The Region - News from Oct. 12, 1986
Two Hells Angels have been indicted by a federal grand jury for paying an FBI informant to kill a prison inmate, authorities said. The indictment charges that George Christie Jr., 39, Oak Park, president of the group’s Ventura chapter, and Daniel J. Fabricant, 37, with conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of a violent crime. It says both men hired Michael Mulhern to arrange the murder of Thomas Arthur Chaney, described as a Hells Angels associate, who is incarcerated in federal prison at Safford, Ariz., for threatening a federal witness. Chaney was not harmed.
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