Witnesses say BCA agents threatened them during Iron Range Hells Angels investigation; agents deny it

Three witnesses testified on Friday they were threatened with criminal charges if they did not cooperate with orders of state agents investigating the Iron Range chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club.

The witnesses took the stand at a hearing called in response to allegations that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension eavesdropped on private communications between jailed defendants and their lawyers.

“They kept trying to get me to tell them someone was raped,” said Jonathan Cooper, who was interrogated when his girlfriend’s home was raided by law enforcement. “And no one was raped.”

Four members of the club face serious charges after an incident nearly a year ago in which authorities say a woman was sexually assaulted and a man was taken against his will to the group’s Eveleth clubhouse and beaten.

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