JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
Six members of a bunch federal prosecutors say is a ruthless motorbike gang whose members dealt violence and methamphetamine have courtroom dates set for this week.
The members of the Galloping Goose Motorbike Membership will face a decide on Tuesday for a detention listening to after being federally indicted by a grand jury last week.
The next folks have been charged in a 25-count indictment:
- Tonka Means Con Ponder, 53, of Preston, Missouri;
- Carolynn L. Ponder, 47, of Preston;
- Tretch Lucius Lawrence, 48;
- Keith Dewayne Nolen Jr. 34;
- Paul Leon Gardner, 52;
- Daniel Scot Kurtzenborn, 41;
- Robert Russell Warren, 54.
Tonka Ponder, Lawrence, Nolen and Kurtzeborn are in federal custody. Gardner and Carolynn Ponder have been launched on bond. Warren has but to be arrested, in response to federal courtroom data.
The indictment lists Tonka Ponder because the chief of the Galloping Goose, Lake of the Ozarks Chapter. It says Ponder directed different members and associates of the Galloping Goose membership in finishing up illegal acts of violence, drug trafficking and illegally possessing weapons.
Tonka Ponder and Lawrence are accused of utilizing extortion to attempt to get hold of the property of a rival gang, the Iron Celtics Motorbike Affiliation, by use of power, violence and concern. This alleged extortion came about from July 1, 2020, to July 15, 2022.
Tonka Ponder, Lawrence, Nolen, Kurtzeborn and Gardner are additionally charged with committing a violent crime in assist of racketeering after allegedly assaulting one other individual with a lethal weapon on Dec. 12, 2020.
Tensions between members of the Galloping Goose Motorbike Membership and the Iron Celtics got here to a head and broke out into gun fire at a the Lake of the Ozarks on July 15, 2021.
This led to additional costs in opposition to Tonka Ponder, Lawrence, Nolen, and Kurtzeborn for allegedly committing a violent crime in assist of racketeering. They conspired to assault members of the Mongols Motorbike Membership and the Iron Celtics Motorbike Affiliation, leading to critical bodily accidents, the indictment says.
Tonka Ponder was charged with two further counts of committing a violent crime in assist of racketeering and two counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a criminal offense of violence. He allegedly shot two folks, leading to critical bodily damage.
Together with the costs for racketeering, Kurtzeborn was additionally indicted on one depend of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a criminal offense of violence. Kurtzeborn allegedly tried to assault a sufferer by capturing at him.
Kurtzeborn was allegedly in possession of a Taurus .357-caliber revolver on July 15, 2021, which additionally landed him a cost of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nolen additionally obtained this cost after allegedly possessing a Taurus 9mm handgun on Aug. 24, 2023.
Six days after the 2021 dispute on the Bagnell Dam Strip, a hearth broke out on the Midwest Drifters Motorbike Membership off Freeway 42. The Midwest Drifters are direct supporters of the Galloping Goose Motorbike Membership and have been current on the capturing on July 15, in response to the indictment. It is suspected the fire was connected to the shooting.
The indictment additionally notes that Tonka Ponder, Carolynn Ponder, and Warren are charged with collaborating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Camden and Miller counties.
Tonka Ponder can also be charged with 5 counts of distributing methamphetamine, one depend of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, 4 counts of touring throughout state strains to facilitate the unlawful distribution of methamphetamine, and two counts of utilizing his mobile phone to facilitate a drug-trafficking conspiracy.Â
Carolynn Ponder is charged with one depend of utilizing her mobile phone to facilitate a drug-trafficking conspiracy.
