SANTA ANA – A federal judge has rejected the U.S. government’s unprecedented effort to gain control of the prized patches that adorn the vests worn by the notorious Mongols motorcycle club ...

Mongols motorcycle club gets to keep prized patches, ... The Mongols, one of the nation’s largest motorcycle clubs, was formed in Montebello in the 1970s, and is now based in West Covina.

Allowing the government to take control of the notorious Mongols motorcycle club’s prized patches would be a “death sentence” for the organization, an attorney for the outlaw club argued on ...

That’s the argument the government made as part of its decade-long campaign to dismantle the Mongols Motorcycle Club by taking away its prized motorcycle-jacket patches — in other words, their ...

Mongols motorcycle club gets to keep prized patches, as federal judge rules against U.S. government’s first-of-its-kind effort. Following those convictions, ...

Federal prosecutors want to grab possession of the club's trademark so it can keep members from wearing the prized patches worn on the bikers' vests, an attempt to break the back of the Mongols.

These clubs are now labeled as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMGs) by the U.S. Department of Justice. Its members are so proud of their outlaw status that they often wear a patch that labels them as such.

Allowing the government to take control of the notorious Mongols motorcycle club’s prized patches would be a “death sentence” for the organization, an attorney for the outlaw club argued on ...