Two Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Members Charged With Illegal Firearms Possession

Marvin Paup, known as “Bandido Marv,” 52, and Joseph McCollum, 63, both identified by the government as members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, were charged by criminal complaint in the Western District of Missouri on May 8, 2026, after a traffic stop in Harrisonville, Missouri, during which they were found in possession of firearms they are prohibited from owning.

The charges cover two men who belong to a category of individuals subject to lifetime federal firearms bans once convicted of qualifying felonies. Federal law prohibits anyone with a prior felony conviction from shipping, transporting, receiving or possessing any firearm or ammunition that has moved in interstate commerce. The complaint alleges both men violated 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

The operational change is immediate: both defendants are now under federal indictment and subject to pretrial detention or supervised release conditions that include total firearm surrender and no-contact orders with gang associates. Arraignment must occur within 21 days of the May 8 filing under the Speedy Trial Act unless waived, and any conviction would trigger sentencing guidelines that start at 18-27 months but can reach 10 years depending on criminal history and weapon type.

Downstream, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri must now present evidence to a grand jury for indictment within 30 days or seek an extension. A conviction would activate mandatory firearms forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 924(d) and require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to update its prohibited-person database with the new records.

The case also obliges local law enforcement agencies that assisted in the stop to preserve chain-of-custody documentation for potential use in related gang investigations. Courts must schedule any suppression hearings within the 70-day trial clock.

This prosecution follows a pattern of federal authorities using traffic stops to interdict armed members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in the Midwest. The Department of Justice has brought similar § 922(g) cases against members of the Bandidos and Mongols organizations in Missouri and neighboring states in the past five years, often resulting in guilty pleas that produce sentences between 37 and 57 months.