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Hells Angels Guilty
Sept. 2003 |
Hells Angels Guilty March
2004 |
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Law unconstitutional
SASKATOON - A law banning the wearing of gang colours in
Saskatchewan bars violates a person's right to freedom of expression, a
judge ruled. (CP) MORE:
Prohibiting gang colours unconstitutional
Drug dealers sentenced
EDMONTON - John Reginald Alcantara, Nicholas James Roberts, and Sean
David Critch were found guilty earlier this year of conspiracy to
traffic cocaine in 2005 and 2006. Alcantara, a full-patch member of the
Hells Angels, was among the leaders of the conspiracy. It was alleged he
controlled the purse strings of the operation, but there was no evidence
he handled the drugs. (Edmonton Journal) MORE:
Prison for cocaine conspiracy
'Agent 22' was divided man
WINNIPEG -
He was a trusted associate of the Hells Angels, tasked with overseeing
their puppet club’s substantial profits. But the lure of even greener
pastures was enough to convince Zig Zag gang member Michael Satsatin to
turn his back on the gang and accept a dangerous job as a secret police
snitch. (Mike on Crime)
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Former Mountie swept up
Insider set up bust
More arrests
Project Divide arrests
Contempt charge
WINNIPEG -
Christopher Brisson's silence has proven to be costly. The Winnipeg man
was cited for contempt of court after refusing to testify earlier in the
week against two longtime Hells Angels accused of violently attacking
him. The move prompted prosecutors to drop charges against the gang
associates. (Mike on Crime) PREVIOUS:
Crown drops charges
Bikers backed coke ring
EDMONTON - Two Hells Angels from the Edmonton chapter allegedly
partnered up with a Fort McMurray drug kingpin to ensure his
cocaine-trafficking operation ran smoothly. The full-patch Hells Angels
are Alan Peter Knapczyk, 35, and John Reginald Alcantara, 37, and the
head of the Fort McMurray drug gang is Jeffrey Mark Caines, 36, who
earlier pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine, but is currently
disputing certain parts of an agreed statement of facts. (Sun Media)
Arrests made
HAMILTON -
A year-long OPP investigation resulted in the arrests of seven suspected
bikers Tuesday and the seizure of more than $1 million worth of drugs,
properties and vehicles. Authorities announced they’d rounded up the
suspected Hells Angels members after a series of raids in Hamilton,
Waterloo and Nanticoke in which officers seized $215,000 worth of drugs,
residential and commercial properties, and vehicles and motorcycles
worth a combined $875,000. The investigation, dubbed Project
Manchester, was an OPP effort with support from the RCMP, Hamilton,
Waterloo, Niagara, York and Halton Police Services. (CityNews)
Puppet biker clubs spreading
VANCOUVER - New biker
clubs with links to the notorious Hells Angels are sprouting up all over
BC, much to the concern of police specialists in outlaw motorcycle
gangs. (Vancouver Sun)
Hells in Paradise
CABARETE - Up until
last spring, when an international posse of cops possibly slowed down
the Quebec Hells Angels’ various rackets as a result of a multi-year
investigation labelled Operation SharQc, anyone obsessed with the biker
gang’s various chapters need only head to Cabarete, on the impossibly
beautiful North Coast of the Dominican Republic, to get up close and
maybe even personal with their outlaw heroes. (Montreal Mirror)
10
years for dealer
EDMONTON - Beau
Yakimishyn, 27, had pleaded guilty to trafficking earlier this month.
Seventeen other people were charged during the same sweep, including two
members of the Edmonton Hells Angels. (Edmonton Journal)
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RCMP wants to punt agent
The
Mounties are trying to cut one of their prized Hells Angels informants
adrift for doing radio interviews about his new true crime book on his
life as a rat. The informant, born Paul Joseph Derry, now lives in an
undisclosed location somewhere in North America under a new identity
after he agreed to testify about a Hells Angels contract killing in
2000. (Ottawa Citizen) PREVIOUS:
RCMP could have stopped hit
Treacherous by Paul Derry
Hells Angel gets prison
TORONTO - A Welland
resident and member of the Hells Angels will spend the next seven years
in jail for trafficking the "date-rape drug" and cocaine in the Toronto
area. Zavisa Drecic, 45, of Buchner Road, was sentenced to eight years
in prison in a Toronto courtroom. (St Catharines Standard)
Appeals court quashes challenge
BARRIE - Two members
of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club have lost their challenge of
Ottawa's anti-gang law in an appeals court ruling that upholds their
conviction for extortion as well as the constitutionality of stiffer
sentences for gangsters. (National Post) JUDGMENT:
2009 ONCA 0532
Court upholds 'anti-gang' law
Angels' appeal gang law
Hells Angels criminal organization, judge rules
Hells Angels declared a criminal organization
Lawyer quick to appeal
MONTREAL - Louis
Pasquin, 49, seemed to know he was just going through a formality. He
was given a quick pat on the shoulder by his lawyer, Pierre Panaccio,
who then dashed off to the Quebec Court of Appeal across the street to
put the finishing touches to filing an appeal. That allowed Pasquin to
leave the courthouse as a free man while he challenges the verdict.
