Two former members of The Enforcers bikers club were nabbed after allegedly vandalizing the motorcycle group’s Riviera Beach clubhouse.
The vandalism, says the Enforcers’ president, could be tied to a rival club based on Florida’s Left Coast, The Defenders, trying to muscle in on Riviera Beach!
And here’s the twist of this tale: The members of both The Enforcers and The Defenders are retired cops, security guards and veterans!
“We’ve heard the Defenders are trying to start a chapter right here,” said Enforcers boss Rick Sessa, a retired Riviera Beach Police lieutenant. Under his biker name Rosco, he founded the club in 2001 and has about 500 members nationally. “The two guys who were arrested left us four months ago and we’re wondering if the vandalism wasn’t their initiation for The Defenders.
“If they did it so they could get patched (admitted), they didn’t do too well.”
Randall Case, 32, a Lake Worth security guard whose biker name is Thor, and retired U.S. Coast Guard pilot Sam DeFazio, 51, of Jupiter, a.k.a. D’Bull, were charged with two counts each of criminal mischief Friday night.
DeFazio denied the duo’s involvement in the vandalism.
West Palm Beach Police, however, are investigating another incident at the private home of a current member of The Enforcers, and DeFazio admitted he and Case are suspects.
So, what’s going on here?
Sessa says the duo is believed to have glued the locks of The Enforcers’ national clubhouse and dumped thousands of nails throughout its parking lot in the wee hours of Feb. 4, as the club prepared its big yearly national meeting.
“It took my guys 5 hours to get rid of the nails in the gravel,” Sessa said. “Maybe it was supposed to be a prank, but then the overdid it the following day.”
Then, about 11 p.m. Feb. 5, three suspects climbed into the front yard of Enforcers member Chris Schleyer’s Northwood home and, Sessa said, glued some door locks and sprayed insulation foam into the tailpipes of cars in the driveway.
Thing is, Schleyer’s wife, who was supposed to be at the Enforcers fiesta, was home and, with things stirring in the darkened yard, called authorities. Several Enforcers rushed to Schleyer’s house but the suspects were gone.
Both The Enforcers and The Defenders are known to be social clubs mostly made of Harley Davidson-loving folks, and aren’t considered criminal organizations. They often provide escorts to dead military and police personnel, and hold fundraisers for charitable causes.
DeFazio, meanwhile, insists both he and Case were set up.
“Rosco is accusing us this because he wants to prevent us from starting a chapter for The Defenders,” DeFazio says. “Now, with charges pending, The Defenders won’t touch us.
“There is no evidence. The only reason we were arrested is because Rosco still has connections with the police department. Besides, the way real motorcycle groups resolve a beef is by sitting down and talking. No one goes to the police.”
In an email to Page2Live, Lakeland Police officer and Defenders president Scott Kercher wrote that his club doesn’t accept law breakers: “We would not accept this type of behavior by one of our members. We do not condone hazing and would never ask a fellow member to disobey the law. I could speak more about some shady things that are being said about The Enforcers, but that would be counter productive. The Enforcer members are leaving that orginization for specific reason.”
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