BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The entire Bakersfield chapter of the Hells Angels biker gang appeared in court Thursday to face charges including robbery, false imprisonment and assault with a gun in a hearing with about a dozen deputies stationed throughout the room.
Not guilty pleas were entered by attorney Elliott Magnus — who appeared for the Indigent Defense Program — on behalf of Ricardo Alvarez, 42, Armando Villasenor, 55, Joseph Soto Sr., 57, Joseph Soto Jr., 33, Joshua Zavala, 31, John Seeger, 57, and Joshua Vaughn, 37.
All but Vaughn — who was already in custody — were arrested Tuesday, according to sheriff’s officials.
They’re each being held on $800,000 bail, with a stipulation that any money put up for them must be proven to have been legally obtained. A criminal protective order was issued barring them from harassing or otherwise having any contact with a person named in the document.