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https://www.theblaze.com/news/ca-sh...le-life-with-notorious-biker-gang-report

ASouthern California Sheriff's Deputy has reportedly been living a double life as an outlaw member of a notorious motorcycle gang. The authorities discovered a plethora of firearms at the man's home, including a shotgun that was stolen from his department, according to the New York Post.

Christopher Bingham, 45, was taken into custody after he was caught riding with two other members of a motorcycle gang on March 23. He's an 18-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department. When the authorities arrested him, they found an unloaded and unregistered firearm.

Bingham was subsequently booked at the Smith Correctional Facility. However, he was later released.

The department had been on the former deputy's trail since January 2024 after they found that he had been riding and socializing with members of the biker gang. Officials soon opened an investigation into the deputy, per the report.

As a result, investigators with the Gangs/Narcotics Division obtained a search warrant for Bingham's home in Twentynine Palms, California, following his arrest.

The San Bernadino Sun reported that Bingham was taken to jail wearing a t-shirt that read: "(Expletive) the 81!" The number "81" is reportedly a nickname for the Hells Angels — a longtime rival of the Mongols gangs, which is the gang Bingham reportedly associated with.

The t-shirt also had "SYLM" scrawled on it, which stands for "Support Your Local Mongols," per reports.

While Bingham was being held in jail, investigators searched his home. They reportedly found around 160 firearms, including a modified, fully automatic assault rifle with a grenade launcher attached to it. They also discovered a customized AR-15 assault rifle with a 12-inch barrel.

District Attorney Jason Anderson was not able to say whether Bingham has been suspected of trafficking firearms for the Mongols. He was also unable to provide detailed information about Bingham's affiliation with the biker gang.

Despite the lack of details, Anderson was able to say that "[t]his appears to involve the Mongols, without question."

San Bernadino Sheriff Shannon Dicus said the following in a statement: “The actions of this deputy are alarming and inexcusable; he not only tarnishes his badge but also undermines the integrity and credibility of the entire department."

“Criminal behavior will not be tolerated, and we have placed him on compulsory leave effective immediately. The investigation has been forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office, and charges have been filed.”

Bingham faces multiple felony charges, but the investigation is still ongoing.

Well three, if ya count Satan, pretty sure that comes included with Outlaw Bikers.

Hmmmm

Good riddance. Can't be apart of an O.M.G. and LE...

Agreed.

1%ers are absolute scum of the earth.

UC?

Wonder why he didn't join the Banditos, Jump Out Boys, Executioners, or Grim Reapers? Los Angeles County appears to be under an hour and a half driving time(@60 miles) obeying the speed limit so he could have hooked up with members of those gangs in under an hour and his higher ups should have been ok with those.

Not good

What a dumbass, lol.

He's a true outlaw now.

Not saying I agree with what I am about to say
But I Gotta say it

Double Standard
It is A OK for Law Enforcement to go under cover and join an outlaw Biker club
But
It is not OK when a Law Man joins a Club on his own.

What Gives.

This can’t be a serious question

I said I did not agree with what I was about to say.

who knows maybe part of some very elaborate undercover operation..

No, you didn’t. You left it ambiguous.

Got to thinking, this happened in September of 2022

https://apnews.com/article/californ...nardino-237071a4ff1e18610864b3854a415483

And San Bernardino has been avoiding/fighting the release of information until recently. According to the OP, Deputy Bingham allegedly hooked up with the Mongols recently as well.

Maybe the stress of agency pressure to sweep the hostage shooting details under the rug caused him to have some sort of breakdown that manifested itself as joining a private sector group?

Apparently agencies having criminal gangs comprised of officers isn't considered a problem worth hammering so it isn't that much different to join a private sector criminal gang.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zachar...iff-prepares-to-testify/?sh=f62e14a13c8c

An unloaded and unregistered firearm should be enough for a threat to seek the death penalty. And what could be a short barreled rifle is enough to get a prosecutor aroused. I hope they say mean things to him. The BATFandE will be along shortly.

