Ex-Hells Angels bikie Alexander Stevens jailed after pleading guilty to firearms offences

A former bikie was in the grips of meth paranoia when he fled from police and threw a loaded handgun over a random fence, a court heard.

A former Hells Angels bikie member has been jailed after throwing a loaded handgun over the fence of a random property during a 2022 police chase.

Alexander Glen Stevens, 33, was in the grips of a drug-induced paranoiac episode at the time of the offending due to his “long-term” meth problem – and was “detached from reality” when police took him into custody, Judge Anthony Allen noted.

In the District Court on Monday, Judge Allen said he was satisfied Stevens, of Seaton, had since “severed ties” with the notorious motorcycle gang, but urged the northern suburbs father to “grow up”.

“Police observed you throw a number of items over a nearby fence,” he said. “Police located a loaded handgun in the vicinity (and) it was clear you had just rid yourself of a firearm.

“It is apparent from all the material before the court that when you were part of the club (Hells Angels). You used violence to reinforce your personal reputation – and that of the club – as a means to justify an end.

Alexander Stevens was sentenced in the District Court. Picture: Facebook

“It would seem that you have adopted a more mature assessment of gang membership … to use your words, you posed a question: ‘When are you going to grow up?’. Hopefully, Mr Stevens, that time is now.”

Police were called to a disturbance in 2022 where they observed Mr Stevens exit a vehicle and “run away” from officers while throwing away items.

The court heard the identifying serial number on the handgun located by police had been “obliterated” – a “concerning aspect” to the offending, Judge Allen noted.

Stevens pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm without a lawful identifying mark, contravening a prohibition order, breaching bail and aggravated possession of a firearm without a licence.

During sentencing, Judge Allen referred to Stevens’ 2014 conviction for aggravated cause harm with intent, where he walked up to a man sitting on the front porch of his Davoren Park home and shot him in the leg.

The shooting was captured on home CCTV, left the victim with a fractured left fibula and required 25 stitches and metal plate.

On Monday, Stevens was jailed for four years and one month with a non-parole period of two years and eight months.

The sentence was backdated to July 9, 2022 – meaning he will be eligible for parole in three weeks.

Originally published as Ex-Hells Angels bikie Alexander Stevens jailed after pleading guilty to firearms offences