Ventura County Sheriff's Department

Location: 100 block Donna Dr, Oak View
Date & Time: 1-30-2009 / 8:30 p.m.

Unit Responsible: Sheriff’s Gang Unit

(S)uspects Charge, City of residence, Age
Archie Schaffer Assault with Deadly Weapon, Oak View, 35
Brandishing firearm from vehicle
Street Terrorism

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Gang Unit arrested the president of the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Hell’s Angels for a road rage incident that occurred on 1-16-2009.

On 1-16-2009, Archie Schaffer was driving a pickup truck behind a group of motorcycles, northbound on State Route 33 at Casitas Springs. Schaffer began tailgating the motorcycles at an extremely close range and forcing them to move from one lane to another. Schaffer forced one of the motorcycles into oncoming traffic and brandished a firearm at another. A witness who was following the vehicles, captured pictures of the incident as it occurred.

On Friday, 1/30/09, Sheriff’s gang investigators served a search warrant at Schaffer’s home Schaffer and arrested him for assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a firearm from a vehicle, and street terrorism. He was booked into the Ventura County Jail and is being held on $100,000.00 bail.