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Motorcycle Gang Member Joel Befus Sentenced To 4.5 years For Drug Trafficking
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Greg Carr
Jan 29, 2021, 4:10:34 AM1/29/21
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Motorcycle gang member sentenced to 4.5 years for drug trafficking
Jan 26, 2021 6:05 PM
One of three people arrested after police busted a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle gang for drug trafficking in 2019 will spend the next few years behind bars.
Joel Befus, 34, pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday to possession for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and a 10-year firearms prohibition upon his release. An additional count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and a count of conspiracy to traffic cocaine were withdrawn.
Casey Chapin, 34, and Bailey Chapin, 31, are due back in court to speak to their charges stemming from the case on May 3.
The trio was arrested and charged on April 30, 2019, after a two-year police investigation dubbed “Project Rocker” that culminated with the seizure of three kilograms of cocaine, 2.8 kilos of marijuana, a handgun, an SKS rifle, four vehicles and nearly $80,000 cash.
At the time, police said Casey Chapin and Befus were members of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club, a support group of the Hells Angels.
https://rdnewsnow.com/2021/01/26/motorcycle-gang-member-sentenced-to-4-5-years-for-drug-trafficking/
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Hells Angel wins court challenge over gun licence renewal
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari said the provincial court should have taken an independent look at all the evidence in the case instead of determining whether the firearms officer’s decision was “reasonable.”
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Jan 26, 2021 • 3 days ago • 2 minute read
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari has ruled that Gaston Methot should get a second hearing in provincial court to make his case about why he deserves to have his licence renewed. PHOTO BY RICHARD LAM /PNG
A full-patch member of the Hells Angels will get another shot at renewing his firearms licence.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari has ruled that Gaston Methot should get a second hearing in provincial court to make his case about why he deserves to have his licence renewed.
Hells Angel wins court challenge over gun licence renewal
Earlier, a provincial court judge upheld a decision made by the province’s chief firearms officer to deny the renewal based on Methot’s membership in the West Point Chapter of the Hells Angels.
But Marzari said the original judge did not apply the right standard in reviewing that decision. She said the provincial court should have taken an independent look at all the evidence in the case instead of determining whether the firearms officer’s decision was “reasonable.”
“The reference judge’s reliance on the reasonableness standard permeates the decision to uphold the firearms officer’s decision, both with respect to the factual matrix and the evidence found to be relevant, and with respect to the result. The decision must therefore be set aside,” she said in written reasons released Monday.
Marzari did not accept Methot’s suggestion that she simply renew the licence because she said she didn’t have all the evidence before her that was before the lower court.
Methot had a firearms licence from June 2012 to April 2018 “without incident,” the ruling noted. He applied to renew it in March 2018.
An RCMP firearms officer sent a ‘notice of refusal’ to Methot that June, saying he was being denied “because it was not desirable in the interest of public safety that he have the licence.”
“As you are a full patch member of the HAMC West Point Chapter, I find you represent the Hells Angels and are bound by rules that allow for violence and criminal acts and that the police are your adversary,” the letter said.
“You made a decision to be involved with an organization that has a reputation for violence and criminal acts. … I find that it would not be desirable in the interest of public safety that you be issued a firearm licence at this time. Accordingly, I refuse to issue you a licence.” (Greg: Sounds like a cop doing his job. Why should gangsters have legal guns?)
Methot then filed a review application to provincial court, which was heard in 2019.
Cpl. Sergio Da Silva, a biker expert with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, testified at the provincial court hearing that Hells Angels rules forbid members from co-operating with police. So if a firearm is ever stolen, an HA member would not report the theft to the police. (Greg: Not quite true. When one of their clubhouses was torched in Quebec the club cooperated with police once they realized it was not a known enemy who did the arson. Turned out to be some guy who was caught trying to enter America with a hammer with, "Hell's Angels are trying to kill me." written on it. The HAMC had no knowledge of the dude and up 'till then had no beef with the guy. Hell's Angels are also known to inform police of rival drug dealers to get rid of competitors since market share is very important to businessmen. )
Marzari noted that some of Da Silva’s evidence was “admittedly based on indirect hearsay evidence” because Hells Angels don’t talk to police. She said that “it was incumbent upon the reference judge to consider the weight that the evidence of Cpl. Da Silva was entitled to after a fresh analysis of the relevance and reliability of that evidence.” (Greg: Various Hell's Angels have turned informant and sang for juries and the cops. Yves "Apache" Trudeau the Mad Bumper a cocaine addict/homosexual/pedophile killed 43 ppl mostly those in the HA organization is one example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Kane the homosexual or bisexual if you will was a full patch informant. The world is a slightly better place since his suicide and the murder of his boyfriend Aime Simard in Prince Albert Penetentiary. Way to go Starblanket!! Kane's suicide note stated: "Who am I? Am I a biker? Am I a policeman? Am I good or evil? Am I heterosexual or gay? Am I loved or feared? Am I exploited or the exploiter?"[55][1] was Kane's suicide note. He and Simard were killers. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/04/01/why-i-went-from-full-patch-hells-angel-to-informant.html Hell's Angel full patch Sgt. of Arms Dave Atwell of the Toronto chapter was a police informant who testified against club members. Stephane (Godasse) Gagne a Quebec full patch testified against Moms Boucher the leading HAMC in Quebec they were both killers with Boucher being also a convicted rapist before joining the club. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/parole-board-grants-escorted-leave-to-informant-who-helped-lock-up-hells-angels-boss-1.4138386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gault Steven Gault was a a full patch informant who spent a lot time accusing Remond "Ray" Akleh of being an informer even in public and vica versa. Turns out they were both informants or in their words rats. So law enforcement knows a lot about the inner workings of the HAMC frequently.)
