True Crime Reporter

By Robert Riggs

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July 17, 2023 Death On Two Wheels: Everyone Wants A Piece Of The Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
The Bandido's Intimidating Presence On U.S. Highways
A violent war for control of illicit drugs and weapons leaves a deadly trail of bullets and blood across highways in the U.S. Southwest.
It started eight years ago in a hail of gunfire between the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang and the Cossacks at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas.
The violence escalated starting in May of 2023, leaving dead bodies on an interstate highway in Texas, at a biker bar in Oklahoma City, and at a once peaceful bike rally in New Mexico.
There's no sign of tempers and the rivalry cooling off anytime soon.
The Bandidos stand to lose a lot and are fighting to hold on to their turf.
They are not Hollywood's romanticized version of the Sons of Anarchy.
The Justice Department considers the Bandidos one of the eight most dangerous motorcycle gangs in the U.S.
A gang threat assessment by the Texas Department of Public Safety ranked the Bandidos as a "Tier 2" gang — or the second-most dangerous classification — alongside the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.
It appears that local law enforcement is not prepared to intervene and, in some quarters, may even fear the Bandidos.
According to the Bandidos legend, a 36-year-old Vietnam War veteran and Houston dockworker started the club in the 1960s.
It adopted the red and gold colors of the U.S. Marine Corps.
They proudly wear the "patch" on their jackets and other apparel.
Mess with one Bandido and you are messing with all of them.
The Bandidos maintain an international presence from Australia to Russia.
Detective Steve Cook, an expert on outlaw motorcycle gangs, joins me in this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast titled Death On Two Wheels: Everyone Wants A Piece Of The Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
It's a war that has spilled into threatening innocent bystanders.
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July 11, 2023 Flipping Off Angry Drivers Can Get You Killed On US Highways
Road rage violence shatters records on US Highways. Experts say a perfect storm of post-pandemic anger and violent criminals out of jail due to liberal bail practices has set off a wave of deadly road rage shootings.
Retired Houston Police Captain Greg Fremin tracks the growing carnage at Sam Houston State’s College of Criminal Justice.
The numbers have run off the highway as stressed-out, violent drivers turn their rage into the wild wild west on American highways.
On average, 44 people are killed or wounded on U.S. roadways every month. That's twice the average for 2019.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, investigative reporter Robert Riggs talks to Fremin about the causes and what to do if you are a target of road rage.
In closing, here’s my reporter’s recap and reflections.
In these stressful times, I practice Stoicism.
It’s a philosophy from the book Meditations by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.
The core principle for me: When you don’t control what happens, the only thing you can control is how you react.
You’ve been listening to the True Crime Reporter Podcast: Stay True. Stay Safe. And Stay Tuned for more stories from inside the crime scene tape.
BREAKING NEWS:
Shortly after I published this episode the very thing I warned about tragically came true in a Dallas suburb.

A recently wed couple driving to work the night shift together at a paint company became the target of a raging driver.

The husband thought the driver was flipping him off and replied in kind. But it was not the one-finger gesture, it was a gun.

37-year-old Nunez Linares was fatally shot in the back of the head.

