With a heightened police presence and members of two rival gangs watching, Joseph “JoJo” Noe of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club was found not guilty on all counts of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in the September 2019 biker brawl that left a rival club member dead outside a Bedford Street bar. According to the digital edition of the fall river herald, Noe has been out on 50 thousand dollar cash bail since September 2020 as He was facing a possible conviction for first- or second-degree murder, both of which include lifetime prison sentences, or voluntary of involuntary manslaughter. The jury of eight women and four men also cleared 28 year old Noe of Taunton on two counts of intentional assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and reckless assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. 39 year old Eric Voshell, an Oak Bluffs resident, former volunteer fireman and businessman, as well as a member of the Sidewinders Motorcycle Club died from two gunshot wounds to the back of the head at Rhode Island Hospital after a brawl outside of JC’s Café. 

The two rival motorcycle clubs had reportedly had recent interactions in the city before the fatal shooting.