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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Florida - Murder Trial Begins For Alleged Bike Gang Member

OFF THE WIRE
wftv.com
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- The first witness is expected to take the stand Tuesday in the trial of an alleged Warlocks motorcycle gang member accused of murder.
Prosecutors say James Bedsole killed 29-year-old Chad Brickey in 2009 because Brickey knocked over motorcycles outside an Apopka bar.
The jury will see surveillance video from the Mobil gas station that helped lead police to Bedsole, showing the moments before the killing.
In the video, a light-colored truck is seen following Brickey's red truck to the gas station. Shortly after, gunshots can be heard off camera and the store clerk is seen confronting the man suspected of pulling the trigger.
At first, investigators thought it might have been a road rage incident but now believe it started at Sharkey's Pub when Brickey knocked over some motorcycles with his truck.
That's when two suspects, men who police say may have ties to a motorcycle gang, followed him to the gas station. One of them jumped out of the back of the truck and opened fire, killing Brickey while the other drove around back and picked him up, according to police.
The driver of the truck, Holguy Louissant's trial is still on hold while the accused trigger man faces his trial.
The first witnesses are expected to be called as soon as court begins session Tuesday morning at the Orange County courthouse.