Feds nab 19 Pagans in 5 states after 21-month probe unveils plot to kill rival Hells Angels

THE PAGAN'S Motorcycle Club didn't burn down the boardwalk during a biker rally in Wildwood last weekend, but they did take a few moments to plan a thoughtful Christmas gift for some fellow bikers.

Unfortunately, "Christmas presents" was a phrase the outlaw motorcycle gang used for homemade hand grenades, federal officials said, adding that some Pagans in Wildwood last weekend were plotting to use them to kill members of the Hells Angels, their biggest rival.

According to indictments unsealed in New York federal court yesterday, two undercover federal agents infiltrated the infamous outlaw motorcycle gang's Long Island chapter over the course of a 21-month investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dubbed "Operation On the Road Again," and broke up a plot to murder Hells Angels with homemade grenades.

"As this case suggests, violent and criminal motorcycle gangs are not quaint vestiges of the past," said Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. "Some of the defendants allegedly plied their criminal trade not in the inner city but in quiet communities like the Catskills."
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Pagan's "president of presidents" John Eberling was arrested in early morning raids at several locations in Long Island, New Jersey and Delaware.