College professor allegedly led motorcycle gang, drug ring

A Cal State San Bernardino professor who allegedly led a chapter of the Devils Disciples motorcycle gang was charged Thursday with heading up a methamphetamine drug ring that involved several other dealers.

Stephen Kinzey, a 43-year-old professor of kinesiology, is considered a fugitive and is being aggressively sought by authorities, Sheriff Rod Hoops said at a morning news conference at sheriff’s headquarters in San Bernardino. Nine others involved in the drug ring have been arrested since Friday, he said.

“It’s alarming to me -- I have kids in college -- to have an associate professor who is a member of Devils Disciples dealing methamphetamine,” Hoops said. Authorities are trying to determine if he was involved any drug dealing on campus.

The six-month investigation culminated with a joint drug task force raiding Kinzey’s home Friday, recovering a pound of methamphetamine as well as a number of rifles, handguns and biker paraphernalia, he said.

Kinzey’s live-in girlfriend, Holly Robinson, 33, was taken into custody during the raid and faces charges of possession and sale of methamphetamine and numerous firearms violations.

Det. Jason Rosenbaum said that Robinson was Kinzey’s business partner and helped him distribute meth to mid-level dealers in the cities of San Bernardino, Highland, Redlands and the community of Mentone. 

--Phil Willon in San Bernardino