A 49-year-old Kansas City man will spend the next seven years behind bars for his role in a violent highway ambush against a rival biker. Bryan S. Fletcher, known on the street as “Fletch,” received an 84-month sentence in federal court yesterday without the possibility of parole.
The sentencing, handed down by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays, follows a 2022 incident that saw a lone motorcyclist hunted down by more than a dozen members of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club and its support group, the Los Valerosos.
According to court records, the assault took place on September 17, 2022, in Blue Springs, Missouri.
Fletcher, who was an associate of the Los Valerosos at the time, joined 12 other gang members in a high-speed pursuit of a rival biker. The group eventually forced the man off the road.
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Once the victim was cornered on the shoulder of the highway, the situation turned bloody. Members of the group were armed with guns and at least one axe handle. During the confrontation, the victim was shot seven times. The gunfire struck him in the knee, thigh, forearm, biceps, buttocks, and the back of his leg.
Fletcher and the other club members fled the scene before police could arrive.
The investigation into the shooting was a massive collaborative effort involving the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and local police departments from Independence, Blue Springs, and Kansas City.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bradley K. Kavanaugh and Robert Smith prosecuted the case, which ultimately secured Fletcher’s conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence.
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