Indictment Unsealed, Search Warrants Executed in Gang Murder

Portland Police broke the early morning still Friday as they executed a search warrant at the clubhouse of the Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club in Northeast Portland.

It was part of an investigation into the 2015 murder of Robert Huggins whose dead body as dumped off of a logging road in Clark County, Washington.

Huggins was believed to be a member of the gang.

A second search warrant was executed at an adjoining home on Northeast Garfield Avenue.

Also Friday, an indictment was unsealed against six people charged in connection with the homicide. The six - all of whom were taken into custody last week - had been initially charged by police.

They are:

• 56-year-old Mark Leroy Dencklau: Murder (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), and Solicitation to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts);
• 46-year-old Earl Devearl Fisher Jr.: Murder (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), and Solicitation to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts);
• 34-year-old Tiler Evan Pribbernow: Murder (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Murder, Solicitation to Commit Murder, Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), and Solicitation to Commit Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts);
• 51-year-old Ronald Charles Thompson: Hindering Prosecution (two counts) and Tampering with Physical Evidence;
• 43-year-old Kendra Castle: Hindering Prosecution; and
• 32-year-old Malachi Watkins: Murder, Kidnapping in the First Degree (two counts), Criminal Conspiracy to Commit Kidnap in the First Degree (two counts).

Dencklau, Fisher and Pribbernow remain in custody at the Multnomah County Jail. Watkins is in the custody of the Washington Department of Corrections on unrelated charges. Castle and Thompson were released on bail.

The investigation continues.