Federal agents and state police converged on a Burlington County home Monday to arrest a member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who was wanted in California.

Russell Carter, 49, of San Jose, California, failed to appear for his sentencing on a 10-year conviction for distribution of methamphetamine in California, according to the New Jersey State Police. A warrant for his arrest was issued in July 2016.

U.S. Marshals and members of the New Jersey State Police Fugitive Unit tracked Carter to Tabernacle, where they convinced him to surrender without incident on Monday.

He was jailed pending extradition to California.

In an unrelated case, Pagans made news earlier this month when members of the gang were linked to an opioid distribution and murder-for-hire investigation in Atlantic County.

Linwood doctor James Kauffman, 69, and reputed Pagan Ferdinand Augello, 62, of Petersburg, are accused of running the drug ring out of Kauffman's office and of arranging the murder of Kauffman's wife when she threatened to report the operation to police.

Both men were ordered held on murder and racketeering charges following detention hearings last Thursday.

Augello is also accused of trying to arrange Kauffman's murder while he was held in Atlantic County's jail. Kauffman has since been moved to another jail for his own safety, prosecutors said.

Another six people are charged with racketeering in the case.

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