Motorcycle club member pleads guilty for involvement in armed assault
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- A Pagan's Motorcycle Club member pleaded guilty Tuesday before a U.S. district judge for his part in an armed assault and attempted armed assault against rival motorcycle clubs.
Jeremiah Z. Hahn, who also goes by "Pass Out," 42, of Cameron, Missouri, pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, one count of attempting to commit assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
The charges stem from a May 30, 2022, incident in which Hahn and other Pagan's members, their support club members assaulted a lone member of a rival motorcycle club at a business in Grain Valley, Missouri. Hahn used his fists and an axe handle during the assault, according to a U.S. District Court for Western District of Missouri press release.
In a later incident on Sept. 3, 2022, in Topeka, Kansas, Hahn and other members planned to carry out a revenge attack on another rival motorcycle club. A plan was in place to use an axe handle or a gun on one of the rival members.
A rival member was spotted in a hotel parking lot once arriving in Topeka. Hahn was armed with a gun and prepared to shoot the person, but a dispute happened among the members and they returned to the Kansas City area, according to a press release.
Hahn and other present members were awarded patches for participating in the events.
A trooper with the Missouri State Highway Patrol stopped Hahn for speeding on May, 3, 2023, on Highway 36 in DeKalb County, Missouri. Hahn tried to flee at first but later stopped.
After Hahn's arrest, the trooper found a Smith and Wesson, model M&P Shield, .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun in his possession. Hahn, who had multiple felony convictions, stated that he had stolen the gun from a member of a rival St. Joseph motorcycle club.
Hahn is subject to a sentence of up to twenty years in prison without parole under federal statutes. The defendant's sentencing will be based on advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentence hearing will be set after a presentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office, the press release stated.