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56 months for lawyer
Lawyer guilty of gangsterism
Lawyer found guilty
Gunsmith gets 8 years
MONTREAL - A former
Hells Angels gunsmith was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday
after pleading guilty to five weapons-related charges. Michel Vezina,
who was arrested last December, will become a Crown informant after
prosecutors submitted an agreement signed by the 61-year-old. (CP)
Police bust puppet club
MONTREAL - Police
shifted their ongoing organized-crime crackdown from the Hells Angels to
one of its puppet clubs, conducting raids east of Montreal on a group
called Devil's Child. (CTV) MORE:
SQ nabs alleged dealers
Ousted biker took revenge
ANTIOCH - A man ousted
from a motorcycle club shot and killed the club's founder in the parking
lot of an Antioch convenience store to avenge a years-long grudge over
finances and the slaying of the suspect's son. (San Francisco
Chronicle)
Charges withdrawn
LONDON, Ont. - Mario Parente, 60, former
president of the Outlaws motorcycle club who faced 17 charges and Luis
Ferreira, 33, facing nine charges, walked out of the Middlesex County
court house free men. (Hamilton Spectator) MORE:
Lack of witness sets free bikers
Big show never took place
Project Retire's targets and results
Biker sting
DETROIT - An adviser
to the mayor and two former police officers were among dozens of members
and associates of a motorcycle gang charged with attempted murder,
cocaine and steroid distribution and other crimes. (AP) MORE:
74 indicted
DOJ press release
Highwaymen MC
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Guilty of trafficking painkillers
CALGARY - A pharmacist
sold thousands of painkiller pills, first to pay off a gambling debt and
then after he was threatened by the buyer. Bassam (Sam) Soufan, 36, was
sentenced to an 18-month conditional sentence to be served in the
community for trafficking 16,000 OxyContin pills between February and
October 2007. (Calgary Herald) |
Cazzetta among those charged
MONTREAL - When
Salvatore Cazzetta was released from a federal penitentiary in 2004, he
told parole officers that he had given up on the Rock Machine, a gang he
founded. While that was true, what Cazzetta actually did was change
gang colours and join the Hells Angels, formerly his sworn enemies.
(Montreal Gazette)
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Operation Machine targets drugs |
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Hells Angels
sentenced
VANCOUVER - Justice Selwyn Romilly sentenced Ronaldo Lising to 30
months in prison for the gun crimes, pointing out that Lising was a
proud Hells Angel member who had a penchant for firearms and violence. (Vancouver Sun)
2 Hells Angels get 1 more day in jail
'Unrepentant
criminal'
Hells
Angels not a criminal organization
Prosecutor should take the rap
Hells Angels share a laughs after jury
acquits |
Payment for 'lost' marijuana
'We are the Hells Angels'
Police agent knocked out at nightclub
Hells Angels, UN Gang meeting
Police agent says
he collected cash
It's not a crime to be a Hells Angel
Don't prejudge Angels
Crown wants Hells Angels outlawed
Jury
will decide
Jury selection underway
Blanket publication ban lifted
Video shows attack |
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Lawyer challenges memory
MONTREAL -
Defence lawyer Carole Beaucage began her cross examination of informant
Stéphane (Godasse) Gagné by challenging his memory. (Montreal
Gazette) PREVIOUS:
Killing and yard work
Trial under tight
security |
RCMP sweep
QUEBEC CITY - Two
members of the Hells Angels were among several people targeted across
the province yesterday as the RCMP rounded up suspects in an alleged
contraband tobacco ring. (Montreal Gazette) |
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TV
mobster nabbed
MONTREAL -
More than 50 people, including
a former actor who played the role of a mobster in a popular television
series about the Mafia, were arrested or sought on warrants in
connection with a major cocaine trafficking ring with alleged links to
the Hells Angels. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS:
Ottawa restaurateur
Drug raid |
20 years in US jail
SEATTLE -
Metro Vancouver drug trafficker Rob Shannon was sentenced to 20 years in
a US jail for his role as the leader of the transport division of an
international smuggling ring. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS:
Trucker pleads guilty
The hit that failed
'Old school gangster'
Man pleads guilty
Canadian pleads guilty |
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Not criminally responsible
SOREL - A man who drove a petrol tanker truck into a Hells Angels bunker
last October has been found not criminally responsible because he was
delusional and off his medication at the time. (CTV) PREVIOUS:
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was held at gunpoint
'Mental evaluation'
3 suspects
Bunker
torched
Police investigating |
Feds bust Mongols
LOS ANGELES - An
undercover investigation that put federal agents inside the notorious
Mongols
motorcycle gang ended with arrests of dozens of members on warrants
ranging from drug sales to murder and a move by the government to seize
the group's name. (AP)
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Raid targets Mongols MC |
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14 years
SEATTLE - Leroy Carr
came to the attention of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he
called them in August 2007 about missing 31 kilos (68lbs) of cocaine he
had stashed near a Boy Scout camp close to the border. (Vancouver
Sun) MORE:
Federal way
man sentenced |
Hells Angels founder sues HBO
LOS ANGELES - Hells Angels founder
Sonny Barger
filed a lawsuit last week against the pay cable network,
the production company behind the project and its writer/executive
producer Michael Tolkin claiming that the concept and the script for the
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4th arrest made
MONTREAL - A fourth
man has been arrested in the theft of nearly a tonne of commercial
explosives later found in the hands of men believed to be linked to the
Hells Angels. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS:
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seized
Explosives found |
Ex-president jailed
TORONTO - The former
president of the Simcoe County chapter of the Hells Angels, who swears
he has turned his life around, was nonetheless sentenced to 2-1/2 years
in prison today for trafficking in 8,340 ecstasy pills for the benefit
of a criminal organization. (Toronto Star) |
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Ex-wife arrested
QUEBEC CITY -Jacqueline
Benoit is suspected of helping Gallant commit two murders.
