Timothy J. Silvia, an alleged member of the Brockton chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and alleged partner Todd Donofrio of Stoughton

Timothy J. Silvia, an alleged member of the Brockton chapter of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and alleged partner Todd Donofrio of Stoughton showed up to pick up their cocaine in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn at Brockton's Westgate Mall in July 2007, they were in for a surprise. Instead of leaving with cocaine, they left in handcuffs.The dealer was an informant for the FBI, who had recorded numerous conversations with Silvia. Those conversations were detailed in an affidavit filed by an FBI agent.The 43-year-old Silvia last month pleaded guilty in US District Court in Boston to conspiracy with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, with a maximum of life, along with a fine of up to $4 million. Sentencing for Silvia, who is in custody and could not be reached for comment, has been scheduled for February. Donofrio's case is still in court.The arrest of Silvia, along with 13 members and associates of the Outlaws chapter in Taunton on separate drug charges, was part of Operation Roadkill, a two-year investigation by federal, state, and local police agencies into the motorcycle gang.The operation provided a glimpse into the workings of the Outlaws, an international gang that has been involved in numerous shootings and killings in the United States, particularly involving other gangs. The gang's motto is, "God forgives, Outlaws don't."The Brockton chapter operates from a house on Hunt Street, near Snow Park. The decrepit two-story building is covered with battered gray shingles. A sign on the tall fence surrounding the property announces "Outlaws parking only."The gang's logo, a skull on crossed pistons, adorns the fence. The locked fence gate is constructed from one sheet of heavy-grade metal, which looks as if it could resist a battering ram. Video cameras are mounted on a pole at a corner of the lot. No one responded during a reporter's recent visit.The sting operation started in March 2005, when the Boston office of the FBI, along with state and local police, targeted the Taunton chapter. (The gang also has a chapter in East Boston.)
An undercover officer infiltrated the Taunton chapter and developed a relationship with the chapter president, Joseph Noe. The agent's cover was that he was a "semi-legitimate businessman from Texas who visited Massachusetts on a monthly basis," according to an affidavit filed by FBI agent Timothy Quinn, who was the co-case agent on the investigation