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male narrator: They've blazed
A bloody trail.
narrator: They're a mob-like
Gang of killers
they're an actual organized
Crime family.
We refer to 'em as the sopranos
On motorcycles.
narrator: With a vicious
Dictator at their center.
john napoli was a gangster.
narrator: They're the breed
Motorcycle club, and they'll
Stop at nothing.
narrator: Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The cradle of liberty is the
Nation's sixth largest city.
Its nickname, the city of
Brotherly love, suggests
Kindness and a generous spirit.
But this otherwise peaceful
City has a major problem
Outlaw biker gangs.
The warlocks, the pagans,
And even the notorious hells
Angels all wreak havoc here.
There's one gang that is
More violent and ruthless
Than all the rest
The breed.
narrator: The gang's
Headquarters are 22 miles
From downtown philly
In bristol township.
The breed may be the most
Secretive biker gang in
The country, and just speaking
About the gang to anyone
Can mean death.
Big p asked to have his
Identity concealed.
narrator: Big p was just back
From vietnam when he joined
The gang in 1971.
narrator: The breed formed
In 1965 and quickly gained
A reputation as the most violent
Gang in the philly area.
everybody who knows the breed
Knows of the breed and the
Reputation of the breed
As being violent.
Don't mess with them.
narrator: The gang's
Standard operating procedure:
Eliminate everyone.
Jeff antinucci spent ten
Years battling the breed.
they would hang out in the
Bars and approach the owners
Of the bars.
They wanted to get paid, and if
The bar owners or the businesses
Balked at that, they would bring
Their club members and take over
The entire establishment.
narrator: Not all
Confrontations were
About extortion.
Some were just for fun.
narrator: The breed is
Smaller than mammoth clubs
Like the hells angels,
But their 200 members are
Spread across the northeast
And midwest.
And they don't let their
Size hold them back.
narrator: They call
The philly area home and are
Willing to defend their turf
At any cost.
it didn't matter if you were
A larger club or a nationally
Recognized club.
If you came through that area
And they didn't know about it,
They would confront you.
narrator: Many take any
Challenge personally.
narrator: This also plays
Into their secret culture.
Usually friends of friends
Are selected to join.
narrator: Smokey asked to
Have his identity concealed.
He'd always wanted
To be a biker.
narrator: In 2003, smokey
Changed his mind about joining
The angels shortly after he
Opened his own motorcycle shop.
narrator: It was the day
Smokey met the leader of
The breed.
John "junior" napoli was vice
President of the pennsylvania
Chapter of the breed
For four years.
narrator: Napoli had built
Himself a ruthless reputation.
narrator: By 1995, napoli
Had already been in and out
Of prison.
narrator: Napoli grew up
Around the gang.
His dad, harry, was
An original member.
But john was a different
Type of biker.
narrator: But napoli's
Ambition made him a force
To be reckoned with.
narrator: Napoli wanted
Absolute power.
As soon as he became a member
Of the breed, he started angling
To be a chapter president.
narrator: Kirk schwartz asked
To have his identity concealed.
narrator: There was a method
To napoli's madness.
He wanted the breed to take
Control of crystal ***
Trafficking in north philly.
They were already selling in
Bristol, but junior saw the
Opportunity to make millions.
To do it, he would take out
Anyone who stood in his way.
January 2003.
Thomas burke was
A breed prospect.
As a recruit, he had to follow
The orders of full members
Or risk their wrath.
John napoli asked burke
To deliver a 1/2 pound of
Crystal *** to a customer
In new jersey.
Burke refused, breaking the
Cardinal rule for a prospect.
john napoli wanted him to do
Some specific things, and thomas
Burke balked at it.
narrator: Napoli was furious.
He would teach burke a lesson.
March 8th.
Burke was invited to john
Napoli's house.
There he was cornered by
Three breed members.
They beat burke, viciously
Kicking and stomping him
Until he passed out.
narrator: Burke passed out
Again.
Then napoli took it
One step further.
He doused burke
With lighter fluid.
Then he took out a lighter.
he was gonna set him on
Fire inside his own house
Until he was stopped by one of
The other members who said,
"john, you're gonna burn
Your own house down,"
And that's the only thing
That prevented that.
narrator: Burke barely
Survived the attack,
But he refused to file charges,
Fearing for his life.
Napoli had thrown down
The gauntlet.
It was either his way
Or a vicious beating.
narrator: Philadelphia has
A proud working-class history.
But the city is home to some of
The east coast's most violent
Nonconformists
The breed outlaw
Motorcycle gang.
