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B.C. Hells Angel accused in murder conspiracy seeks bail
A high-profile Hells Angel is trying to get released on bail after being charged earlier this year with conspiracy to murder two rival gangsters in 2012. A three-day hearing began in B.C. Supreme Court...
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REAL SCOOP: Devils Army leader Ricky Alexander charged with murder
Last year, when officers raided the Devils Army clubhouse in Campbell River, president Ricky Alexander said he had no idea what was going on. Now Alexander has been charged with the first-degree murder...
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High-profile B.C. Hells Angels associate charged with murder
A prominent Hells Angels associate who leads the Devils Army support club in Campbell River has been charged with the 2016 murder of a promising MMA fighter and young father. Richard Ernest “Ricky”...
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High-profile Hells Angel found dead under Golden Ears bridge
A full-patch Hells Angel with the Hardside Chapter was found murdered under the Golden Ears Bridge on Sunday. Chad Wilson, a former Hells Angel in San Diego, then Haney, joined the biker gang’s newest...
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REAL SCOOP: Hardside Angel found slain under bridge
I’m out of town today but wanted to file a story after learning that Hells Angel Chad Wilson, 43, was the victim of Sunday’s murder. Here’s my story: High-profile Hells Angel found dead under Golden...
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Police brace for fallout after Hells Angels murder in Maple Ridge
Law enforcement agencies across the region are bracing for any potential fallout after a prominent Hells Angel was found murdered in Maple Ridge on the weekend. Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated...
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Hells Angel Chad Wilson recalled "terror" he felt before shootout with rivals
Hells Angel Chad Wilson got nervous when he noticed the ball cap of “a big burly dude” entering the convenience store where he was looking at souvenir fridge magnets. The hat said “F — k the other...
View ArticleEast End agent takes the stand at Hells Angels civil forfeiture trial
An agent who infiltrated the East End Hells Angels more than a decade ago described in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday how he overheard a biker tell a prospect in the clubhouse to “take care” of someone...
View ArticleClandestine Hells Angels recordings played at civil forfeiture trial
Former police agent Micheal Plante recalled in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday some of the conversations he had with Hells Angels about their conflicts and crimes more than 14 years ago. Plante, in his...
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REAL SCOOP: Kelowna HA made changes before clubhouse inspection: witness
The Hells Angels civil forfeiture case is continuing with long-time Ontario biker cop Len Isnor on the stand. He retired last year but is testifying as a witness for the director of civil forfeiture....
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Another B.C. gangster shot to death in Mexico
For the third time this year, a Metro Vancouver gangster has been shot to death in Mexico. Jodh Singh Manj, 31, was gunned down after leaving a gym in a commercial complex in the Mexico City...
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A B.C. college instructor's novel life of prison, addiction and recovery
Late one night in June 1988, Geri Bemister smashed in the door of a Victoria pharmacy with a hammer and bolt cutters, grabbed the drugs she knew she could sell, and ran. She was 19, an alcoholic,...
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Bikers come from near and far for funeral of murdered B.C. Hells Angel
More than 300 mourners packed a Maple Ridge church Saturday to remember slain Hells Angel Chad Wilson. Some members of the notorious biker gang and their support clubs arrived on Harleys — many of...
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Surrey mayor says he was unaware of new Hells Angels clubhouse
Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum says he had no idea that the Hells Angels had opened a clubhouse in his city, even after a pledge from police several years ago that the biker gang would not be allowed to...
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REAL SCOOP: Mayor concerned about Hardside clubhouse
Just a few years ago, former Surrey top cop Bill Fordy pledged to stop the Hells Angels from opening a clubhouse in that city. Yet, the bikers’ newest chapter did move into a clubhouse some time in the...
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Witness at El Chapo trial says he hired Canadian Hells Angels to carry out hit
A key government witness at the trial of Mexican Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman testified in New York this week that he met with Canadian Hells Angels on behalf of the cartel to...
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REAL SCOOP: Canadian Hells Angels agreed to do hit for El Chapo, trial hears
There has been several references to Canadian cartel connections at the New York trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman including testimony by his former “right-hand man” this week that the man hired...
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Investigation: Few convictions for money laundering in B.C. since 2002
On the afternoon of June 26, 2015, suspected drug traffickers Michael Reg Whieldon and David Bjorn Johnson arrived in Whieldon’s pickup truck at a supposed cosmetics manufacturer in southeast...
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Parts of Hells Angels report ruled inadmissible at civil forfeiture trial
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has criticized an “expert” report about the Hells Angels filed by the Director of Civil Forfeiture as full of biased, unsubstantiated claims about the biker club. Justice...
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REAL SCOOP: Ruling cuts parts of expert report in HA civil forfeiture case
The B.C. government’s civil forfeiture case against the Hells Angels took a hit this week when a judge struck parts of an “expert” report the government filed in support of its efforts to get three...
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