The Most Heartbreaking Story Yet From the Waco Massacre

Melissa Owens tells a love story worthy of Nicholas Sparks watching Sleepless in Seattle. She and Bobby were high school sweethearts… they drifted apart after high school.. she went to college, he took four years of training to become a master electrician. When several years later she left a loveless marriage with her two boys in tow, she ran into her high school sweetheart, and it was like they had never been apart. She was afraid to tell him she has a disabled child.. but when she did, he said “I loved you since junior high.. I’m not going to stop now.”

Her crisp efficient voice fades into a dreamy sigh as she describes how this amazing man rode into her life like a white knight on a chrome horse. The first time Payden, her non verbal son, met Bobby, he immediately reached for him, threw his arms around his neck, and pointed at the motorcycle.  When Payden is wheeled out of the house in his wheelchair, he reaches out to touch the motorcycle. Her voice catches as she describes how Bobby took all the training necessary to help her care for her son..  She rattles off the intimidating words.. feeding tube, catherization, shots.. all the things that Bobby learned to do to help the woman and kids he loved so much so quickly. She tells how she works all day every day caring for 14 horses, and sometimes comes in to find Bobby fixing her dinner or taking care of her boys, or maybe curled up napping with Payden and his iPad on the couch.

Unfortunately, Melissa’s glass slipper slipped.. and fell crashing from her hand onto the floor of the Waco jail. She tearfully tells how some prisoners are to have court dates on June 5th, but the ones who don’t have court appointed attorneys have to wait until the first part of July… it seems that the city of Waco has decided to just work the bikers in whenever they can on their regular docket.

Bobby suffers from sleep apnea.. He cannot sleep in his breathing machine unless he agrees to stay in solitary confinement throughout his incarceration. Melissa is of course worried about his physical well being.

He is also the President of Distorted MC… she proudly tells me of the fundraiser held for her little boy by this club, and all the charities they hope to work for in the future.

“Bobby and I are childhood sweethearts. We lost touch after high school and got back in touch about 2 yrs ago. We need to go grow up and now that we have found each other again it was like coming home for the both of us. I am a single mom with twins, one of which is medically fragile. Bobby has a Heart the size of Texas, he has welcomed me and my boys into his life with no hesitation. Last June when we found out that Payden would need a kidney transplant, Bobby stepped into action to put together a Benefit to raise money for him. He worked selfless hours to make it happen for Payden. When Bobby had some time off work he came down to stay with myself and the boys. He learned how to care of all of Payden’s needs including breathing treatments, chest treatments, pulling and administering medicines, g-button care, chateteration, making Payden milk mixture, setting up his feeding pump and has attended many weekly therapy session a long with attending doctors appointments when he was not out of town working. Bobby always makes sure that we have our time even when we are raising our boys. He looks forward to giving back to the community and helping others. Bobby and I have personally attended several benefits in and around our hometown of Rockdale. Since his Motorcycle Club came together about 6 months ago we have helped with several benefits and charity rides. We hope to continue in the future. I also wanted to let you know that Bobby loves his family and would do anything to protect them. He would never put his family (me and the boys, or his Distorted family). In harms way.  I have had him come stand next to me because a gentleman at a benefit walked to close to comfort for him and did not like the way the man looked at me. He is a family man even though he has no children of his own. He is a man of character, kindness compassion and love.”

At the time of this print, Bobby has been in jail for ten days.. Even though he has no criminal record of any sort and belongs to a tiny family club, he is being held on a million dollar bond in Waco over a shootout he had nothing to do with except he happened to be standing in the parking lot when it occurred. Please pray for this man to get out of jail and get back to his family really soon… because right now, when Payden is wheeled out of the house, and when he reaches out to touch the motorcycle.. there is nothing there.

The Distorted Truth.. Biker Victims of Waco

Distorted MC is a new mom and pop motorcycle club in Texas. “Mom and Pop” means they are family oriented, all very close knit and loving and most club events are okay to bring the whole family. They are proud of their seven members and five ol ladies, who spend one hundred percent of their club time and money doing things to help children in need, clothes drives toy runs, and sponsoring families at Christmastime. The fact that this MC is very much NOT one of the hardcore clubs is that it allows women to become full patch wearers. Everyone in the biker community knows that women absolutely never under any circumstances are allowed to join clubs such as the Bandidos or the Hells Angels. That MC stands for “men’s club” in their opinions. Distorted is indeed a baby club, born only six months ago. They hadn’t even had time to wear the shine off their patches when their lives changed unexpectedly.

They all went to just another CoC meeting on another bright Texas Sunday afternoon. Julie Perkins, a full patch member, left her ol’ lady at home not feeling well and joined several of her club brothers, while Morgan English decided to attend the meeting at the last minute with her husband. The Distorted members were not in the immediate vicinity of the altercation or the shooting, by two separate accounts when they heard shots fired. They heard someone yell for them get down. Julie saw her friend from the Line Riders go down. The cops came in like swat with AK-47s and made them lay on the floor face down for quite some time. They were then taken outside where they had to sit around for several hours. Around 8 p.m. Julie messaged Kamala that they would be taken to a convention center to answer a few questions and then she would be home. This was the last she heard from Julie that night. The next morning it was on the news that the bikers had all been arrested. Over half of Distorted MC has been behind bars for over a week, including the two women, Julie and Morgan. They have all lost their jobs, vehicles, and reputations. Their club would have to gather an accumulative 6,000-6,000,000 to get them all out on bond. Morgan and her husband are both in jail, which has to be having a detrimental effect on their home and life.