These brutal bikers take pride
In scaring everyone.
narrator: Intimidation has
Been integral to the gang
From the beginning.
The breed was born in 1965 in
Asbury park, new jersey, about
if you talk to the breed
Members, they're just a bunch
Of motorcycle enthusiasts
Who don't necessarily conform
To society.
If you look at it from
A law enforcement standpoint,
They were an organized group
Of vicious people, and anybody
Who stood in their way,
They would confront them
And use violence.
narrator: One of their
Founding members was
Salvatore deiulio,
Also known as "the old man.
"
To this day, deiulio inspires
Almost cult-like devotion.
narrator: Deiulio had
A volcanic temper that often
Got the better of him.
narrator: By 1971, the breed
Had grown to 1,500 members,
And deiulio was officially made
The national president.
The gang embraced the outlaw
Image, riding harleys and
Fighting wherever they went.
narrator: The breed also sold
And used methamphetamine.
narrator: Many early
Recruits, like big p, were
Vietnam vets who had trouble
Readjusting to civilian life.
narrator: They had expanded
Beyond jersey and established
To ohio.
In ohio, they started to butt
Heads with the country's
Largest and most powerful
Motorcycle gang,
The hells angels.
narrator: What began as
Bar brawls soon escalated
And turned into an all-out
War after an incident
In cleveland, ohio.
March 7, 1971.
About 150 breed members
And 2 dozen hells angels showed
Up to the fourth annual
Motorcycle custom
And trade show.
The angels prepared for
The inevitable battle.
narrator: When the breed
Showed up the next day,
Security wouldn't let them in
With weapons.
narrator: The battle
Was brutal.
It lasted just two minutes,
But four breed members and one
Hells angel lay dead.
Two other members of the breed
Were castrated by the angels
During the melee.
The battle was the bloodiest
In biker history, and the war
Wasn't over.
narrator: In the '80s
And early '90s, instead of
Expanding like most gangs,
The breed chose to strengthen
Its presence in pennsylvania
And new jersey.
They did so through an
Unprecedented campaign
Of violence.
at one point, about 35
Members of the gang walked
Into the blue fountain diner,
And they confronted
A gentleman inside,
Asked him if he was enjoying
His breakfast, and then began
Beating on him and broke
A beer bottle over his head.
Two off-duty policemen
Were also severely beaten
During the brawl.
narrator: Police weren't
The only targets.
January 1998.
Stars and bars,
Longbranch, new jersey.
This strip club had become
The breed's hangout.
well, the breed could come
Into that bar on Friday night.
They would have the dancing
Girls there or whatever.
narrator: Michael campanella
Worked undercover for two years
Tailing the breed.
He says national breed president
Salvatore "the old man" deiulio
Was acting like he owned
The place and allegedly
Abusing some of the dancers.
if the old man, sal deiulio,
Wanted a girl in the back room
Or whatever he wanted to do,
He made, you know
He put an order out,
And these guys would make
Girls come back there.
narrator: The gang had
Become bad for business.
narrator: Then the gang
Went too far.
one of the dancers was beat
Up so brutally that she lost
Her teeth.
She was chained to a chair.
She was made to perform oral sex
On members of the breed,
Ultimately later that night
Was taken to the hospital
And told not to say anything
To the police or you'll find
Yourself dead.
narrator: The abused
Dancer eventually went
To the police anyway.
The old man and four other
Breed members were arrested and
Charged with *** assault.
In the end, one breed member
Pleaded guilty.
The old man and three other
Breed members were never tried
For *** assault.
John "junior" napoli would
Take the message to heart.
narrator: Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The outlaw biker gang the breed
Rules this blue-collar area with
Intimidation and brute force.
narrator: To gain that fear,
Breed members operate
As a unified force.
Absolute loyalty is demanded
From its members.
No exceptions.
they stand beside each other
Through thick and thin.
It doesn't matter if you're in
A fistfight or a knife fight
Or a gun fight.
They expect you to stand next
To each other.
narrator: The gang's guiding
Principles, which they call
Their bylaws, were in part
Created by breed founder
Salvatore "the old man" deiulio.
narrator: Even more
Importantly, you have to be
Willing to tcb
By committing crimes and
Following gang mandates
To move more ***.
narrator: The gang's
Hierarchy includes chapter
Presidents and vice presidents,
A sergeant at arms in charge
Of protecting gang members,
And a treasurer.
Overseeing it all
Is the national breed president,
Who is still the old man,
Salvatore deiulio.
everything is insulated
In their criminal activity
In that a soldier may receive
Orders that's coming from
The president, but he doesn't
Talk directly to the president.
