TAMPA, Fla., July 27 -- A federal judge sentenced Harry "Taco" Bowman, the former chief of the notorious Outlaws motorcycle gang, to two terms of life in prison Friday on his April 17 conviction for racketeering and murder conspiracy.
U.S. District Judge James Moody also sentenced Bowman to three 20-year terms, two 10-year terms and one three-year term, but all of them will be served concurrently.
Moody also ordered Bowman to make pay $18,000 in restitution to the widow of Raymond Chaffin of the Warlocks Motorcycle Gang, who was murdered at the direction of Bowman in 1991.
The convictions also involved three other murders or attempted murders and three bombings of rival gang clubhouses. Bowman's conviction brought to 29 the number of gang members who have been convicted in recent years of various criminal offenses.
Most of the 10 counts against Bowman, 51, involve crimes that took place from 1980 to 1997. Bowman, listed as one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted for two years, was arrested in 1999.
The Outlaws, who rival Hell's Angels as one of the nation's largest motorcycle gangs, call Florida home with eight chapters, but have also been targeted by authorities in Wisconsin, North Carolina and Colorado on suspicion of murder, drug trafficking and other crimes.NEWLN:
