Hells Angel is expected to change plea Monday

LYNN – Reputed Hells Angel Christopher Ranieri is expected to plead guilty to a misdemeanor tax evasion charge in Federal Court Monday.Federal agents arrested the motorcycle club member in 2007 along with five other men identified as Hells Angels.Ranieri, of 38, Great Woods Road, Lynn, was then arraigned at U.S. District Court on a complaint of failure to report taxes where he pleaded innocent.A 2005 arrest report lists Ranieri’s occupation as an “embroiderer,” and states that he is a ranking member in the Angels’ Boston area hierarchy.According to an affidavit by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Internal Revenue Service, Ranieri failed to report his personal taxes and those of “Boston’s Best Silk Screening and Embroidery” (Boston’s Best) for 2005 and 2006.The affidavit goes on to say that even though Ranieri failed to file taxes in 2005 and 2006, he did receive IRS forms from employers and payors indicating that he had earned income during those years.In total, the IRS says Ranieri received $49,000 in reported income and had over $126,000 in deposits to his personal checking account in 2005, and in 2006, he received $17,554 in reported income and over $161,000 in deposits to his personal account.Aside from Ranieri, Thomas Nolan, 34, of Lynn; Shawn Hines, 38, of 32 Great Woods Road; Christopher Sweeney, 37; Glen Flanagan, 45; of Laconia, N.H.; and Eric Franco, 32, of Lynn, all reported Hells Angels were arrested.Ranieri’s brushes with the law include a traffic stop by State Police on Jan. 6, 2005. Ranieri, wearing a black jacket with a double lightning bolt emblem embroidered on it along with the words, “Filthy Few, Boston” dashed into the marsh along Route 107 after State Trooper Daniel Crespi spotted what he thought was a gun under the jacket.Police eventually coaxed Ranieri out of the swamp and arrested him on several charges. Miliotis defended him in court and he was given a 90-day suspended sentence for assault on a police officer.The arrest occurred five weeks after another Hells Angel was arrested and charged with assaulting an off-duty police officer. Lynn police and the Angels have clashed over the years, most notably on Sept. 5, 1996 when 100 police, state and federal agents, backed up by a State Police armored personnel carrier, raided homes owned by club members on Shaws Court, a dead end off Essex Street.Federal agents are also investigating the Hells Angels business interests, specifically sales of garments and other items bearing the group’s logos, in the United States and Europe.