Santa Clara cop arrested, charged with supplying confidential info to Hells Angel

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Source: San Jose Mercury News

A Santa Clara police officer, who previously served on the San Jose police force, was arrested Thursday on a $250,000 warrant charging him with felony conspiracy after authorities say he gave confidential information to a member of the Hells Angels.

Clay H. Rojas, 36, a five-year veteran of the Santa Clara Police Department, was booked into Santa Clara County Jail, along with William Bettencourt, 38, a suspected member of the Hells Angels Santa Cruz chapter, and Vivian V. Rodriguez, 31, of San Jose. Bettencourt is being held without bail. All are being charged with conspiracy to commit a crime.

Santa Clara police released limited information about the case, saying only a criminal investigation revealed that Bettencourt had confidential Department of Motor Vehicles information about "private parties," and that it was Rojas who apparently provided it to him.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_16343265

[Taverner]

1. Ahhh...The Alum Rock Mafia...

[bemildred]

2. Drugs, maybe? nt

[Dreamer Tatum]

3. Don't worry...Tig and Jax will bust them out. nt

[pinboy3niner]

6. LOL!

Sons of Anarchy is exactly what I was thinking. And the other Santa Clara cops would be wise to get out of the way of any car speeding towards them. :evilgrin:

[Hawkeye-X]

7. The interesting thing is Sons of Anarchy is based on an actual MC here in Colorado

called Sons of Silence.

I hope Jax will rescue Abel.

Hawkeye-X

[Heidi]

4. I hope, presuming he's convicted, the colleagues he has dishonored will be as eager to disown him

as he has allegedly been to dishonor them and betray the public trust.

[shanti]

5. just like mexico

we're morphing into a totally corruption-ridden third world country :(