growth Corp., which sold brake equipment.
Jones went to trial after withdrawing a guilty plea he entered on Oct. 31.
The plea bargain would have given him a much lighter jail sentence, but he withdrew the plea because he feared for his life if he testified against Tisor, Hicks said.
The house where the drug sales occurred has an assessed value of $130,000.
Jones was given the house for nothing on Aug. 3, 1994, by Barbara A. Jones, of 2519 E. Rich, a quit-claim deed on file at the county assessor’s office shows.
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