Blake Boteler — The Bounty, the Arrests, and the Funeral That Never Happened | Part 2

Heroes Behind the Badge · May 7, 2026 · 28m · transcript

Blake Boteler is a retired ATF Special Agent and former petroleum geologist whose two-year undercover infiltration of the Sons of Silence outlaw motorcycle gang stands as one of the deepest and most successful operations in ATF history. His 1963 Harley Davidson and undercover jacket are preserved at the National Law Enforcement Museum. Craig Floyd, former head of the National Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Fund, named him Officer of the Month in July 2002. This is the conclusion of his story.

Part 2 opens with Blake freshly out of an Iowa jail cell — bonded out by the club, carrying no…