Charges dropped in biker case
A Superior Court judge on Friday dropped felony charges against a Costa Mesa man implicated in a 2008 biker brawl, bringing a tentative close to the cases stemming from the barroom incident.
John Phillip Lloyd, 42, was accused of being a Hells Angel gang member with a loaded gun, carrying a concealed weapon, robbery and street terrorism.
The charges were dismissed after prosecutors refused to give the defense a portion of their search warrant that identified a police informant.
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John Phillip Lloyd, 42, was accused of being a Hells Angel gang member with a loaded gun, carrying a concealed weapon, robbery and street terrorism.
The charges were dismissed after prosecutors refused to give the defense a portion of their search warrant that identified a police informant.
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| Lloyd was one of seven men charged in connection with the 2008 summer melee inside Blackies By the Sea bar, in Newport Beach, between members of the Hells Angels and Set Free Soldiers biker gangs. About a week after the fight, Lloyd and others were arrested in a countywide raid of suspected gang members' homes. Hundreds of guns, knives and illegal drugs were collected. Authorities' justification for searching Lloyd's and another man's home crumbled by what prosecutors are characterizing as a simple misunderstanding between police and themselves. When Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard M. King asked prosecutors for the search warrant and the sealed affidavit — the sworn testimony of a police detective showing probable cause for a search — Det. Christine O'Donnell handed over what she had. Part of it was certified by the court clerk in Newport Beach's Harbor Justice Center, but the sealed portion was not. Deputy Dist. Atty. Eric Petersen presented the entire warrant, sealed portion included, as certified by the court. O'Donnell testified that she gave the court the sealed portion of the warrant, which included informant information, defense attorneys claimed. |
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