Here's a link to the story.
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July 10, 2023 Flipping Off Angry Drivers Can Get You Killed On US Highways
Road rage violence shatters records on US Highways. Experts say a perfect storm of post-pandemic anger and violent criminals out of jail due to liberal bail practices has set off a wave of deadly road rage shootings.
Capt Greg Fremin (Ret'd) Houston Police Department
Retired Houston Police Captain Greg Fremin tracks the growing carnage at Sam Houston State’s College of Criminal Justice located in Huntsville, Texas.
The numbers have run off the highway as stressed-out, violent drivers turn their rage into the wild wild west on American highways.
On average, 44 people are killed or wounded on U.S. roadways every month. That's twice the average for 2019.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, investigative reporter Robert Riggs talks to Fremin about the causes and what to do if you are a target of road rage.
BREAKING NEWS:
Shortly after I published this episode the very thing I warned about tragically came true in a Dallas suburb.
A recently wed couple driving to work the night shift together at a paint company became the target of a raging driver.
The husband thought the driver was flipping him off and replied in kind. But it was not the one-finger gesture, it was a gun.
37-year-old Nunez Linares was fatally shot in the back of the head.
Here's a link to the story.
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July 04, 2023 NCIS Confidential: Solving Real-Life Cold Cases To Catch Killers
Former NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy established the first federal cold case homicide unit.
Starting in 1986 with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Kennedy investigated crimes involving sailors and marines around the world.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, I take you inside the crime scene tape to hear about cold cases from a legendary member of the agency popularized by Hollywood.
Although he is retired from NCIS, Joe Kennedy lends his cold case experience to small law enforcement agencies that seek help.
He serves on the Cold Case Coalition, a non-profit volunteer organization comprised of retired law enforcement officers and experts.
Kennedy has also written a brilliant guide for cold case investigators titled Solving Cold Cases-Investigation Techniques and Protocols.
Serious true crime fans will find it helpful in understanding the anatomy of murder investigations and cold case inquiries.
Here’s part two of my interview with former NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy.
Link to the Cold Case Coalition
Links to Two Cold Case Episodes:
How Det Jeff Bennett Used Genetic Genealogy To Solve The 47-Year Old Murder Of Carla Walker
How DNA Forensic Genetic Genealogy Brought A Monster To Justice
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39min
July 03, 2023 NCIS Confidential: Solving Real-Life Cold Cases To Catch Killers
Former NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy established the first federal cold case homicide unit.
Starting in 1986 with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), Kennedy investigated crimes involving sailors and marines worldwide.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, I take you inside the crime scene tape to hear about cold cases from a legendary agency member popularized by Hollywood.
Although he is retired from NCIS, Joe Kennedy lends his cold case experience to small law enforcement agencies that seek help.
He serves on the Cold Case Coalition, a non-profit volunteer organization comprised of retired law enforcement officers and experts.
Kennedy has also written a brilliant guide for cold case investigators titled Solving Cold Cases-Investigation Techniques and Protocols.
Serious true crime fans will find it helpful in understanding the anatomy of murder investigations and cold case inquiries.
Part two of my interview with former NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy is here.
Link to the Cold Case Coalition
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41min
June 27, 2023 NCIS From Evidence to Arrest: Analyzing Murder Cases Step by Step
If you are a fan of the NCIS television drama, you are in for a treat.
My guest is homicide investigator Joe Kennedy, a former Special Agent for the real-life NCIS.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, I lift the crime scene tape for Joe Kennedy to take you inside the anatomy of murder cases.
He's written a book titled Solving Cold Cases: Investigation Techniques and Protocol.
This is the first of a two-part series featuring Kennedy. The first focuses on his unconventional method of approaching a crime scene investigation.
In the second episode, Kennedy explains why cold cases are so complex, and he digs into Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy.
I believe his book should be required reading for every rookie homicide investigator.
We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen.
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The True Crime Reporter® podcast features stories about serial killers, mass murderers, murder mysteries, homicides, cold cases, prisons, violent criminals, serial rapists, child abductors, child molesters, kidnappers, bank robbers, cyber criminals, and assorted violent criminals.
True Crime Reporter® is a @2023 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter®, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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41min
June 26, 2023 NCIS From Evidence to Arrest: Analyzing Murder Cases Step by Step
If you are a fan of the NCIS television drama, you are in for a treat.
My guest is homicide investigator Joe Kennedy, a former Special Agent for the real-life NCIS.
NCIS Special Agent Joe Kennedy Teaching Police In The Philippines Homicide Investigation
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, I lift the crime scene tape for Joe Kennedy to take you inside the anatomy of murder cases.
He's written a book titled Solving Cold Cases: Investigation Techniques and Protocol.
This is the first of a two-part series featuring Kennedy. The first focuses on his unconventional method of approaching a crime scene investigation.
In the second episode, Kennedy explains why cold cases are so complex, and he digs into Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy.
I believe his book should be required reading for every rookie homicide investigator.
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43min
June 26, 2023 Rise And Fall Of A Pro Pitcher: From the Bull Pen To The Texas Pen
The high school baseball player hung a homemade motivational sign on the wall of his bedroom. It read Brandon Puffer will be a Major League Baseball player.
Indeed, Puffer made it to what ballplayers call “The Show.”
Only to fall from the Bullpen to the State Penitentiary in Texas.
Brandon Puffer was a pitcher on the Boston Red Sox baseball team when they broke a century-old curse and won the World Series in 2004.
But four years later, a Texas jury sentenced Puffer to five years in prison.
He survived the tough Texas prison system and is now out.
Puffer has written a book titled, From The Bullpen To The State Pen, in which he opens up about his experience.
In this episode of True Crime Reporter®, Puffer shares the story of his setbacks and come back.
Puffer coaches youth and high school baseball players on how to play college and pro ball at GPSLegends, located in Central Texas near Round Rock and Georgetown.
In closing, here’s my reporter’s recap and reflections.
No matter what walk of life they came from, most of the convicted felons that I have interviewed did not comprehend that their actions had consequences.
To quote Puffer, “the longer we try to ignore or run from those consequences, the more they will grow like a cancer that starts small, but eventually takes over the whole body if ignored.
You’ve been listening to the True Crime Reporter Podcast: Stay True. Stay Safe. And Stay Tuned for more stories from inside the crime scene tape.
This is Robert Riggs Reporting.
Insightful Quotes From Brandon Puffer in From The Bullpen To The State Pen:
One of the devil’s schemes is to make you think the only one who thinks a certain way or acts the way you do–it’s a feeling of isolation, and when humans feel isolated, the mind has a tendency to go to some dark places.
Our actions in this life have consequences, and the longer we try to ignore or run from those consequences, the more they will grow–like a cancer that starts small, but eventually takes over the whole body if ignored.
The music we listen to, the things we watch, the games we play, and the words we speak…they all take a toll over time, and only you have the power to control what enters your mind and soul.
You have the power to make choices before the choices that will define you.
My dream was derailed by one decision that was actually many smaller decisions that led up to that moment.
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39min
June 20, 2023 Rise And Fall Of A Pro Pitcher: From the Bull Pen To The Texas Pen
The high school baseball player hung a homemade motivational sign on the wall of his bedroom. It read Brandon Puffer will be a Major League Baseball player.