Gerald Gallant
pleaded guilty to 27 murders that happened as far back as
1978. (CTV) |
11th suspect arrested
Biker hitman confesses to 27 murders
Operation Baladeur underway
Informer helps police solve gangland
slayings
Life in prison for biker hit man |
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4
plead guilty
CHARLESTON -
Four members or associates of the
Pagans Motorcycle Club pleaded guilty
to various charges in federal court, becoming the first of the 55
defendants named in a sweeping, 44-count indictment to admit criminal
wrongdoing. The indictment accuses gang members of using violence and
intimidation to control a criminal network that stretched from West
Virginia to as far as New Jersey and Florida. The gang used a small
governing body called the "Mother Club," whose members each oversaw a
particular region, to maintain control over the
Pagans MC and other affiliated
motorcycle clubs.
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No longer 'rolls with the club'
VANCOUVER - Rocco Dipopolo insisted to
The Sun that he no longer "rolls with the club," despite the fact that
his brother Damiano is a full-patch member of the Kelowna chapter and a
former East End member. Dipopolo, who owns property in Vancouver and
Kelowna, registered Maximum Core Cardio Studio Ltd. last May 23,
according to BC government records. Three days later, the company
applied to Vancouver City Hall for approval to open a gym in an old
A&B Sound store at
3435 E Hastings St.,
a few blocks from Dipopolo's Cambridge Street house. (Vancouver Sun) |
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Murder plot thickens
WINNIPEG - Denis Jerome Labossiere was arrested at
Winnipeg’s Stony Mountain Institution on allegations he
discussed plans with a fellow inmate to kill the three alleged
targets. (Mike on Crime) |
Murder plot
New charges
Triple murder linked to crime
underworld
Weapons linked to Jerome found
RCMP arrest three suspects
Court papers shed light on
Labossiere slayings |
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'Polite' surrender
The
Bartlesville police were quickly able to establish that he was
Christopher Ablett, 37, an alleged member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club
sought in San Francisco on charges that he killed Mark "Papa" Guardado,
the head of the Hells Angels' "Frisco" chapter. (San Francisco
Chronicle) |
Pipe bombing linked to rival biker gangs
3 bombs explode at home of Mongols
leader
Leader gunned down
Hells Angel shot
Hells Angels leader gunned down
Hells Angel
shot dead in fight |
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Shorter terms for dealers
KELOWNA - The judge
handed Richard Andrew Rempel, 25, a four-year term and gave David Roger
Revell, 44, five years in prison. But the judge also gave Rempel 39
months credit for more than 500 days served in pre-trial custody,
effectively reducing his sentence to nine months. (Vancouver Sun)
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Too dangerous to be freed
KINGSTON - The
corrections system has given up on
Gregory Wooley.
The 36-year-old, reputed to be a killer for the Hells Angels, was denied
statutory release after the National Parole Board ruled he was
too high a risk to "kill or cause serious harm to another person" before
his sentence ends on Dec. 26, 2009. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS:
Syndicate |
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Hells
Angels from Toronto held in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Authorities say
Robin Melvin Moulton, a fugitive Hells Angels motorcycle club member
from Canada is being held on an immigration violation while awaiting
extradition from Nevada to Toronto on cocaine trafficking and firearms
charges. (AP) |
New trial ordered
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's
highest court has ordered that a new trial be held for Ernie Dew, the
former Manitoba Hells Angels president sentenced to 13 years in prison
on drug charges. In a 40-page decision the Manitoba Court of
Appeal ruled Dew was denied his right to a fair trial. (Sun Media)
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Patch carries a lot of weight
In December
1999, years of diplomatic efforts and arm-twisting by the Angels
in Ontario paid off. In a ceremony in Sorel, Que., nearly all of
Ontario's 13 outlaw motorcycle gangs buried their own colours
for the winged death's head of the Angels. (St. Catharines
Standard) |
Reign is over
Drugs lead to downfall of Hells
Angels
Guilty of criminal organization
charge
Hells Angels trafficked drugs |
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'Thank you'
WHITBY - Two senior Hells Angels quietly said "thank you" to a
jury after they were acquitted yesterday of hiring a hit man to
kill a fellow biker.
