Rhode Island, RI Hells Angels leader Ferraro dead

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RI Hells Angels leader Ferraro dead
Longtime president of biker club dies Saturday

Tim White
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - The longtime leader of the Rhode Island chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club has died, the Target 12 Investigators have learned.
Carl C. Ferraro, 57 – president of the notorious biker gang in Rhode Island for more than a decade – died on Saturday at Rhode Island Hospital, according to sources. Details surrounding his death have not been released, but Target 12 has learned it is not considered suspicious.
Law enforcement sources said Ferraro was hospitalized after being involved in a single-car accident in Johnston last month. Ferraro, who was driving a car, was said to have lost control of his vehicle. It was not immediately clear if the injuries he sustained in the accident led to his death.
Ferraro, of Providence, is not expressly named as its leader by the club – organizations like the Hells Angels do not advertise their hierarchy – but he has been identified as the president by law enforcement.
Ferraro was arrested in a 1990 raid of the group’s Providence clubhouse, where guns and dynamite were seized.
A source with direct knowledge of the death said law enforcement “would do well” to prepare for a large influx of bikers to descend on Rhode Island when Ferraro is laid to rest.
twhite@wpri.com



Ferraro, of Providence, is not expressly named as its leader by the club – organizations like the Hells Angels do not advertise their hierarchy – but he has been identified as the president by law enforcement.

Ferraro was arrested in a 1990 raid of the group’s Providence clubhouse, where guns and dynamite were seized.

A source with direct knowledge of the death said law enforcement “would do well” to prepare for a large influx of bikers to descend on Rhode Island when Ferraro is laid to rest.

twhite@wpri.com