Court documents reveal Thomas "Tomcat" Mayne, 58, an Outlaws motorcycle gang member earned a special patch for trying to kill a rival Hell's Angel member. Mayne, earned a Nazi-style "SS" patch that signifies a hit on behalf of the gang for his involvement in an October shooting outside a Hell's Angel clubhouse in the central Maine town of Canaan. Gary Watson was shot multiple times but survived.
"As one of the Outlaws members told one of our undercovers, you get that patch for something you'd have to go see your priest for, basically for killing someone or coming close to killing someone," said Mike Campbell, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Mayne was a regional treasurer for the Outlaws and at one time served as an enforcer, or "tough guys who don't mind using violence to take care of business," Campbell said.
Mayne was one of 27 Outlaws members and associates nationwide who were named in a multi-count indictment in Virginia that charged them with racketeering, drug trafficking, firearms violations and other offenses. On Tuesday while ATF agents attempted to serve arrest warrants they exchanged fire with people inside Mayne's Old Orchard Beach home, fatally wounding him.
Nobody else was hurt in the shootout, but one of the bullets fired from the house hit an ATF agent's protective vest, Campbell said. Agents found a shotgun and handgun inside Mayne's house.
Source: Chicago Tribune
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