{"id":4266981,"date":"2024-04-21T07:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//?p=4266981&preview=true&preview_id=4266981"},"modified":"2024-04-22T06:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:43:51","slug":"san-bernardino-county-sheriffs-deputy-used-alias-in-double-life-as-alleged-outlaw-biker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981///wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//www.sbsun.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//2024/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//04/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//21/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//san-bernardino-county-sheriffs-deputy-used-alias-in-double-life-as-alleged-outlaw-biker/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981//","title":{"rendered":"San Bernardino County sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s deputy used alias in double life as alleged outlaw biker"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his professional life, Christopher Bingham worked as a correctional deputy for the San Bernardino County Sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s Department. But in his secret life, he used the alias /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u201cCharles Tate/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u201d to communicate with members of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang, in which sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s investigators believe he was deeply immersed./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/n

During Bingham/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s preliminary hearing at the San Bernardino Justice Center, which began on Thursday, April 18, and is expected to wrap up Monday, prosecutor Alberto Juan presented evidence seized from Bingham/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s home in Twentynine Palms during a March 23 raid that followed his arrest in Riverside County earlier that day during a traffic stop. Bingham was riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles with two Mongols members wearing fully patched vests, according to the Sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s Department./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/n

Investigators seized about 160 firearms, firearms accessories and explosive devices from Bingham/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s home, along with a multitude of Mongols paraphernalia, including a fully patched leather vest and Mongols T-shirts, stickers, literature and other memorabilia. The search culminated a nearly four-month investigation./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/n

Bingham posted bail, only to be arrested again on April 4 after he was charged with 10 felony counts, including the theft of a Remington 870 less-than-lethal shotgun /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2014 reportedly stolen from the Sheriff/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s Department/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2019s Morongo Basin station in Joshua Tree /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/u2014 and possession of a machine gun, a short-barreled AR-15 assault rifle, two explosive projectile devices and four gun silencers./wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4266981/n