(Toronto Star)
'We're not criminals' |
Didn't plot hit, Angel insists
Snitch asked for help
Witness objected to vest on deceased
Bizarre twist
Bikers suspected 'a rat'
Perfect 'hitman' |
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Guilty plea
WINNIPEG - James Heickert, 46, was sentenced to
seven years after he admitted in a Winnipeg courtroom he planned
to take out a hit on his own brother, Sean, after Sean Heickert
defected to a rival drug-trafficking network. (Toronto Star)
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Associate charged
Documents reveal Thompson's turf war
Biker charged with conspiracy
Police listened as plot hatched
Gang leader shot dead
Rare move |
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Biker boss gets 36-year term
PHILADELPHIA - Four
years out of prison, John Napoli took a "scruffy, disorganized" outlaw
biker gang and turned it into a well-organized $6 million
crystal-meth-trafficking organization. (Philadelphia Daily News)
MORE:
Breed leader
gets 36 years |
Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick
Mick Jagger,
the Rolling Stones singer
was the target of an assassination attempt which only failed because the
boat the would-be killers were using was swamped in a storm. (Telegraph
UK)
MORE:
BBC Radio 4: The FBI at 100
Jagger murder plot
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Ailing biker gets break
PHILADELPHIA - US
District Judge Harvey Bartle III sentenced Frederick "Panhead" Freehoff,
51, to a 15-year prison sentence and a lifetime on supervised release,
instead of 22 to 27 years in prison, which included a 20-year mandatory
minimum, under federal advisory sentencing guidelines. (Philadelphia
Daily News) PREVIOUS:
Police nab,
Fuzzy, Chains, Scary Movie, Tommy Trash, Etc. |
Bikers' secrets
OSHAWA - If the walls
could talk, they'd be in a witness protection program. The squatty,
red-and-white Hells Angels clubhouse at
487 Ortono Ave
in Oshawa, was once one of the toughest-to-enter addresses in the
Greater Toronto Area, until heavily armed police barged in and seized it
in September 2006. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS:
Inside the clubhouse
Province seizes clubhouse |
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Attempted murder nets 5 years
SASKATOON - A Saskatoon man who last
month dragged a woman more than 30 metres with his truck, then went to a
man's house and shot him three times, was sentenced Tuesday to five
years in prison. (Saskatoon Star Phoenix) |
Biker jailed over fatal crash
PENTICTON - Aaron
Lardner, 35, was convicted of criminal negligence causing death and
impaired driving causing death in the crash that killed his passenger,
22-year-old Lindsay Paulson. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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guilty in fatal crash |
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Biker nabbed
WINNIPEG -
William (Billy) Bowden, 32, was transported back to Winnipeg, where he
was charged with manslaughter in the stabbing death of 24-year old
Jeffrey Engen in a downtown cabaret last November. (Vancouver Sun)
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Police tracked girlfriend to catch
fugitive biker
Trial to focus on nightclub violence
RCMP arrest Bowden in BC |
Lawyer argues Hells
Angels are not a criminal organization
REGINA - A charge against a member of the
Regina chapter of the Hells Angels fell apart because authorities
couldn't prove the notorious motorcycle club is actually a criminal
organization, says the man's lawyer. (CanWest) MORE:
Withdrawal of charge won't affect other
cases: prosecutor
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Cocaine-trafficking case collapses
BURLINGTON - The Crown has dropped its case against four men charged in
a massive cocaine trafficking ring allegedly linked to organized crime
because the investigating RCMP drug officers were on sick leave.
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'Merchant of misery' gets 10 years
WINNIPEG -
Winnipeg drug kingpin Jose Neves was handed a 10-year prison sentence
Tuesday - but not before an angry judge dished out a verbal
tongue-lashing. Queen's Bench Justice Don Bryk told Neves he was a
greedy liar who preys on the misfortunes of others. (Winnipeg Free
Press)
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Hells Angel may be in Canada
Phoenix Deputy US
Marshal Eric Brown said
Paul Merle Eischeid
crossed into Canada
sometime after 2003 and is believed to have found shelter from Hells
Angels chapters across Canada, including in Winnipeg. (Winnipeg Free
Press) PREVIOUS:
US Marshals Most Wanted |
Biker charged for wearing 'colours'
MOOSE JAW -
A member
of the Hells Angels was charged by Moose Jaw police for wearing gang
colours in a licensed establishment on Saturday afternoon. The charge was laid under
The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act. (Regina Leader-Post)
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10 years
WINNIPEG - The
vice-president of the Kelowna Hells Angels has admitted to arranging a
major cocaine deal that was caught by police surveillance inside a
Winnipeg fast-food restaurant and at a Calgary pig roast. Lester
Jones, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to
conspiracy to traffic cocaine.. (Winnipeg Free Press)
1st Project Drill target pleads guilty
Hells Angel brother vs. brother
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8 years
Tough road ahead
Another gangster arrested in RCMP sting
Hells Angel member tried to have brother killed
Crackdown on bikers spreads into BC
Arrests in raids on
Hells Angels
Winnipeg club house hit in police raids
Cross
country 'Project Drill' raids
Seized firepower shocking to police
Rapper
turns away SWAT team
Gang leader shot dead in Thompson |
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Pilot couldn't resist
dream
WINNIPEG -
Whether it was a plane, a train or an
automobile, Joel Maguet wasn't very picky when it came to dreaming up
innovative schemes on how to peddle drugs across Canada. (Free
Press)
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Dead pilot accused of two biker murders
Perspective: Drugs, bikers and death |
Judge upholds charges against Breed
biker gang members
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - Fifteen Breed outlaw motorcycle gang members
will face trial in Bucks County Court on a myriad of drug
charges, a district justice ruled yesterday after a preliminary
hearing that lasted three days under heavy security from
sheriff’s deputies. (Trentonian) |
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Guilty in stabbing death
PRINCE ALBERT - A penitentiary inmate has been found guilty of
second-degree murder in the death of a Hells Angels contract
killer turned police informer. Christopher Robert Cluney, 33,
held Amie Simard in a cell on July 18, 2003, while another
inmate, Alvin Vern Starblanket, stabbed him more than 150 times.