Indeed, Puffer made it to what ballplayers call “The Show.”

Only to fall from the Bullpen to the State Penitentiary in Texas.
Brandon Puffer was a pitcher on the Boston Red Sox baseball team when they broke a century-old curse and won the World Series in 2004.

But four years later, a Texas jury sentenced Puffer to five years in prison.

He survived the tough Texas prison system and is now out.
Brandon Puffer was a pitcher on the Boston Red Sox baseball team when they broke a century-old curse and won the World Series in 2004.

But four years later, a Texas jury sentenced Puffer to five years in prison.

He survived the tough Texas prison system and is now out.
Puffer has written a book titled, From The Bullpen To The State Pen, in which he opens up about his experience.
In this episode of True Crime Reporter®, Puffer shares the story of his setbacks and come back with reporter Robert Riggs.
Puffer coaches youth and high school baseball players on how to play college and pro ball at GPSLegends, located in Central Texas near Round Rock and Georgetown.
In closing, here’s my reporter’s recap and reflections.
No matter what walk of life they came from, most of the convicted felons that I interviewed did not comprehend that their actions had consequences.
To quote Puffer, “the longer we try to ignore or run from those consequences, the more they will grow like a cancer that starts small, but eventually takes over the whole body if ignored.
You’ve been listening to the True Crime Reporter Podcast: Stay True. Stay Safe. And Stay Tuned for more stories from inside the crime scene tape.
This is Robert Riggs Reporting.
Insightful quotes from Puffer's book:
"One of the devil’s schemes is to make you think the only one who thinks a certain way or acts the way you do–it’s a feeling of isolation, and when humans feel isolated, the mind has a tendency to go to some dark places."
"Our actions in this life have consequences, and the longer we try to ignore or run from those consequences, the more they will grow–like a cancer that starts small, but eventually takes over the whole body if ignored."
"The music we listen to, the things we watch, the games we play, and the words we speak…they all take a toll over time, and only you have the power to control what enters your mind and soul."
"You have the power to make choices before the choices that will define you."
"My dream was derailed by one decision that was actually many smaller decisions that led up to that moment."
We want to become your favorite true crime podcast. Please leave a review wherever you listen.
Join our true crime community and follow us here.
The True Crime Reporter® podcast features stories about serial killers, mass murderers, murder mysteries, homicides, cold cases, prisons, violent criminals, serial rapists, child abductors, child molesters, kidnappers, bank robbers, cyber criminals, and assorted violent criminals.
True Crime Reporter® is a @2023 copyrighted and trade-marked production by True Crime Reporter®, LLC, in Dallas, Texas.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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39min
June 13, 2023 Inside the Dark World of a Prison Hitman Where Radios Explode
Programming was suddenly interrupted when an inmate's radio suddenly exploded. Little did he know that he was the target of a prison gang hit.
So how could such a thing happen behind the bars of a maximum security prison in Texas?
I spoke with the reputed prison gang hitman while he held a hoe weeding the warden's vegetable garden at a maximum security unit in East Texas.
He was never charged or convicted of carrying out hits, but he certainly had a reputation.
Although he claimed to be out of the gang -- there's no such thing. It's blood in, blood out -- I asked how you could make a bomb behind bars.
He grinned and slowly tilted his head down. He tapped his foot on a bag of fertilizer and said, "I knew about the explosive properties of ammonium nitrate long before those boys in Oklahoma City."
He referred to Timothy McVeigh, who murdered 168 people, including 19 children, by blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995.
In this episode of the True Crime Reporter® Podcast, I open up my old reporter's notebooks to recall moments from inside the Texas prison system when I was on the trail of corruption.
These short stories are from the darkest and most dangerous corners of maximum security prisons in Texas.
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