OFF THE WIRE
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By JIM SECKLER/The Daily News
December 28, 2010
KINGMAN — A Mohave County grand jury indicted seven alleged members of the Vagos motorcycle club, including five who were allegedly involved in a July 18 fight at a Bullhead City beach.
Shawn Patrick Bailey, 36, Robert George Keller III, 35, Shawn Lee Muncy, 41, Gabriel Timothy Nader Jr., 25, and Dale Warren Smith, 52, were indicted on two felony counts of aggravated assault and one count each of riot and assisting in a criminal street gang. The defendants are expected to be arraigned before Superior Court Judge Steven Conn Jan. 10. Bailey, Muncy and Keller are from Bullhead City. Smith is from Mohave Valley. Nader is from Golden Valley.
Jeffrey Daniel Woods, 53, of Lake Havasu City, also was indicted on charges of misconduct involving weapons, possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia. He is expected to be arraigned before Conn Jan. 6. Nick Bernard Prano, 54, also of Lake Havasu City, was indicted on a charge of possession of dangerous drugs. He is expected to be arraigned before Superior Court Commissioner Derek Carlisle Jan. 6.
More than 120 officers from the Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu City police departments and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office joined in Operation Sand Castle in making the arrests Dec. 8 at 10 locations in Bullhead City, Mohave Valley, Lake Havasu City and Golden Valley.
Members of the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission investigated the allege assault by five of the suspects on several people at the Rio Lomas Beach.