(CanWest) |
Cluney takes the stand
Witness changes his story
Crown tries to link Cluney to murder
Accused killer with Hells Angels leader
Hells Angels link suggested at murder trial
Starblanket gets life sentence
2
charged with 2003 prison murder
Inmate's death raises alarm over prison
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Drug trade attracts Hells Angels
KELOWNA - Having a
Hells Angels chapter in Kelowna is a sign of Kelowna's thriving
drug trade, says an expert on the biker gang.
Julian Sher
says the bikers are smart businessmen.
"They go where they know the drug trade is flourishing or where
they can make it flourish." (Province) |
Residents want rid of crack shacks
Kelowna cracks down on crackheads
Trickle-down effect used by crime
networks
Hells Angels not
welcome
CHBC Video: Hells Angels open new
chapter
Hells Angels open new chapter in BC city
Hells Angel busted |
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9
years
TORONTO -
Gerald (Skinny) Ward was found guilty of directing the commission of a
criminal offence for the benefit of a criminal organization. (CP)
'An uninterrupted life of crime'
A 'life of crime'
Guilty of drug trafficking
Witness labelled a liar
Guilty in date-rape drug bust
Rock Machine recruiting in GTA
Rock Machine
11 years
Gang
run like a business
Patch allows members to 'intimidate, extort'
Bikers had secret police documents
Bikers admit selling drugs
Not the same old gang
Rock Machine threw party
Hells Angel sues strip club |
Blogger leaked order
to raid
Bikers won't get back bling
Angels in court
Biker
'rat' opposed giving tour to media
Lawyer shocked by possible biker raid leak
Arrested biker ordered deported in 1999
Incongruity thy name is Hells Angels
Angels in court
OPP praise informant's help in Hells' raids
Angel spied for cops in BC
Club rules: No wives and no murders
Bad time to be a biker
Ex-biker guilty in slaying
Associate
pleads guilty to manslaughter
Biker's son snubbed by military
Biker gets 6 years
Ailing biker
Biker verdict causes
uproar
Logo battle
Hells Angel charged |
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2 plead guilty
VANCOUVER - Two members of the East End Hells Angels
pleaded guilty Monday to cocaine trafficking and
conspiring to produce methamphetamine. (Vancouver Sun)
Bail denied
3 years
Hells Angel caught in raid, again
Hells Angel member arrested
Lawrence Dean Bergstrom
Hells
Angel sought after raid
Man acquitted on appeal
Kidnapping, extortion trial
Ex-wife loses lawsuit
Jailed for refusing to testify
RCMP
bag bikers in cocaine bust
Nanaimo
Angles post bail
Hells Angels must be tackled
BC
wants ban on gang colours
Slain
associate sought RCMP protection
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Six years
BC wins court victory
2009 BCCA 124
Police remove signs
BC Civil Forfeiture Act
Province wins court battle
And justice for all . .
. to not see
Acquittal in key test
of anti-gang law
Hells
Angel pleads with a judge not to lift ban
Hells Angel asks court to keep press ban
Hells
Angels on trial
Defence
lawyer denies accused was drug czar
Prosecutor alleges joint venture
3 accused were in business for Hells Angels
Judge grills Crown
during trial
E-mail flurry
followed cocaine loss
Flurry of messages sent
The 'power of the
patch' in court
Ban lifted on secret
trial
Hells Angel pal pleads guilty
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Acquittal stands
Court
upholds Hells Angel's acquittal
Missing Hells Angel
Crown urges stiff term
Another clean sweep for BC bikers
Secret
signals
Hells Angel in jail
6 years
Details of drug sting unveiled
Guilty plea
Smuggling
operation busted
'Family man' accused
Local arrests
Feds break up 'BC Bud' ring
Abbotsford man arrested |
Stakes huge for
public on anti-gang law
Tapes reveal Hells
Angels plot
Hells Angel's Legacy sparks fight
Hells Angel dies on flight to Maui
Wife seeks 'hidden riches'
3
alleged associates plead guilty
18
months of house arrest
Bike gangsters
Clubhouse Langley, BC
'Uneventful'
Untouchable no more
The
real scoop
2 raids on one house in Kelowna
RCMP bust 'Angels' grow operation
Hells
Angels victory |
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Hells Angels lose round in court
Government selling pimped-out rides
Seizure of clubhouse
Clubhouse seized
Province seizes Angels clubhouse
Nanaimo Hells Angels clubhouse
Police seize Nanaimo biker lair
Province grabs Hells
Angels clubhouse
Safety of police
considered
Judge upholds secrecy
surrounding raid
Pot case ends with jail terms
Six year probe shines light on gangs
Judge pulls plug on Hydro defence
No
Charter violation, court says
R. v.
Terezakis 2007 BCCA 384 |
Hells Angels associate in court
City surprised hotel owned by Hells Angel
Disingenuous or Dumb?
