Wanted Outlaws biker appears in court

AnOutlaws Motorcycle Club member charged with assaulting two RCMP officers appeared in a Gander courtroomTuesday.

Patrick Bemister, 26, turned himself in to police late Monday afternoon after a Canada-wide arrest warrant was issued for him.

TheGrand Falls-Windsor manis accused ofattackingtwo off-duty officers and threatening to kill them during a bar fight in Gander in late September.

Bemister is also charged with assault with a weapon against a female bartender in a separate incident. He remains in custody and isdue back in court on Friday, possibly to seek bail.

The RCMP is still investigating an assault on a third officer.

Neighbourhood tensions

The Outlaws recently opened a clubhouse in a Gander strip mall, making some residents and business owners nervous.

But Garry Blackwood, anOutlaws member from Musgrave Harbour, statedon Facebookthat residents have nothing to fear.

"We aren't selling drugs or guns. We're not into prostitution. We are family men and most of us have good jobs," Blackwood said in onepost.

"What happened at the bar was just a couple of drunken off-duty, plain-clothes cops that don't like us who started a fight with one of our members."

Blackwoodalso stated Gander residents should feel welcome to stop by the clubhouse to get to know the members.