Donald Culey, also known as “Kooly,” 41, of Kansas City, Kan., and Robert L. Mays, also known as “Goose Rob,” 54, of Kansas City, Mo., pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Fernando J. Gaitan to participating in a conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine between Jan. 1, 2002, and May 31, 2007.
Members of the motorcycle clubs were required to annually pay dues and attend a certain number of motorcycle trips, known as runs, each year. On each run, the members were required to pay money that was pooled, or collected by each club charter, then forwarded to the specific Galloping Goose or El Forastero charter that hosted the particular motorcycle run in order to purchase methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana. Those drugs were maintained in run bags, which were distributed to all club members that attended the run.
Each of the defendants admitted that, as active members, they participated in the distribution of between 500 and 1,500 grams of methamphetamine. That amount is based on 20 runs over a five-year period, with each run involving the distribution of at least one ounce (28 grams) of methamphetamine.
Under the terms of today’s plea agreements with Culey and Mays, the government and the defendants request a sentence of five years in federal prison without parole. The government reached agreement with the other defendants to seek a sentence of 10 years in federal prison for Street, eight years in federal prison for Peters and five years in federal prison for Mickiewicz. Sentencing hearings will be scheduled af! ter the completion of presentence investigations by the United States Probation Office.