Bryan S. Fletcher, also known as “Fletch,” was sentenced on Apr. 7 to eighty-four months in federal prison without parole for his role in an armed assault against a rival motorcycle club member, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri.
The sentencing follows an incident on Sept. 17, 2022, when Fletcher and twelve other members of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club and their support club, Los Valerosos, pursued and forced a lone rival gang member off the road in Blue Springs, Missouri. Several individuals involved were armed with firearms and at least one axe handle. Fletcher and others confronted the victim roadside before he was shot seven times in various parts of his body. Fletcher and several accomplices fled before law enforcement arrived.
Fletcher received his sentence from U.S. District Judge Greg Kays after being convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Bradley K. Kavanaugh and Robert Smith prosecuted the case following investigations by multiple agencies including the FBI; Independence, Missouri Police Department; Blue Springs Police Department; Homeland Security Investigations; and Kansas City Police Department.
This prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America, described as “a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.” The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri supports community outreach programs addressing violent crime issues according to its official website.
The office handles federal prosecutions across sixty-six counties from Iowa’s border southward to Arkansas, stretching west from Kansas across roughly half Missouri according to its official website. Offices are located in Kansas City, Jefferson City, and Springfield according to its official website. The office collaborates with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners according to its official website, under affiliation with the U.S. Department of Justice according to its official website.
