Libby Wilson17:04, May 31 2021
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When the Mongrel Mob members were asked why they were at the Te Kūiti Motorcycle Club, then sergeant-at-arms Jacob Paulson Mirik Wirepa said it was payback for disrespecting them.
A Harley Davidson or $80,000 – that was the price of stopping violence and intimidation. That’s what Te Kūiti Motorcycle Club members were told by local Mongrel Mob members after weeks of threats and intimidation. The mobsters stepped it up, arriving at the clubrooms in full regalia to make a violent point about “koha” they wanted. In the midst of the confrontation, the gang’s sergeant-at-arms said he could take a man’s eyes out with a knife, and that he’d kill other club members and knew where they lived.
Judge refuses to dismiss bribery case against Gilbert Baker and also limits defense topics
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HIS CASE WILL GO TO TRIAL: Judge denies Gilbert Baker’s motion for dismissal of charges.
Federal Judge Price Marshall this week refused to dismiss bribery charges against former Republican senator and GOP Party chair
Gilbert Baker related to his funneling of campaign contributions to a then-circuit judge,
Mike Maggio of Conway.
Maggio, 59, is serving a federal sentence for pleading guilty to accepting money arranged by Baker for contributions to Maggio’s campaign for the Court of Appeals in return for reducing a $5.2 million jury verdict against a nursing home owned b