Crime & Safety

Former Hells Angels Outlaw Biker Gangster Cursed Out Deputy and Judge: Attorneys

The jailed man was sitting in his wheelchair in a back hallway when he reportedly cursed the deputy and the judge.

A man identified by prosecutors as a “former Hells Angels Outlaw” motorcycle gangster cursed out a Will County deputy and a judge in a back hallway of the courthouse, attorneys said.

Michael Moon, 65, will face a contempt hearing for his alleged foul-mouthed outburst Monday morning.

Moon was in court on a possession of a stolen motor vehicle case. While he was sitting in his wheelchair in a back hallway, he allegedly called a female deputy a vulgar name. When he was scolded by Judge Edward Burmila, he cursed at him as well, attorneys said.

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Moon, a resident of Watervliet, NY, was locked up in 2012 after he allegedly crashed a stolen Plymouth Voyager with South Dakota plates on the Interstate 55 frontage road in Romeoville.

Moon tried to make a run for it but was found in a field nearby, according to court papers.

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The former motorcycle gangster has convictions for theft, robbery, escape, unlawfully carrying a pistol, and breach of trust, according to a court filing.

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