Chop shop charges filed

A Yuma man arrested over the weekend for allegedly running a motorcycle chop shop has been charged with four felonies.

Robert Alan Hagan, who owns One Percent Choppers, has been charged with owning or operating a chop shop, buying or selling vehicles for a chop shop and two counts of theft of transportation.

One Percent Choppers is located at 2786 E. Highway 95.

According to Bart Graves, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the business was raided Saturday by DPS' GIITEM (Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission) task force, Yuma police, the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force and the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

"We had obtained information that motorcycles were being chopped there and the parts sold in California," Graves said. "The intent was to locate stolen vehicles or parts."

After finding property that was believed to have been stolen, several pieces of stolen motorcycle parts, Graves said a warrant was obtained to search the entire premises.

During a search of the business, Graves said, investigators found two complete motorcycles, multiple motorcycle frames and two engine cases.

The motorcycles and the parts, Graves said, had all been reported stolen from Mesa, Yuma and Las Vegas.

Hagan has posted bond of $14,000 and is currently out of custody. His next court date has been scheduled for March 25 at 4 p.m.