Man sought in Las Vegas motorcycle gang brawl nabbed in Atlanta

By Kyle B. Hansen

Published Friday, June 25, 2010 | 11:29 a.m.

Updated Friday, June 25, 2010 | 1:03 p.m.

The 12th man wanted in connection with a motorcycle gang brawl at a Las Vegas bar was arrested Thursday in Atlanta.

Customs and Border Protection agents arrested Richard B. Allen at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after he arrived on a flight from Caracas, Venezuela, officials said.

The warrant for Allen’s arrest was discovered during a routine inspection, customs officials said. The 51-year-old U.S. citizen was turned over to the Atlanta Police Department and will be extradited to Las Vegas.

A Clark County grand jury indicted Allen and 11 others in connection with the June 7, 2009, incident in the parking lot outside Mr. D's Sportsbar & Grill, 1810 S. Rainbow Blvd.

All 12 suspects have been charged with two counts each of attempted murder with a deadly weapon, robbery with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon with substantial bodily harm, as well as one charge each of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit robbery.

All of the charges include criminal gang enhancements. Bail for Allen has been set at $300,000.

Clark County District Judge Valerie Vega set the trial for all 12 defendants for 10:30 a.m. Sept. 13. The trial is expected to take about four weeks.

According to court documents, the incident broke out when two members of the Flaming Knights rode up to the bar wearing the colors red and gold, which were colors claimed by the Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang and their associate club, the Down and Dirty Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.

The two victims were confronted about the colors and members of the other two clubs began stabbing at them with various knives and a box cutter, as well as hitting them with Mag-lite flashlights and kicking them, in an attempt to remove the colors, according to court documents.

When police sirens were heard, all of the men began fleeing. The victims went to a gas station, where they called an ambulance for one man's stab wounds, according to court documents.

One victim was transported by ambulance to UMC's trauma unit, where he had emergency surgery for multiple torso stab wounds, according to court documents. The other was treated at Nellis Air Force base for a broken ankle and a cut lower lip, court documents said.