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Professor Stephen Kinzey, of Cal State San Bernardino, ducks out of the San Bernardino Superior court room where he plead not guilty to the charge of running a local motorcycle gang and meth ring, September 16, 2011. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

The 'biker professor' lived two lives

Last updated Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 12:49pm

LOS ANGELES -- Stephen Kinzey used his experience riding his Harley-Davidson to teach about motion and physiology. He researched the effects of video games on the health of children. And he chatted with his students about being a father and a devoted Catholic.

That was Stephen Kinzey, tenured kinesiology professor at Cal State San Bernardino.

But police said they know of another Stephen Kinzey, one who calls himself Skinz.

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Hells Angels member killed at funeral for fellow biker

Raja Abdulrahim Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 8:31am

LOS ANGELES -- A Hells Angels member was fatally shot Saturday at the San Jose funeral for a fellow biker who was killed last month at a Nevada casino, police said.

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(Jae C. Hong/The Associated Press) Andrew Lozano, a member of the Vagos motorcycle gang, talks to a Fontana police officer after he was arrested in an early morning raid in Fontana, Calif., on Thursday.

Raid targets Vagos motrocycle gang; 10 arrested

Phil Willon Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 6:30am

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Attempting to behead the leadership of the notorious Vagos motorcycle gang, authorities arrested 10 members suspected of drug-trafficking and a rash of violence -- including the recent murder of a rival Hells Angel member in a Nevada casino -- in a series of law enforcement raids Thursday throughout Southern California.

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Professor accused of leading biker gang says he's not guilty

Phil Willon Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, September 16, 2011 - 1:36pm

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A California professor accused of leading a motorcycle gang pleaded not guilty Friday.

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FILE - In this Oct. 21,2008 file photo showing a wanted poster of Ruben Cavazos the Mongols former leader, during a news conference on the Mongols motorcycle gang in Los Angeles. Federal prosecutors touted the arrests of dozens of members of the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang but finding out what they have been convicted of and the sentences they've received have proven to be a major challenge. Most recently, the gang's former president, Cavazos, was sentenced during a closed hearing, which legal experts say is a highly unusual move and violates the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Ric Francis,File)

Ex-biker gang boss gets 14 years in 'secret' sentence

Greg Risling The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 10:22am

LOS ANGELES -- In the summer of 2009, buried in court documents filed by federal prosecutors was the revelation that Ruben "Doc" Cavazos, the former national president of the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang who they say helped orchestrate murders, extortion and robberies, had pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, which carried a maximum life sentence.

The discovery showed that Cavazos had entered his plea six months earlier, and only three months after federal agents arrested him and dozens of other Mongols members, which meant he was one of the first to enter his guilty plea.

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