 

Julie is an Army veteran. She has been a fireman and an EMS/EMT. She currently was working at a school where the children now walk around asking “Is Miss Julie a gang member?”

When asked for a quote about Morgan English, this is how her sister in law Melissa English responded.

“She(Morgan) is a bank teller. She and my brother married three years ago. They do not have children, just three dogs that they consider their children although they have recently started trying to start their family. She’s always one of the first to volunteer for fundraisers and charities, such as the fundraiser for one of the children of a member of their mc who is awaiting a kidney transplant and she always participates in Relay for Life. She was even able to get my brother to wear a dress to one of the events! She’s very outgoing, funny and fiercely loves her family and friends. Going to Twin Peaks with my brother was a last minute decision, she was literally throwing things together as they were walking out the door. They have been dealing with a possible move into Houston, as my brother is looking for a new job. He was one of the approx 160 people laid off from Valmont recently. She went with them last Sunday as a way to take a break from all the stress. They had just gotten to twin peaks when everything started happening. My brother said they were walking toward the front door when they heard the commotion on the patio side, they started to walk over to the patio to see what was going on but before they got there the shots started. They ducked and ran the other direction.

She is strong, but this has been very hard on her. She is keeping her sense of humor and says she calms herself by telling herself she’s just on a “cheap vacation”.

 

We ask that you keep the members of this fledgling club in your hearts and minds. They do not have the resources to help each other out of tight spots. This is extremely devastating on all of them. The English family have this fundraising account set up to try to help them out of jail…

https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/1281833

We are coming together to ask for your support in raising the money needed to help a United States Marine veteran and his wife with legal fees, home utilities, house mortgage, etc. in a very difficult time. William English and his wife Morgan ride motorcycles with a group of friends who regularly get together to host fundraising events for local charity. They are not violent criminal gang members, but instead the kind of people who would give the shirts off their backs to help absolutely anyone in need. Will and Morgan pulled into Twin Peaks in Waco, Texas on Sunday, May 18th, anticipating a fun evening with fellow motorcycle riders; however, when they walked up to the restaurant, they were greeted by the site of bikers running for cover as gunshots rang through the parking lot. Will ran his wife to safety; however, because they were both wearing leather vests with a patch, they were both arrested and are currently facing charges for engaging in organized criminal activity and their bond is set at $1,000,000 each. Neither Will nor Morgan were involved in any of the violence, but they are being held, nonetheless as criminals, as are nearly 170 others, most of which have no prior criminal history. To top things off, William was among approximately 160 fellow employees who were recently laid off when their division was shut down company-wide. William has been employed with this company for the last nine years since his return home from his tour in Iraq as a Marine. Will and Morgan were counting on his severance package to carry them through until he could find new work; however, now that they are in jail, he has been unable to contact work and has been terminated, losing all benefits. William served his country bravely, he was proud to fight for the freedom of those he loved, and now he is being treated like a violent criminal just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. As his family, we desperately need your help in raising the funds to hire an attorney to have them released. The attorney that we spoke with in regards to William’s case quoted us $15,000 for him alone, we are expecting the cost for an attorney for Morgan to be about the same. We also are trying to make sure that we are able to cover their mortgage, home utilities, car impound fee, as well as the cost of communicating back and forth over the phone from the jail, which has already cost us several hundred dollars. Please consider donating to these wonderful people, Will has given so much in defending our great country, they both have hearts of gold and they don’t deserve what is happening to them.

 

Thank you for your support!

 

This is a quote from the facebook page of Julie’s partner, Kamala….

 

As you all know I have not said much on here about the shit in Waco. As I sit alone and think, I realize how many great people I have around me. I have had so many friends and family call me, text me, help me in my time of need, and just plain be there for me. I’ve had friends that I have not spoken to in a while that have jumped up and been there. From the bottom of my heart I want to thank each and every one of you.

Well here it goes….

I understand Julie Perkins , Bobby Samford , William English , Morgan Allen English, Steven Walker , Jimmy Spencer have all been arrested for their unproven involvement with the incident that occurred at Twin Peaks in Waco, Tx.

They are all dedicated friends, and community members. They work with local youth, and elderly communities all over the state of Texas. They have helped organize fundraisers, food, toy and clothing drives as well as many benefits to help the needy, appreciative families, individuals, group homes and orphanages in Texas.

The clubs in which they belong to are ones that are focused on the community. They do ride alongs to protect military families during the burials of the fallen.

They have huge hearts for humans and animals alike and are unbelievably loyal and loving.

I understand that not everyone in attendance in Waco is a law abiding member of society. However, this group of individuals are. They are dedicated to protecting and building up the communities they live in and around.

We are engulfed in worry and concern about their physical and mental health… As we know they are concerned about our well being.

If there is any way for you all to take the time to truly investigate these individuals, you will see you are holding the innocent for no legitimate reason.

These are only a few of the heartbreaking situations being caused by the nefarious behavior of the Waco Police Department. We the bikers feel that the video should be released immediately, or the prisoners released immediately. The reports of how many of them are doing without proper medicine or insulin, of wounded still in jail with bullets or fragments inside them, and of course around 170 people who watched their friends gunned down in cold blood before they were then basically kidnapped themselves, are sickening. Its time to speak up, America. Its time to question where is the justice department… Its time to tell the truth.

~~ i will follow up with the men of Distorted MC tomorrow