Son
of Hells Angels boss still 'guilty
Hells Angel petition not valid, Ottawa says
Hells Angel says people are rude
to him
Hells Angel challenges organized
crime law
Winning the PR war
Missing man 'probably' not dead
Bulletin Board firm linked to Hells Angel
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Hells Angels
Losing the war on bikers
Angels' BC holdings are extensive
Behind the patch: Angels ABCs
Hells Angels member jailed |
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Hells Angels face
sentencing
Court backs RCMP
Biker gets jail for punching Mountie
Fired, Re-Hired
Border guard partied with Hells Angels
Hells Angels set up new base
Hells Angels case rests on
million dollar mole
Mounties' informant out
of control
Man taped secret talks with Hells Angels
Informant admits assault on accused
Mounties' informant
out of control
RCMP agents committed crimes
with immunity
No-fault crime laws
undermine justice system
Police agree to pay
$1M to Angels informer
Angels trial hears cries of man being beaten
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Hells Angel guilty of
trafficking...again
Meth dropped off at city deli
Exotic nightclub fights for survival
Book
says taxman targeting BC's rich Angels
BC
police outline raids against Hells Angels
Police
raid two BC Hells Angels clubhouses
RCMP
port probe findings a PR win for Angels
Hells Angels use billboard for image
campaign
Two
Angels sentenced to four years
RCMP
Press Release
East
Van Hells Angels president gets 4 years
BC
Hells Angels handed four-year sentences
Hells
Angles declared criminal organization
BC
Hells Angels claim they are 'nice guys'
Hells
Angels' trial delayed |
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Dead
man was associate of Hells Angels
Trio
charged with Abbotsford arsons
Three
face arson charges over torched pubs
Police
visit Hells Angel's clubhouse
Hells
Angels' guilty pleas hailed by police
Third
suspect to go to trial
Delta
officer on stand in 'Angels trial'
They’re
no Angels
Hells
Angel gets 6 years for Ladner incident
Six-year
sentence for Hell's Angels prospect
Angels'
prospect found guilty on seven counts
Hells
Angel guilty; Police respond
Judge
refuses criminal label for Angels
Suspect
involved in Hells Angels raid acquitted
Hells Angels ruling has impact on Delta case |
BC's
Hells Angels: Rich and Powerful
BC
police forces stun Hells Angels
Police
raid BC Hells Angels clubhouses
Hells Angels
chief's son pleads guilty
Hells
Angels arrest in extortion case
Rival
biker gang war looming in BC: Police
18
charged in Hells Angels bust
Cops & Angels
Hells
Angel arrested after battle with cops
Police
fear club linked to Hells Angels
Biker
clubs deny links to Hells Angels
Hells
Angels expand their empire in BC
Bikers
'stunned' by YVR gun bust
Biker
bust reveals truth
Member
of Hells Angels arrested at airport |
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Hells Angel sentenced
WINNIPEG - Manitoba
Hells Angels used snowmobiles, boats and even a corrupt American postal
worker to smuggle high-powered guns across the Canada-US border. Andrew
Janz was sentenced to seven years and four months in prison under a
joint recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers. (Winnipeg Free
Press)
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Hells Angel, ex-cop charged
Hells Angel, former policeman arrested
Court
documents reveal details
Defense
lawyers seek funding
Charges
stayed against alleged Winnipeg bikers
Manitoba
expanding Hells Angels gang case
Proceedings
begin in Manitoba biker mega-trial
Hells Angels a tough target, trial told
Crown argues biker gang is organized crime
First Project Defence trial opens |
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Maurice 'Mom' Boucher
No
more charges for Mom
Informant paid $2.9M
Hells Angels tobacco trafficking
targeted
Bail
Hells Angels could wait
6 years left to serve
Canadian confesses properties are from crime
Hells Angel among smuggling ring arrests |
Arrest made
MONTREAL - A Hells Angel wanted for murder, drug trafficking and
gangsterism was arrested by SQ officers Wednesday at a Longueuil
shopping mall. Bernard Plourde, 46, a member of the Trois Rivieres
Hells chapter, was apprehended by SQ officers at Place Longueuil at
around 1pm. (Montreal Gazette)
Mom's son to be released
Bail granted
Hells Angels flexed muscles in
businesses
Gang trials will be the hard part
Who will step into the big boys
shoes |
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Massive police raids
City police arrest 17
Hells Angel arrested
Unescorted leave after 5 life sentences
Hells Angel's parole revoked
Hells Angels' Kingpin strikes out with
SCC
Two
Hells Angels bosses sentenced to 20 years
Devil
'n Angels
Police probing prison biker murder
Hells
Angels drug ring smashed
Hells
Angels were flying in coke from BC
Hells
Angels resurface in Quebec
Police
keep heat on Quebec bike gangs
Highway
to Hell
Hells
Angels underling gets 15 years in prison |
Operation SharQc
Witness against lawyer 'lies
like he breathes'
Defence won't call witnesses
Police surveillance video kicks off trafficking trial
Judge blisters cops for illegal taping
Police raids nets Hells Angels
lawyer
Find a job after leaving prison, biker told
Associate gets 2 life sentences
2 life sentences
Guilty verdict
Hells Angels conspired to jam justice
system
Trial begins 11 years after
shooting
Prison guard recalls attack that
killed colleague
Hells
Angel charged in prison guard's death
Hells Angel arrested in murder of
2 guards |
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Day parole
