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High-tech auto theft
SAN DIEGO - Law enforcement authorities said
they have broken up a sophisticated auto-theft ring run by a
Tijuana-based motorcycle club that swiped 150 Jeep Wranglers in San
Diego County over the past several years.
(San Diego Union Tribune)
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DoJ press release
BARRIERE - Lukasz Cimoszko, 36, a member
of the West Point Hells Angels died of a suspected overdose last week
while in the middle of a court case with the BC Civil Forfeiture office.
(Vancouver Sun)
LAVAL - There is a specific moment when the Hells Angels began their takeover of Canada. It was Dec 5, 1977, and the Popeyes, a motorcycle gang based in Quebec, had patched over to join the American motorcycle gang at a party in Laval, a suburb just north of Montreal. (Vice)
Hells Angel sues for defamation
VANCOUVER - Damiano Dipopolo, who is employed
as a longshoreman, says a series of articles written last month by a man
who runs an anonymous blog called
Gangster out blog is damaging to his
reputation and character and could result in him being fired from his
job.
(PostMedia)
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Sues for
defamation
SAINTE-ANNE-DE-MADAWASKA
- Mario Bergeron, who was known to police as a full patch member of the
Hells Angels, went missing in April 2008.
RCMP believe he was murdered in
connection with organized crime and that his body was disposed of in
the area. (CBC)
Garbage collector
VANCOUVER - Ronaldo Lising, a full-patch Hells Angel in an elite BC chapter, has been hired by the City of Vancouver to work as a garbage collector. MORE: Hiring review launched Public-sector benefits too rich
SYLVAN LAKE - Officials have charged two men who are members of the Malicious Crew Motorcycle Club, which has ties to the Hells Angels, after a man suffering from gunshot wounds was found walking near the town. Daniel Huddlestone, 34, and Cameron Monkman, 28, have been charged. (CBC)
Vancouver Sun crime reporter Kim Bolan has written extensively about gangs and organized crime in BC. She was first contacted by former police agent Micheal Plante in June 2010 about a possible interview. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
HOLLYWOOD - The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is suing MTV and producers of the reality show Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory for infringing and diluting their skull-with-wings insignia. (Hollywood Reporter) TMZ Rob Dyrdek
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR - With biker gang activity seemingly on the rise in Newfoundland and Labrador, the RCMP are giving more details about clubs operating in Grand Falls-Windsor. (CBC)
Infiltrator can pursue contract case
The government may have breached its settlement with a former federal agent who claims the Hell's Angels burned down his house in retaliation for his successful infiltration of their motorcycle gang, the US Court of Federal Claims ruled. (Courthouse News) Jay Dobyns
LONDON - After 10 days on the lam, the fourth suspect wanted in the shooting of a Hells Angels member and a woman in London, Ont., is in custody. (QMI) PREVIOUS: 3 arrested
VANCOUVER - Hours after
shooting Hells Angel Bob Green, Jason Wallace found himself alone with
an unimaginable choice.
The mystery man gave Wallace two
options: He could kill himself. Or he could turn himself in to the Hells
Angels and they would do it for him.
If he didn't, his family would be
executed.
(Vancouver Sun)
MONTREAL - Jean-Francois Emard, the presumed head of biker gang Rock Machine, was among 6 arrested. The arrests were part of a larger anti-drug operation by the SQ. (Montreal Gazette)
TROIS-RIVIERES - Quebec
provincial police expect to arrest at least 30 people today following
during raids targeting the Deimos Crew, a Hells Angels-related biker
gang. (CBC)
CORFU
- A
trio of full-patch Alberta Hells Angels are in jail in Greece after
being arrested following the near-fatal beating of a Greek
man.
(Real Scoop)
OTTAWA - More than 700 Hells Angels and affiliate members are expected to party in Ottawa all weekend long, in celebration of the 15th anniversary of their Ontario chapter. Every 4 years, they hold a mandatory-attendance meeting, and this year Ottawa won the bid to host. (CTV) MORE: Tourists
OTTAWA - The Hells Angels biker gang is expanding its presence in the national capital region with the help of the Red Devils, a proxy group or 'farm team' for the international crime organization. (CBC)
HAMILTON - Police were on site at the motorcycle gang's clubhouse at Gage Ave N and Beach Road on Thursday morning, helping the bailiff with 'an eviction proceeding.' (CBC) MORE: Turfed Surprised by eviction
MONTREAL - About 70
police officers are raiding locations linked to a drug-trafficking ring
on Montreal's South Shore.
Police say the ring is controlled by
alleged members of the Devils Ghosts, which is affiliated with the Hells
Angels.
