Police say a father and son duo in a metro area biker gang abducted a 22-year-old Independence man this week, before viciously assaulting and almost killing him.
Police say Randal and Gerald Holmes are members of the Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club, and used tactics often seen by the group to torture the man.
Coty Hollaman, a 22-year-old man from Independence, told police he had ties to the group when gang members gave him $16,000 and a car as part of a mission to pickup and deliver drugs from Colorado.
After receiving the orders, Hollaman told police he instead went to Las Vegas and spent the money he was given.
Sensing that Hollaman had skipped town with the money, the two gang members went to Hollaman's father's home and held the man at gunpoint.
The father called Hollaman and told him of the situation, which led to Hollaman returning home.
After making it back to the metro area, police say the Galloping Goose biker gang members abducted Hollaman and proceeded to assault him in the basement of a home.
Documents describe how biker gang members used items like a ball peen hammer during the assault, which led to Hollaman suffering multiple injuries.
Hollaman also told police he was fed meth during the assault so he would stay awake during the beatings.
Police were able to track down Hollaman and the gang members in Benton County after tracing a phone Hollaman called his father on while abducted.
The startling case brings attention to the dangerous world of biker gangs in the metro area.
"[The Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club] is one of the oldest biker clubs in the United States," Chris Omodt said, who has monitored biker gangs during his time in law enforcement. "They have a long history of violence and drug dealing."
Omodt said details of the abduction and assault sounded similar to past cases involving the Galloping Goose biker gang, including the use of a ball peen hammer to assault someone.
"That's a weapon of choice amongst a lot of these bikers," Omodt said. " You have to understand that a lot of them are convicted felons, and they don't want to get caught with a gun."
Omodt said that the case involving Cody Hollaman continued to show the dangers of being involved with a biker gang,
"Some of the things they fight over might seem trivial to you or me, but to them it's a big deal," he said.
With the Galloping Goose having a strong presence in the metro area, Omodt said cases like this one may happen again in the future.
"I don't think they're ever going to go away," he said. "You'll have them [in the metro area] for quite some time, they're established."
Both Gerald and Randal Holmes are being held behind bars on a $150,000 bond and face the possibility of spending at least 20 years behind bars.
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