Jay Dobyns

Jay Anthony Dobyns (born 1961), alias Jaybird, is an ATF undercover agent who infiltrated the Hells Angels motorcycle club from 2001 to 2003. He was offered membership into the gang after faking the murder of a rival Mongols Motorcycle Club member and providing 'evidence' of the staged murder to Hells Angels leaders [http://www.azcentral.com/specials/special42/articles/0123hellsangels23.html] .

Early Life

Dobyns was born in Indiana and was raised in Tucson, Arizona. He attended the University of Arizona graduating in 1985. He was an All-Pacific 10 conference wide receiver (football) and named to Arizona's All-Century football team.

Dobyns became an ATF Agent in 1987. After only tens days on duty he was taken hostage and shot through the chest. His trauma surgeon was Richard Carmona who later became the U.S. Surgeon General. Dobyns spent the majority of his ATF career working in varied undercover assignments throughout the U.S.

As 'Jaybird'

After 18 years of developing undercover expertise in gang infiltrations, home invasion robbery cases and murder-for hire investigations, Dobyns was selected in 2001 as the lead undercover agent in an ATF investigation of the Arizona Hells Angels code named Operation Black Biscuit. Dobyns and his partners worked undercover for 21 months leading to Federal arrests and search warrants on July 8, 2003.

Operation Black Biscuit is memorialized in the novels "Angels of Death" written by authors Julian Sher and William Marsden, "Running With The Devil" written by author Kerrie Droban and in television documentaries produced by The History Channel "(Gangland: Behind Enemy Lines)" and the National Geographic Channel "(Inside: Outlaw Bikers - Hells Angels)".

Current

Dobyns later received death threats from Hells Angels members and associates. Dobyns' threats became public as he claimed that ATF did not sufficiently protect him or his family from the dangers [http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/02/05/atf.agent/index.html] .

Dobyns joins other former undercover Federal agents such as Joe Pistone, a.k.a. Donnie Brasco in becoming mainstream news stories following their time as undercover agents.

See Also

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