From left, Joshua Leo Johnson, 39, and David Daniel Dabbs, 41, both of Santa Rosa, Calif., are wanted in connection with the beatings of two men on June 4, 2011, in Lakeport, Calif. The men are alleged to be Hells Angels members who assaulted members of the rival Vagos motorcycle club. Courtesy photos.

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County District Attorney's Office said Friday that it is charging four Sonoma County men for a June 4 incident in which the men – allegedly Hells Angels members – beat two rival Vagos motorcycle club members.

Those who are being charged are Santa Rosans Joshua Leo Johnson, 39, and David Daniel Dabbs, 41; Timothy Robert Bianchi, 33, of Petaluma; and 32-year-old Nicolas Felipe Carrillo of Geyserville, the District Attorney's Office said.

Carrillo and Bianchi were booked into the Lake County Jail on Friday after being arrested in Sonoma County on Thursday, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff.

Hinchcliff said the men were being held on an enhanced bail of $500,000 each.

Still at large are Johnson and Dabbs, Hinchcliff said.

The Lake County Sheriff's Office reported that Dabbs also is being sought on a no-bail warrant out of San Diego for alleged kidnapping and torture.

The sheriff's office warned that Johnson and Dabbs are known Hells Angels and should be considered armed and extremely dangerous. The public should not approach or attempt to apprehend them.

On Tuesday, Aug. 23, the District Attorney's Office filed the charges against the four men, who are all alleged to be members of the Hells Angel’s Motorcycle Club.

Hinchcliff authorized the filing on July 19 but the matter was not actually filed until this week in order to accommodate ongoing investigative efforts, the District Attorney's Office said.

The four men are alleged to have beaten 39-year-old Michael Burns and 48-year-old Kristopher Perkin in a confrontation at Konocti Vista Casino outside of Lakeport, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Burns, who the sheriff's office identified as a validated member of the Vagos motorcycle club, was viciously beaten in the attack, which was recorded on the casino’s video surveillance system.

The sheriff's office said investigators believed the Hells Angels members in the video were from Sonoma County.

As a result, they called on members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force, Santa Rosa Police Department Gang Task Force and the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department Gang Task Force, who were “invaluable assets” in identifying the four suspects, according to the report from sheriff's public information officer Michelle Gonzalez.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes, which reportedly spearheaded the investigation, also received assistance from the Lakeport Police Department’s motorcycle gang expert and the District Attorney’s Office, Gonzalez said.

From left, Timothy Robert Bianchi, 33, of Petaluma, Calif., and 32-year-old Nicolas Felipe Carrillo of Geyserville, Calif., were arrested on Thursday, August 25, 2011, during a search warrant service in Sonoma County, Calif. The men, who are alleged to be Hells Angel members, are charged in connection with the beatings of two men who are alleged to be rival gang members. Courtesy photos.

Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen said Friday that his gang expert, Officer Norm Taylor – who has given community workshops on gangs – assisted the investigation.

“We were happy to be able to provide our expertise to assist on that case because we're committed to working with all the agencies in the county to deal with the gang issues,” Rasmussen said.

The investigation led to the issuance of arrest and search warrants, which Gonzalez said were served in Santa Rosa and Petaluma at 6 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, by Lake County Sheriff's detectives assisted by SWAT teams from the FBI, Santa Rosa Police Department and the Petaluma Police Department.

Carrillo and Bianchi were arrested during the Thursday warrant service, Gonzalez said, and numerous items of gang clothing, financial and other records with “great evidentiary value” also were seized.

Following their Thursday arrests the two men were booked into the Sonoma County Jail, with bail set at $500,000 for each, Gonzalez said.

The District Attorney's Office said the charges against the men include felony participation in a criminal street gang, punishable by up to three years in prison; misdemeanor fighting in public, punishable by up to 90 days in jail; misdemeanor battery for the assault on Burns, a charge punishable by up to six months in jail; and several special allegations relating to the infliction of great bodily injury and the participation in a criminal street gang, which could result in up to additional 10 years in prison.

Dabbs and Bianchi are additionally charged with felony assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury for the assault on Burns, which the District Attorney's Office said is punishable by up to four years in prison.

For the assault on Perkins, Johnson and Carrillo are charged with misdemeanor battery, and could each face up to six months in jail if convicted, the District Attorney's Office reported.

Sheriff Frank Rivero expressed his deepest gratitude for the tireless work of his detectives and members of the allied agencies during the investigation.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of David Dabbs or Joshua Johnson is asked to call local law enforcement or the Lake County Sheriff’s Office's Investigations Division at 707-262-4200.

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