LAVAL - During a
National Parole Board hearing held at the Federal Training Centre in
Laval Friday, Rejean Lessard said he is far removed from the life he led
in the early 1980s when he was president of the Hells Angels' Montreal
chapter and helped orchestrate the slaughter now known as the
Lennoxville Purge. (CanWest)
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Jury convicts biker
Takin' care of Canadians outlaw biker business
West End Gang turned down
Gerald (Gerry) Matticks
Crimes pays
Hit
man rolls over on gang suspect
Police
raids target drug traffickers in Quebec
Hells Angels members face firearm charges
Hells
Angel denies crime connection
Sweep
of Angels resulted in charges
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Prosecutor:
Biker wanted to be feared
Informer testifies on biker's bombings
Rejean 'Zig-Zag' Lessard
Bikers' freedom within sight
Deal with the devil gave gangsters too much
Mole
helps police net suspected gang members
Clash
of the titans
Quebec
Hells Angels bunker raided
Police
attack motorcycle gangs' PR efforts
Hells
Angels heading to jail
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RCMP: Investigation results in
arrests
Lawyer
says Ontario Hells Angels have jobs
Biker cleared in slaying
Police
arrest suspected Hells Angels
Cops arrest dozens in biker club sweep
Uneasy
riders
Parole board frees 'Apache' Trudeau
Yves (Apache) Trudeau
Takin' care of Canadians outlaw biker business
Hells
Angels 'Apache' Trudeau on sex charges
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Sentenced to life
ALBANY - Richard (Rick) Vallée, a
longtime member of the Hells Angels, now has a lifetime membership in
the Bighouse Crew. The former founding member of the biker gang's
Quebec-based Nomads chapter was sentenced to life in prison in Albany,
NY, as a result of his conviction for murdering Lee Carter, a police
informant, in 1993. (Montreal Gazette) PREVIOUS:
Life
for killing informant Hells
Angel gets life
Angel with bloody hands
Hells Angel fugitive extradited |
Indiana man in biker shooting case
PIERRE, SD - A judge
erred by having closed meetings with defense attorneys and allowing
secret defense testing of evidence from a shooting spree by motorcycle
gang members last summer, state lawyers argue. The flap, which is
expected to be decided by the high court in January, arose in a case
involving Chad Wilson, 32, a member of the Hells Angels chapter in San
Diego, and John Midmore, 34, prospect of the Hells Angels chapter in
British Columbia. (AP) |
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Ex-Pink Poodle bouncer slain
SAN JOSE - Gary Costanza was a bit player
in a highly publicized San Jose strip club homicide nine years
ago, a bouncer at the Pink Poodle who was convicted of pointing
out a man who was then allegedly pummeled to death for mouthing
off about the Hells Angels. (Mercury News) PREVIOUS:
Anatomy of a murder
Hells Angels win suit |
Former Hells Angels member gets 14 years
SAN DIEGO - A
former high-ranking member of the San Diego Hells Angels was
sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for his part in a
conspiracy to murder rival motorcycle gang members and distribute
drugs. (San Diego Union Tribune) |
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Hells Angels in court
SAN FRANCISCO - A Hells Angels
motorcycle club member and one of his associates made their first
appearance Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco on charges of
possessing and distributing methamphetamine. (San Francisco
Chronicle) PREVIOUS:
Hells Angels headquarters, clubs raided
FBI Searching for Hell's Angels leader
Agencies prepare for Hells Angels |
Cody cops tell of Hells Angels tactics
CODY, Wyo. - Security was tight last week
during the Hells Angels World Run and police were active and
aggressive in their enforcement efforts for good reason, local law
enforcement leaders said Tuesday. (Billings Gazette) PREVIOUS:
Hells Angels leave Cody
Police, locals differ on enforcement
practice
Hells Angels appear in court |
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Hells Angels acquitted
SIOUX FALLS - After deliberating over
most of three days jurors acquitted two Hells Angels bikers of
attempted murder for a 2006 gunfight that injured rival Outlaws
Motorcycle Club members. (AP)
PREVIOUS:
Indiana man indicted
Biker violence erupts
Sturgis 66th Anniversary |
Hells Angels charged after fight at
Windsor strip club
WINDSOR - A national Hells Angels meeting was cut
short for four men after they got into a brawl outside a Windsor
strip club early Saturday. (Detroit Free Press)
PREVIOUS:
Police wary as 500 Hells Angels meet in Windsor
Bikers, police gather in Windsor |
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Worlds collide at funeral
WOODBRIDGE, Ont. - More than
200 outlaw bikers gathered before the outstretched arms of a large
statue of Jesus Christ yesterday for the funeral of a popular young
enforcer with the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. (National Post) |
One
Hell of a sendoff
Hundreds of bikers
gather at funeral
Slaying of Hells Angel not likely to spark biker war:
expert
Arrest made in fatal
Hells Angels shooting
A
Brief Overview Of The Hells Angels |
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Ottawa
Hells Angels linked heist
OTTAWA
-
Three
months after as much as $35 million was stolen from a Securicor
truck outside of Montreal, Quebec police have linked the heist to
the Ottawa-based Ontario Nomads chapter of the Hells Angels. The
Sept. 7 holdup is the largest of its kind in Canadian history.
