[1] Considered one the most notorious motorcycle gang leaders in U.S. history, Bowman escalated a biker war between the Outlaws and the Hells Angels in the early-to-mid-1990s by ordering a series of audacious acts of violence against rivals.

[13] The Detroit Partnership also began outsourcing enforcement work to the club, with Francesco "Frankie the Bomb" Bommarito acting as the Mafia's emissary to the outlaw biker milieu in Southeast Michigan.

[32] Bowman succeeded Harry Henderson as Outlaws international president after his mentor resigned due to ongoing legal issues, and he was appointed the club's leader at a summit in Joliet, Illinois in February 1984.

[4][23] Upon his ascendency to the Outlaws presidency, Bowman moved to the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe Farms, where he lived with his wife and three daughters, Kellie, Krystin and Kortney,[8] who he enrolled in expensive local private schools.

[37] Law enforcement described Bowman as the first "businessman biker boss" and credited him with pioneering the Outlaws' foray into more sophisticated rackets and diverse business ventures beyond traditional motorcycle gang fronts such as bars, strip clubs and tattoo parlors.

A charismatic leader who showed genuine affection for his clubmates, Bowman inspired a devout loyalty from his underlings, which made it difficult for investigators to infiltrate his operations or develop informants inside his inner-circle.

Hicks, in turn, directed Fort Lauderdale chapter president Houston "Part Time" Murphy and prospective club member Alex "Dirt" Ankerich to carry out the murder.

[4][23] In 1991, Bowman and the Outlaws caused a dispute with the Detroit Partnership after the bikers began extorting Lebanese racketeers who were running a string of floating craps games and who had traditionally paid protection money to the Mafia in order to operate without interference.

When the dice game organizers opted to pay the Outlaws instead, the Mafioso Jack "Jackie the Kid" Giacalone responded by assigning enforcers Paul "Big Paulie" Corrado and Nove Tocco to murder Bowman.

[33] During Bike Week in Daytona Beach in March 1992, Bowman directed the kidnapping and beating of Irwin "Hitler" Nissen, a club probate who had gotten into a physical altercation with Atlanta Outlaws chapter president James "Moose" McClean at a bar the previous afternoon.

[48][49] In an attempt to quell the increasing tensions between the clubs, Bowman twice hosted peace talks with George Christie, a national officer in the Hells Angels, in Florida, firstly in December 1992 and again in May 1993.

Christie believed Bowman was persuaded to abandon a truce with the Hells Angels by one of his lieutenants, Kevin "Spike" O'Neill, who thought agreeing to a ceasefire would make the Outlaws appear weak.

[4] During a visit to Illinois in the spring of 1994, Bowman complained to Chicago Outlaws chapter president Peter "Greased Lightning" Rogers about the presence in the area of the Hell's Henchmen.

[75] A close friend of the slain Outlaw Posnjak, Bowman was incensed by what he perceived to be disrespect and betrayal from the Fifth Chapter, and he ordered Wayne Hicks to shut down the club's Florida faction.

Lemunyon displayed the newspaper photograph which had infuriated Bowman and then began beating Fifth Chapter national president Mike Malone with a flashlight as the rest of the club's members were held at gunpoint.

[81][82] On January 28, 1995, 34-year-old Fogg was executed via three gunshots to the back of the head, and his body was found in a pickup truck in a vacant lot near the Outlaws clubhouse on the east side of Gary.

[23][83] Fogg received an Outlaws funeral, which was held in nearby Portage over two days in February 1995 and attended by club members from around the country, including Bowman and Gary chapter president Randy Yager.

[23] After a period of surveillance, Lemunyon and two other Outlaws, Steve "Stevo" Hilton and Louis Musher, detonated an explosive device at the Warlocks' Orlando headquarters on October 18, 1994, leveling the building.

[85] Another plot by Lemunyon, Musher, Hilton and Robert "Broda" Gunther to firebomb a Warlocks clubhouse in Brevard County was foiled by an FBI operation against the Daytona Outlaws.

[23] At a meeting of regional Outlaws presidents, Bowman criticized one club leader, Michael "Mad Mike" Markham, for failing to take action against the Hells Angels in his territory.

[95][96] According to Maryland State Police biker gang expert Lieutenant Terry Katz, Hicks became the "highest ranking Outlaw in its national organization to cooperate" with federal prosecutors.

[23][25][26] In August 1997, FBI agents raided Bowman's residence in Grosse Pointe Farms but were unable to serve the indictment against him, which was unsealed by a federal grand jury in Tampa nearly two weeks later.

Enraged that he was with another woman, she alerted the FBI that Bowman would be returning to Detroit the following week, to relay orders to his subordinate in person as he was careful to avoid using telephones, and disclosed the location of his upcoming meeting.

[102] Due to prior incidents of the Outlaws attempting to interfere with judicial proceedings by intimidating witnesses, the court sua sponte decided to empanel an anonymous jury, withholding jurors' names, addresses, and places of employment.

Courthouse security was also increased; additional guards were placed in the courtroom, visitors were required to pass through metal detectors, and the judge banned Bowman from handling any sharp objects, ordering him to use felt-tipped pens.

[38] The prosecutors representing the federal government, Terry Furr and Stephen Kunz, asserted that Bowman had sought to claim Florida and other states as Outlaws territory and ordered murders and other acts of violence against informants and rival biker gangs in a "campaign of terror".

[22][23] The majority of the ex-Outlaws who testified for the prosecution were transported to the courthouse from prisons, having agreed to give evidence in exchange for reduced sentences for murder, rape, drug trafficking and other crimes.

[23] Daytona Beach Police Department detective Mickey Powers speculated that Bowman's influence over the Outlaws had been terminated by his imprisonment and that his time "ruling the roost" had come to an end.

The FBI agent Tim Donovan, who was part of the investigation against Bowman, surmised that the club would continue to operate as a viable criminal enterprise despite his conviction, stating: "Sadly, there is always someone to take their place".

[111] Around 2,500 people, including Outlaws members from dozens of U.S. states and internationally, as well as crime figures from across the country, attended Bowman's funeral service at the Montgomery County Fair Grounds.