Harry Joseph Bowman

Infobox FBI Ten Most Wanted 1990s
name = Harry Joseph Bowman


crime = Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO); Murder
birth_date = July 17, 1949
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age = 57
death_date =
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added_date = March 14 1998
caught_date = June 7 1999
remove_date =
number = 453
status = Caught
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Harry Joseph Bowman is the former international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club who became the 453rd fugitive listed by the FBI on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/19981205092830/http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/bowman.htm Internet Archive Wayback Machine, Bowman's FBI wanted poster] ] [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20060503034916/http://www.attrasoft.com/imagelib/FBI10mostwanted/bowman.htm Demo archive of Bowman's FBI wanted poster] ] He has been imprisoned in the U.S. since 1999.

The FBI reported Bowman's aliases as: Harry Bouman; David Bowman; Harry Bowman; Harry J. Bowman; Harry Joe Bowman; David Charles Dowman; Harry Douman; Harry Tyree; "Taco"; and "T". He was described as 5'10" and 190 pounds, with multiple tattoos reflecting his association with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, such as one on his back and upper right arm of a skull and crossed pistons with the word "Outlaws" in black above and the word "Detroit" in black below. He also has a swastika tattoo on his right forearm, and a "Merlin the Magician" figure on his left forearm.

While he was president, the club had chapters in more than 30 cities in the United States and some 20 chapters in at least four other countries.

Bowman became wanted for crimes going back decades earlier, beginning with the murder of an Outlaws member in Ormond Beach, Florida in 1982. cite book|author=Federal Bureau of Investigation |title=FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Program: 50th Anniversary 1950-2000 |publisher=K&D Limited, Inc. |year=2000]

He was then wanted in the murder of a rival club member in Edgewater, Florida in 1991.

He was indicted as well for having ordered bombings of rival clubhouses in Orlando, Florida and in Cook County, Illinois in 1994.

He was also wanted in the murder of another Outlaws member in Indiana in 1995.

He was indicted in Tampa, Florida in August 1997 for the three murders and bombings. The sweeping indictment, under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Conspiracy law, alleged his involvement in violent racketeering acts to also include drug trafficking, extortion, firearms violations, and other acts of violence.

In 1998 Bowman was then placed on the FBI wanted list, with a $50,000 reward for his apprehension.

After more than one year on the FBI list, Bowman was arrested June 7, 1999 in Sterling Heights, Michigan. He sought the assistance of noted defense attorney Henry Gonzalez of Tampa.

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