Off the Wire News - MCs in the News
By Andrew Clevenger
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A former Kanawha school bus driver facing a conspiracy charge as part of the 44-count indictment against members and associates of the Pagans Motorcycle Club was arrested over the weekend and charged with battery on a police officer.
Corey Charles Hinkle, 30, of Charleston, was one of 55 defendants named in a sweeping indictment unsealed in October. Hinkle is accused of conspiring with other bikers to carry guns as bodyguards for Pagans national vice president Floyd B. "Jesse" Moore, 64, of St. Albans.
Federal agents arrested Hinkle on Oct. 6. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary E. Stanley released him on a $10,000 unsecured bond, which included the standard condition that Hinkle "must not violate any federal, state or local law while on release."
At about 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 23, Charleston police responded to a report of a disturbance at the International House of Pancakes restaurant in Kanawha City, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha Magistrate Court by Charleston Police Cpl. H.W. Doss.
"Hinkle refused to comply with numerous requests to step away from the front door of the restaurant," Doss wrote. "[He] took a fighting stance at this time [pepper] spray was used."Doss also struck Hinkle several times in the leg with a baton, according to the complaint.
Doss charged Hinkle with two counts of obstructing a police officer and one count of battery on a police officer.
"Hinkle grabbed [me] by the wrist, ordering me to never touch him," Doss wrote in the battery complaint. "Hinkle was secured after a brief altercation."
The scuffle came hours after Hinkle's 30th birthday ended at midnight on Jan. 22. Kanawha County Magistrate Tim Halloran arraigned Hinkle, and set his bond at $5,000 with a 10-percent cash option.
If convicted on the new charges, Hinkle faces up to three years in jail.
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