PRK.gov and vassals of the feudal system certainly don't like the subjects of the realm being armed.

I hope they make him wear mismatched socks. Having guns is a sure sign of mental illness.

Total Double Standard... Not OK when an Outlaw Biker joins Law enforcement... "That's Different!" Laugh out Fuqking Loud...

That's not the order in which it happened.

I wonder what the probable cause for the warrant was?

This is the God's honest truth, they're human debris... Turds...
Years ago, before I retired from AT&T, I had a 1% order me to hook him up with a DSL line for free.
I walked away from him and left. Small town... I was the only phoneman and was well known. Saw him
around town and ignored him until he came by my home one weekend. I went by his home(trailer) the
following Monday. He wasn't home but his neighbor came over to talk to me. Told the neighbor to let him know
that if he didn't leave me alone I'd kill him. And he'd better not come to my home again. I was pissed and I knew the neighbor
well enough and he agreed that the 1% was a burned out idiot that only understood violence. The neighbor talked to him and
I never heard anything else about it. The 1% vanished some time later like most burned out bikers do.
I haven't thought about that guy for a long time. Kinda pisses me off thinking about that turd all these years later.

Did you read the story?

The only PC they had was the "unregistered" firearm. In all of the free States an unloaded gun is a paperweight and there is no registration. Leave it to California to screw up a guys life over a paperweight in 40 other States.

kwg

That might be the saddest part of the whole story, guy was living in twenty nine palms...what a ṣ̌hithole. No wonder he turned to an outlaw motorcycle gang.

did you read the story?


Taken into custody on Mar 23, investigation started in Jan. Might be, besides a member of a LE organization associating with a known criminal organization, they found other PC, even before the weapons charges, to get warrants???

Might get interesting for him while in the joynt.
Jail time does not sound fun. Absolutely does not
sound like fun going in as a cop AND a douche bag biker. 😂
Dude is [bleep], literally.

So they arrested him, searched him and his belongings, found the unregistered firearm, and then used the unregistered firearm as the justification for the arrest and to obtain a search warrant.

Nothing about that seems to be missing and/or out of the order of the legal process to you?

Do you know the results of the investigation that started in Jan?

It just might be, maybe just maybe, that as a result of the investigation they then knew they had cause to stop him, in March, when riding with his buddies, and during the stop found the weapons?

Notice they don't point out when the warrant was served? Might it be they served it when they were stopping him and his friends, as they just may have known about the cache of firearms and didn't want to get involved in a shootout? (it's the way these things go down according to some I know)

Without going back a page to reread the story, I thought I saw he was up on multiple felony charges, probably not just the charges for the weapons he was carrying.

Going off of the snippet you pointed to.

"Christopher Bingham, 45, was taken into custody after he was caught riding with two other members of a motorcycle gang on March 23. He's an 18-year veteran of the Sheriff's Department. When the authorities arrested him, they found an unloaded and unregistered firearm.
.

As a result, investigators with the Gangs/Narcotics Division obtained a search warrant for Bingham's home in Twentynine Palms, California, following his arrest."

Which goes::

They arrested him, searched him and his belongings, found the unregistered firearm,

ENTER THE PHRASE "AS A RESULT"

and then used the unregistered firearm as the justification for the arrest and to obtain a search warrant.

Yes, the PC for the stop was likely the result of the investigation and likely the fact he was riding with members of a known criminal organization. Upon stopping him, for that PC, they discovered the weapons leading to the arrest and therefor had even more evidence to get a warrant.

Given he's an LEO, very unlikely his civil rights were violated as he also likely had a clause in his contract to not associate with known criminals. Cops I've known would not risk their jobs over such foolishness.

Except thats not how the article states it.

They might have done everything honestly, but this is the SO that obfuscated and stonewalled the release of info for over a year concerning it's deputies killing a hostage.