(Ottawa Citizen) |
Hell's
Angels drug debt paid
KENORA,
Ont. - The second police officer involved in the undercover
operation that produced a murder confession from James Kakegamic
said one of the reasons Kakegamic’s drug debt to the Hell’s
Angels was paid was to ensure officer safety. (Kenora Daily
Miner) |
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Biker boss gets
life in prison
TOLEDO - James
"Frank" Wheeler, the former leader of the Outlaw motorcycle club
who prosecutors said oversaw a highly organized operation that
sold drugs and engaged in violence with rival gangs, was
sentenced yesterday to life in prison. (Toledo Blade)
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Hells
Angels arrested in drug raids
Police
are claiming a partial but significant victory over the Hells Angels
and their lucrative drug trade. After
a two-year investigation dubbed "Operation Dante," heavily
armed tactical units swept into areas of Eastern Ontario and western
Quebec on Monday. (CTV)
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Hells Angels gets
7-1/2 years
SEATTLE -
In a Seattle courtroom packed with club members and
other supporters, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Lasnik said Richard "Smilin'
Rick" Fabel, 50, headed a criminal enterprise that "preyed on vulnerable
people." (Seattle Times) |
"Enforcer" for Hells Angels sent to prison
Jury convicts 3 of 4
Witnesses are 'rats'
Hells Angels' trial begins
State Hells Angels trial under
way
Hells Angels leaders on trial |
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Final three Hells Angels sentenced
LAS VEGAS
- The final three Hells Angels motorcycle club members were sentenced
Thursday in a state criminal case stemming from a deadly brawl with
rival Mongols members in a Nevada casino almost five years ago. (AP)
Hells Angels ride it
out
Hells Angels get sweetheart deal
Six of 42
Hells Angels facing prison
Hells Angels trial postponed in Las
Vegas
Judge strikes word of witness in
Angels trial
Hells Angels lawyers confront key
witness |
Happy 60th Anniversary
Hells Angels' solidarity showing cracks
Former Hells Angels chapter
president testifies
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Hells Angels Start Trial for Biker Brawl
Bikers brawl in casino, three killed
Laughlin deaths extend 20-year 'power play'
Security video captures melee between gangs
Hells Angels to Stand Trial in
Las Vegas
2 plead guilty to crimes during Hells Angels run
Informer links top Hells Angel to murder
plot
State trial to follow federal trial in
biker brawl
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11 bikies charged with murder
SYDNEY, AU -
Murder charges have been laid against all of the 11 Comanchero
bikies accused of being involved in the fatal brawl at Sydney
Airport five months ago. (ABC)
Court bungle 'put lives at risk'
Real and present danger
Bikie drug link to top company
Visy distances itself
Shoot on sight
United in protest
Bikie expert warns of relentless violence
US heat falls on fallen Hells Angels
NSW bikie laws rushed through Lower
House
'Useless' bikie bans drive clubs
underground
Bikie lawyer committed suicide
3rd Hells Angel charged
Bikie chief charged
Bikies rally to oppose laws |
Raid uncovers cache of weapons
Secret meeting to avoid violence
Sydney bloodbath
Bomb found outside house
'Come on boys, let's go'
Bikie brawl watched by security men
Gang boss weeps for murdered brother
Bikies seek peace talks
Police double gang squad size
Hells Angel killed in airport attack
Bikie war terrorises travellers
Deadly brawl
Terror thrives on crime world links
Rebel biker linked to rocket launcher theft
Man arrested over supplying weapons
Flag hidden from Biker mourners
Biker gangs wage violent turf war
Silent enforcer
Hells Angels implicated in murder mystery
Death dealers |
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Life for 7
BIRMINGHAM -
Seven members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang were sentenced to life in
prison at Birmingham crown court today for the murder of Hells Angel
Gerry Tobin. (Guardian UK)
The fatal bullet
Planned
execution
Guilty plea
Man pleads
guilty to biker murder |
Angels flock to biker's funeral
Video: Funeral of a murdered biker
In pictures: Bikers funeral
4th arrested in UK biker slaying
4th arrest made
Arrests made over
murder of biker
3 held over M40 biker death
Last image of slain biker
Biker and the Bible
No Angels |
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Something violent in Denmark
COPENHAGEN - Picturesque Copenhagen, renowned for its fairy-tale
palaces and Little Mermaid, has for more than a year been the
scene of a full-blown gang war that the government admits it is
powerless to end. (AFP)
Biker brawl
Shoot out at biker bar
Gang war spills over
Bodyguard shot
Stein Bagger
Bodyguard
gets off lightly
Bandidos leader gets 9 years
Leader arrested In car bombings
Hells Angels kicked out of Iceland |
Escalating biker violence
Biker turf war escalating
Part 2:
Defending their territory
Growing links between Angels and Neo-Nazis
Danish minister calls for anti-gang measures
2 more die in shootings
Hells Angels say
immigrants must clean up their act
Bagger pleads guilty in fraud case
Fugitive turns himself in
to LAPD
Witness balks
German biker
trail begins
'Hells Angels own Yab Yum brothel'
Yab Yum,
Amsterdam to
clean up "Red Light" district |
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Further
reading |
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Angels at War: The Alarming Story Behind the Headlines
Police
Undercover: The True Story of the Biker, The Mafia and The Mountie
Road to Hell, The: How the Biker Gangs Are
Conquering Canada
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Wayward Angel
Outlaws
MC
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