Berkshire, MA - Law enforcement keeps eye on Hells Angels

OFF THE WIRE
BY: Ned Oliver
 berkshireeagle.com
As a high-ranking member of the Berkshire Chapter of the Hells Angels sits in jail accused of a triple murder, state and local police are closely watching the local motorcycle club.
Adam Lee Hall, who court records list as the third in command of the Berkshire Hells Angels, has been charged with three counts of murder in connection with the deaths of David Glasser, Edward Frampton and Robert Caldwell.
While police haven’t linked the murders to the club, area law enforcement over the weekend stepped up surveillance of the biker group’s clubhouse in Lee.
Authorities conducted what they called a "high visibility patrol operation" Saturday in Lee, coinciding with the Berkshire Hells Angels’ annual party, Lobster Fest.
Police from Lee, Great Barrington, Pittsfield, Lenox and Dalton assisted State Police, who watched as motorcyclists from across the region descended on the Berkshire biker’s headquarters on Woodland Road in Lee, just past the entrance to October Mountain State Forest. Also on the scene were the state’s Environmental Police and the county’s Special Response Team.
Police took pictures of everyone entering and exiting Woodland Road leading to the Angels’ clubhouse. Many of the bikers seen in the area wore patches identifying themselves as members of the Hells Angels and other regional motorcycle clubs.
State Police Lt. David Buell, the station commander at the troop’s Lee Barracks, said police have monitored the club’s Lobster Fest event the past five years.
He cited an increase in the number of police patrols this year in light of the recent murders, but he declined to say how many officers were in the area.
Buell reported there were no arrests or incidents, although he said several neighbors walked up to police in the area and thanked them for being there.
The Berkshire Hells Angels Facebook page indicated that tickets to the Lobster Fest were $30. It warned visitors to expect heavy police presence.
Meanwhile, the Berkshire District Attorney’s office have said the bodies of Glasser, Frampton Chadwell were found buried on private property in Becket. Authorities declined to be more specific about the location that, until this weekend, they had refused to discuss any information about where the bodies of the three men were dumped and covered with boulders and dirt.
Glasser, Frampton and Chadwell went missing sometime between Aug. 27 and 28 from Glasser’s apartment on Linden Street in Pittsfield.
Hall, 34, of Peru, David Chalue, 44, of North Adams and Springfield, and Caius Veiovis, 31, of Pittsfield, have been charged with three counts each of murder, kidnapping and witness intimidation.
Police say the men killed Glasser to keep him from testifying against Hall during an upcoming trial in Berkshire Superior Court.
Court records filed last week said the men’s bodies had been dumped together in a deep trench that had been covered with large boulders and dirt, with digging equipment found nearby.
According to the report, Hall had inquired about the availability and location of excavation equipment in the weeks prior to the murder.