Judge sets $1 million bond for bikers in deadly Texas melee

A judge on Monday set $1 million bonds for each of the roughly 170 bikers arrested following a weekend brawl in Waco, Texas, between rival motorcycle gangs that left nine dead and 18 wounded.

"I think it is important to send a message," Justice of the Peace W.H. Peterson said.

All those arrested are charged with engaging in organized crime related to a capital murder "because of the number of victims that were killed in one episode," according to a Waco police spokesman, Sgt. Patrick Swanton. The melee was so massive and chaotic police initially announced 192 arrests, only to revise that total and say it could change yet again as they continue their investigation.

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