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The Warlocks have maintained a presence
in New Jersey since the early 1960's. Estimates of
membership in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area
range from a low of 60 to a high of 136, and within
New Jersey alone from 10 to 31. The Warlocks
mother club is in Philadelphia and the group has
chapters in southemNew Jersey and Delaware County,
Pennsylvania. Characteristic of most outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Warlocks are involved in narcotics
distribution. They employ both the threat and the
actual use of violence in maintaining their image
and enforcing policy. Members of the Warlocks
have been implicated in a number of unsolved
homicides.
The Warlocks have been known to have ties to the LCN- influenced Roofers Union Local 30 in Atlantic City. However, considering the leadership changes which occurred following the murder of union boss John McCullough and the recent incarceration of his successor Steven Traitz, that organization exerts less influence in the area and, consequently, this association is less significant.
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