The president talks to his
Trusted people who relay
The information further down
To the club members who receive
Instructions on what it is
They're supposed to do, and
They do it without question.
narrator: You pledge
Allegiance to the club
When you join the breed
By taking an oath.
Only then do you earn
Its colors.
that's to be your most
Prized possession.
They care more about their
Colors than anything.
narrator: The center patch
Is a u.
S.
Flag with 13 stars to
Symbolize their 13 chapters when
They were at their largest.
Sometimes a black bar
Is placed across the flag
To honor fallen brothers.
To get his colors, a biker has
To go through a rigorous rite
Of passage designed to weed out
The weak.
During this time, he's referred
To as a prospect.
once you're a prospect,
You had to do anything a breed
Member asks you to do,
Whether it be something
Illegal, a crime.
narrator: Once a prospect is
Voted in, he gets his colors
And is considered a full member
Or flag holder.
And once you're in the gang,
There is no easy way out.
The gang's creed:
"breed forever
And forever breed.
"
if you want to leave
The breed motorcycle gang,
You have to have a real good
Reason and put a request in.
If the request is valid,
You can get out of the breed.
But on normal circumstances,
You're catching a beating.
narrator: Instead of the
Traditional 1% diamond patch,
The breed models theirs
After a woman.
narrator: The gang refers to
Women as "old ladies" and thinks
Of them as property.
a lot of the old ladies would
Wear a designation that says
That "I'm the property of
Junior," or "I'm the property
Of kicker.
"
If a particular woman is wearing
A belt or a patch that she's
The particular property of
A particular club member,
The other club members know
To leave her alone.
Anybody else is fair game.
narrator: The breed's
Children wear patches too.
narrator: The gang has
Other rules as well
Including attending "church.
"
narrator: The clubhouse
Is the site of meetings,
But more importantly, it's
The site of breed parties
Fueled by ***.
narrator: Not only do
Breed members use ***,
They also sell it to finance
Their operation.
I've been in allentown for
Ten years, and several years
Ago, eight or nine years ago,
We did a methamphetamine
Investigation which led
Right to their door.
They were selling
Methamphetamine on
A regular basis.
It's their main means of income.
narrator: In early 2002,
The u.
S.
Department of justice
Reported that the breed was one
Of the most active
Methamphetamine distributors
In new jersey.
By 2003, the breed were making
Enough money that they were
More profitable than gangs
Twice and three times
Ththeir size.
John "junior" napoli
Was making sure of that.
john napoli was in the right
Time and the right place to
Become the king of crystal ***.
narrator: March 2003.
In the philly area, john
"junior" napoli was gunning
To be president of the breed's
Pennsylvania chapter.
john napoli was a gangster.
There was never a single issue
Of remorse or anything heartfelt
Or anything repentant about him.
narrator: He had built
A reputation on violence.
Napoli nearly killed thomas
Burke, a breed prospect,
For refusing to do a crystal
*** delivery.
Now he wanted to take out the
Pennsylvania chapter's sitting
President, james graber.
narrator: In November of
The same year, graber decided
To do the wise thing.
narrator: Napoli was
Appointed president of the
Breed's pennsylvania chapter.
But it wasn't enough that
Graber was no longer president.
John napoli wanted him erased.
November 24, 2005.
Under the guise of a meeting,
Napoli and several other breed
Members lured graber to the
Gang's headquarters.
narrator: Graber
Barely survived.
Napoli stripped the 25-year
Breed veteran of his colors and
Kicked him out of the gang.
narrator: The pennsylvania
Attorney general's office took
Notice of the bloody coup.
narrator: In the same year,
Agent jeff antinucci was
Assigned to supervise an
Operation designed to take
The breed down.
Since the breed's victims were
Usually too afraid to testify
Against them, authorities
Decided to nail the gangvities,t
Wouldn't happen overnight.
our operation was officially
Titled "breed on a wire.
"
narrator: Napoli revealed
His methods through wiretapped
Conversations.
he don't get to my tattoo
Shop and cover it up, I don't
Give a fáááwho he got
In that club.
I am going to cut his
Motheráááááááarm off,
All right?
narrator: Napoli was usually
Very careful about how he ran
His operation, but the state
Attorney general was onto him.
narrator: After a few
Months, authorities started
Making progress.
They identified napoli's most
Trusted foot soldier.
his club name was tattoo
Billy, and he was actually
Working his way quickly up
The ladder of the club.
He looked like, at the time
During our investigation,
He was next in line to be
Vice president of the club,
And he took his instructions
From john napoli.
narrator: William johnson,
Aka "tattoo billy," owned a shop
Just outside bristol called the
House of a thousand tattoos.
billy actually talked to
The suppliers and arranged
The deliveries and worked out
The exchange of the money.