I think the cop was an undercover asset. This is how they got him out to prevent assassination at a later date. Maybe.

Story smells fishy.

Shocker

Yes, and the article was a new article and only can print what they are told, or perhaps what their editor determines they have space for.

We certainly don't know all, and I don't claim to. I'm just not worried that this dude had any civil rights violated, and if he did it will hopefully come out in court.

Or, as two dogs said, he's caught up in an undercover deal......................or he's an undercover agent that wend rogue and saw an opportunity to make bank on some weapons deals.

Given who the SO is, they might even be on their toes to not have another situation go bad to further spoil their reputation.

Until the mention of the automatic weapon with a grenade launcher, I didn't see anywhere that they had probable cause, or that he had committed any crimes.

The People's Republic of California apparently were unnerved that he was riding with a motorcycle gang. I guess that constitutes probable cause there.

I'll take Florida, Thank you.

Only one of his gangs had immunity from prosecution.

He made $288,000 in 2022, that sounds like pretty good money for being a deputy,


https://www.sbsun.com/2024/04/05/ve...ted-on-gun-charges-ties-to-mongols-gang/

The hostage shooting video just came out in the last few weeks and they started going after this guy in January.

Maybe he wouldn't go along with the cover up and this is their way of retaliating against the only honest deputy working there?

Someone will use the pay is too low defense.

Update, nailed it.

Thankfully, many of these types of problems are self correcting in one way or another.

Until you realize in southern California 288k isn't that much. Taxes, cost of living, etc. A one bedroom/one bath 600sq ft "house" goes fr over 200k in twenty nine palms...

Guy was an idiot. Oh well

Yep, money is the only way to attract talented people who are honest, ethical, and intelligent.

Guessing 7 figures is the minimum for the smallest rural town to be able to headhunt people from going in to mass media, Hollywood, pro sports, pharmaceutical executive, finance, and career politician fields where the most honest, ethical, and intelligent folks end up.

Always been known that money is the root of all good and anyone pulling down less than a Hoolywood mogul is nothing but a lying, cheating, stealing moron.

Nobody said that but you. Nice stretch tho. This is a great example why nobody takes you seriously.

Don't be embarrassed over the details

Everytime this kind of thing comes up the not enough money claim gets made.

Since the le at the center of the allegation is almost invariably making more than the average person in their area(in this $288k vs $78k for the peons), all of the people making less than the wayward le must be total scumbags according to the tbl booster claims.

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sanbernardinocountycalifornia/INC110222

Also, the only way to get good le is to lure people away from where the salaries are highest and I named off a few of those fields.

You aren't even a good troller

How is noticing your claim that over a quarter million dollars a year isn't enough trolling?

Dude was making almost 4 times what the average person in his county was making plus his being "subject to" fewer laws(and fines), he was likely getting transportation courtesy of them, along with getting discounts on goods and services not extended to others in the area.

Twentynine Palms Median household income (in 2022 dollars), 2018-2022 $51,392

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/twentyninepalmscitycalifornia/PST045223

Meanwhile, Cali is now hiring non-citizens for police officers. I’m sure none of them will have any association with the cartels though.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/l...509-c10419f3-12b1-475e-a6cf-eba00c5337f7

If only she had been pulling down 7 or 8 figures, maybe she could have secured the services of a better hitman and she would still be carrying the law unto the lawless.

https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2021/state-of-california/julie-v-harding/

Yep it's a real shìthole....go on zillow...lots of nice places to live for cheap lol

People that join outlaw motorcycle gangs are fùcking losers (like turbo-tards...even more retarded than the avg. Motorcycle rider).

Maybe 7 to 8 figures isn't enough then. If it is that rough the mini mansion and mid to high end cars he would have been able to buy would be a target for the $78k average never do wells. Best bump them up in to the billions of dollars range so they can pop for around the clock private security to guard the villa.