A former member of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Gang pleaded guilty on Apr. 7 before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays for his role in an armed assault against a rival motorcycle club member.
Jeffrey S. Hannah, also known as “Got-It,” age 43 and from Grain Valley, Missouri, admitted guilt to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
According to court documents, on September 17, 2022, Hannah and other members from the Pagan’s and their support club Los Valerosos chased down a lone rival gang member in Blue Springs, Missouri. Members were reportedly armed with firearms and at least one axe handle when they forced the victim off the road. The group confronted him roadside where he was shot seven times, sustaining wounds to his knee, thigh, forearm, biceps, buttocks and back of his leg.
Hannah faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five years up to life in federal prison without parole under federal statutes. The actual sentence will be determined by the court after reviewing advisory sentencing guidelines and statutory factors following a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bradley K. Kavanaugh and Robert Smith after an investigation involving multiple agencies including the FBI; police departments from Independence, Blue Springs and Kansas City; as well as Homeland Security Investigations.
This prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration, dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and addressing violent crime perpetrators.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri supports community outreach programs targeting issues such as violent crime and drug trafficking according to its official website. The office handles federal prosecutions across 66 counties stretching from Iowa’s border southward to Arkansas’ border—and eastward halfway across Missouri—with locations in Kansas City, Jefferson City and Springfield according to its official website. It operates within the U.S. Department of Justice structure according to its official website while collaborating closely with federal, state local—and tribal—law enforcement partners according to its official website.