And billy might only have
The actual *** in his hands
For an hour.
narrator: The breed
Was rolling in money.
the profit margin that they
Were making was phenomenal.
John napoli was in control of
Millions and millions of
Dollars' worth of crystal ***.
narrator: Napoli had
Realized his dream.
He was living the life
Of a mobster.
narrator: The case was coming
Together, but authorities knew
They needed an informant willing
To testify.
They saw the chance to make it
Happen in 2005.
narrator: In may,
Police raided the shop
Of local mechanic
And breed associate smokey.
narrator: Before he could
Decide, napoli himself paid
Smokey a visit.
He knew the feds had been
There before him.
narrator: With smokey on
Board, the agents began using
Him to make *** buys from
Breed members.
But smokey knew with napoli,
One slipup meant he was
As good as dead.
narrator: Just months into
The investigation, authorities
Got a critical break.
we were anticipating a major
Delivery of methamphetamine
To billy johnson.
narrator: That large
Transaction was 5 pounds
Of crystal ***, worth
Approximately $100,000.
Antinucci and his team
Sprung into action.
we had an airplane up.
Everything was clear.
The radio communications
Were good.
We had a lot of people on
The street, and we literally
tagged billy johnson and
Followed him the entire day.
narrator: June 5, 2006.
Tattoo billy johnson and his
Connection met at morrell avenue
And with authorities watching,
Exchanged packages.
narrator: Just after 5:50 pm,
Tattoo billy returned home.
narrator: The box contained
Which police would later seize.
Later that day, authorities
Would arrest tattoo billy's
Supplier and confiscate
The $100,000 he'd used
To buy the drugs.
Ironically, the money was
Stashed in a dvd box of
The sopranos television series.
johnson made the exchange
Of money in a box that he had
Tucked under his arm that
It was a sopranos movie box.
narrator: This was enough
Evidence to secure search
Warrants for the breed's
Properties.
When john napoli heard about
The raids, he was furious.
He knew that there had to be
A snitch and immediately
Suspected an inside job.
Napoli summoned smokey
To his home.
Fearing he was a suspect,
Smokey called the authorities.
narrator: Smokey went
To napoli's house.
When he arrived, tattoo billy
And four other members were
Sitting around a table talking.
narrator: Smokey's life
Hung in the balance.
narrator: Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Police had built a case against
The breed and their leader john
"junior" napoli with the help
Of a secret informant.
Napoli smelled a rat and called
A meeting at his home to peg
The snitch.
narrator: John napoli never
Turned on smokey and he walked
Out of napoli's house.
The pennsylvania attorney
General's office decided
It was time to move in.
narrator: Later that day,
A task force of 100 officers
Raided numerous breed
Properties, including the home
Of john "junior" napoli.
and we seized 22 pounds of
Crystal methamphetamine, and
The wholesale street value of
That was about $2.
2 million.
narrator: John napoli and 14
Other breed members, including
Tattoo billy, were arrested and
Charged with drug distribution.
Their crystal *** ring, which
Had become a $6-million-a-year
Business, was shut down
Overnight.
It was the biggest operation of
Its kind ever run by an outlaw
Motorcycle gang.
narrator: In 2007, napoli
Was convicted of conspiracy to
Distribute crystal ***, violent
Acts in the aid of racketeering,
Extortion, and three counts of
Possession of firearms.
He remained defiant to the end.
the judge who was about to
Sentence him asked him if he
Had any words.
And john stood up and looked
The judge square in the eyes
And said, "I got nothin'
To say to you.
"
narrator: Of the 15 breed
Members sentenced, napoli
Received the stiffest
Punishment: 36 years in prison.
In the end, many of napoli's
Breed brothers ended up
Testifying against him.
narrator: The last breed
Member standing was national
President salvatore "the old
Man" deiulio.
Many say he still has a hand
In running the gang.
narrator: He's held the
Position for nearly 40 years,
But many others have
Walked away.
Big p says the gang's best days
Are in the past.
narrator: Big p thinks
There's only one way for the
Gang to change its fortunes.
narrator: The pennsylvania
Attorney general's office says
The gang is far from dead.
They believe the breed
Is rebuilding.
I think that as long as
There are people who are
Dysfunctional and want to
Belong but want to stay on
The outside of society,
The breed'll be back.
narrator: Smokey doesn't
Associate with the breed anymore
And is trying to get
His life back.
narrator: But he still fears
Retribution from the breed
And john napoli.