(CBC)
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Ghost Devils arrested
OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has ruled that a group of Hells Angels members who received a stay of proceedings because of lengthy delays in their case will not have to stand trial anew. (CBC) JUDGMENT: 2014 SCC 6
GANDER - Patrick Wallace Bemister, 26, turned himself in to police in Grand Falls-Windsor just before 5pm after a Canada-wide warrant was issued for his arrest. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Bikers brawl with cops
CHATHAM - The owners of the Red Devils Motorcycle Club aren't happy with scrutiny from the Chatham-Kent Police Service's biker enforcement officer. They notified police that if Const. Yancy Eddie is spotted in or around the clubhouse premises at 27 Degge St in Chatham, they want him charged with trespassing. (QMI)
TORONTO - How do you collect child support from someone who has a secret identity and address? (Toronto Star)
VANCOUVER - BC Hells Angel Larry Amero, 40, has been charged with conspiracy to kill gangster rivals Sandip Duhre and Sukhveer Dhak, who died months apart in targeted 2012 shootings. Convicted gang hitman Dean Michael Wiwchar, 32, has also been charged with one count of murder in Duhre's Jan 2012 assassination, as well as conspiracy to commit the murder of Dhak in Nov 2012. Rabih 'Robby' Alkhalil, an associate of both Amero and Wiwchar, was already facing charges in the Duhre murder. Both Wiwchar and Alkhalil were convicted last year of first-degree murder for the June 2012 execution of John Raposo in Toronto's Little Italy. (Vancouver Sun)
Ferguson pleads guilty to attempted murder
Limo filled with Hells Angels busted
Bikers gather for clubhouse opening
And justice for all . . . to not see
Kelowna Hells Angels arrested with guns
Mounties execute search warrant
VANCOUVER - Dain Phillips was beaten to death
in Kelowna, BC, in June 2011 in what was described as a dispute between
Phillips' sons and two of the men on trial - Daniel McRae and his
brother Matthew.
The McRaes and Schell were convicted of
manslaughter, while Robert Cocks was acquitted.
Hells Angels members Norman Cocks and
Robert Thomas have already pleaded guilty to manslaughter and were each
sentenced in January to 15 years in prison.
(CP)
Ex-biker boss suing
WINNIPEG - Ernie Dew is now fighting the federal government in court, claiming they stole his house by illegally seizing and selling it under proceeds-of-crime legislation.
EDMONTON - A patched Tribal motorcycle gang member shot his steroid
supplier in the face as a way to ingratiate himself to the Hells Angels
after the dealer got on the bad side of the notorious outlaw biker gang.
Jason Neilson, 45, was found guilty of attempted murder and
several firearms charges after Court rejected his argument that it was
self-defence when he shot Adam Abumeita on Aug. 19, 2016.
(Edmonton Journal)
Noel Harder risked his life as a secret police agent, then spent 3 years
testifying as the star witness against drug dealers, gun runners,
mobsters and the Hells Angels.
Today he's a marked man with an apparent $2M bounty on his head.
The RCMP kicked Harder out of the federal Witness Protection
Program. (CBC)
IOCN project Forseti .pdf
OTTAWA - This was a big joint-police force investigation targeting an Ontario Hells Angels drug trafficking ring that yielded more than 20 arrests - including 2 federal prison employees. The case against its chief target, Michael Clairoux, 43, fell apart after his defence lawyer won a stay in a successful motion for unreasonable delay - 37 months - because it took too long to get to trial. (Ottawa Citizen)
Satan's choice reappears in Ontario
Witness objected to vest on deceased
'An uninterrupted life of crime'
Biker 'rat' opposed giving tour
Biker ordered deported in 1999
MONTREAL - Maurice (Mom) Boucher was sentenced to a 10-year prison term for his role in a plot to murder Raynald Desjardins, an influential figure in the Montreal Mafia. (Montreal Gazette)
Investigation launched into trial
First 'marathon' biker trial begins
Escaped Hells Angel found dead
Hells Angels drug cases dropped
QC justice minister disappointed
Takin' care of outlaw biker business
HALIFAX - A judge has stayed charges of first-degree murder and
conspiracy to commit murder against a Dartmouth man who was
awaiting his third trial in connection with a 2000 killing
ordered by the Hells Angels.
Steven Gareau, 61, has been behind bars since Oct. 13,
2000, 10 days after Sean Simmons was shot to death in the lobby
of an apartment building in Dartmouth.
Gareau was found guilty at trials in 2004 and 2014 of
helping set up the shooting, but the results were
overturned by the Nova
Scotia Court of Appeal in 2012 and 2016 and new
trials ordered. Justice Jamie Campbell ruled that it would be an
abuse of process to try Gareau for a third time.
(Halifax Chronicle Herald)
Police
raid Gate Keepers clubhouse
Mistrial declared
WACO - A judge declared a mistrial in the trial of a leader of the Bandidos biker gang after the jury deadlocked on a verdict arising from the shootout between biker groups.
Mug shots
4 killed by same caliber of rifle fired by police
Raid offers peek inside biker gang
Hells Angels MC v. Napolitano .pdf
Slaying prompts state of emergency
PATTAYA - Police arrested and charged 4 foreigners - believed to be members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang - with several criminal offences, and plan to deport and blacklist them from the country. Police arrested 3 Australians and a Canadian, aged between 32 and 42. (Bangkok Post)
Police blast entry to biker fortress
Hells Angels challenge anti-bikie laws
Raid uncovers cache of weapons
Secret meeting to avoid violence
Police gatecrash birthday party
Gang rivalries persist despite laws
Court bungle 'put lives at risk'
Hells Angel killed in airport attack
Man arrested over supplying weapons
Hells Angels implicated in murder
Bikie lawyer committed suicide
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)
Video: Funeral of a murdered biker
WIESBADEN -
More than 1,000 police officers
conducted searches of German biker gangs across 6 German states.
Police were searching for weapons, ammunition, drugs, documents
and other evidence, which could give concrete proof of illegal
activities. (The Local)
Part 2: Defending their territory
Links between Angels and Neo-Nazis
Immigrants must clean up their act
Bagger pleads guilty in fraud case
Fugitive turns himself in to LAPD
'Hells Angels own Yab Yum brothel'
Hells Angels kicked out of Iceland
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