Meanwhile, in Quebec, provincial police announced last month that they had revoked 11 firearms licences from people connected to the Hells Angels. In the news release, the Sûreté du Québec said the revocation was the second phase of a project begun two years earlier with the revocation of 75 gun licences linked to HA support clubs. (Greg: Why not make it illegal for gang members to own legal guns or purchase or have ammunition? The govt is moving to ban the Proud Boys why not HAMC and the Mafia as well?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hells-angels-marked-as-criminals-by-manitoba-justice-1.2546165 Manitoba has already labelled them a criminal organization.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bacchus-outlaw-biker-gang-club-criminal-organization-convictions-1.4764661 Bacchus MC once an independent 1% club now a fully owned subsidiary of HAMC has been ruled a criminal organization.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/hells-angels-members-deported-as-refugee-board-declares-bike-gang-a-criminal-organization The Refugee Board has declared HAMC a criminal organization.
https://www.saltwire.com/news/provincial/hells-angels-are-a-national-criminal-organization-toronto-judge-rules-83142/ A Toronto judge has ruled the Hell's Angels a criminal organization. )
kbo...@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/kbolan
blog: https://vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop/
https://vancouversun.com/news/hells-angel-wins-court-challenge-over-gun-licence-renewal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaston-methot-37383898/ the gun loving HAMCer has a Linked In page.
Motorcycle gang member sentenced to 4.5 years for drug trafficking
Jan 26, 2021 6:05 PM
One of three people arrested after police busted a Red Deer outlaw motorcycle gang for drug trafficking in 2019 will spend the next few years behind bars.
Joel Befus, 34, pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Friday to possession for the purpose of trafficking. He was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and a 10-year firearms prohibition upon his release. An additional count of possession for the purpose of trafficking and a count of conspiracy to traffic cocaine were withdrawn.
Casey Chapin, 34, and Bailey Chapin, 31, are due back in court to speak to their charges stemming from the case on May 3.
The trio was arrested and charged on April 30, 2019, after a two-year police investigation dubbed “Project Rocker” that culminated with the seizure of three kilograms of cocaine, 2.8 kilos of marijuana, a handgun, an SKS rifle, four vehicles and nearly $80,000 cash.
At the time, police said Casey Chapin and Befus were members of the Syndicate outlaw motorcycle club, a support group of the Hells Angels.
https://rdnewsnow.com/2021/01/26/motorcycle-gang-member-sentenced-to-4-5-years-for-drug-trafficking/
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Hells Angel wins court challenge over gun licence renewal
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari said the provincial court should have taken an independent look at all the evidence in the case instead of determining whether the firearms officer’s decision was “reasonable.”
Author of the article:Kim Bolan
Publishing date:Jan 26, 2021 • 3 days ago • 2 minute read
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari has ruled that Gaston Methot should get a second hearing in provincial court to make his case about why he deserves to have his licence renewed. PHOTO BY RICHARD LAM /PNG
A full-patch member of the Hells Angels will get another shot at renewing his firearms licence.
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Francesca Marzari has ruled that Gaston Methot should get a second hearing in provincial court to make his case about why he deserves to have his licence renewed.
Hells Angel wins court challenge over gun licence renewal
Earlier, a provincial court judge upheld a decision made by the province’s chief firearms officer to deny the renewal based on Methot’s membership in the West Point Chapter of the Hells Angels.
But Marzari said the original judge did not apply the right standard in reviewing that decision. She said the provincial court should have taken an independent look at all the evidence in the case instead of determining whether the firearms officer’s decision was “reasonable.”
“The reference judge’s reliance on the reasonableness standard permeates the decision to uphold the firearms officer’s decision, both with respect to the factual matrix and the evidence found to be relevant, and with respect to the result. The decision must therefore be set aside,” she said in written reasons released Monday.
Marzari did not accept Methot’s suggestion that she simply renew the licence because she said she didn’t have all the evidence before her that was before the lower court.
Methot had a firearms licence from June 2012 to April 2018 “without incident,” the ruling noted. He applied to renew it in March 2018.
An RCMP firearms officer sent a ‘notice of refusal’ to Methot that June, saying he was being denied “because it was not desirable in the interest of public safety that he have the licence.”
“As you are a full patch member of the HAMC West Point Chapter, I find you represent the Hells Angels and are bound by rules that allow for violence and criminal acts and that the police are your adversary,” the letter said.
“You made a decision to be involved with an organization that has a reputation for violence and criminal acts. … I find that it would not be desirable in the interest of public safety that you be issued a firearm licence at this time. Accordingly, I refuse to issue you a licence.” (Greg: Sounds like a cop doing his job. Why should gangsters have legal guns?)
Methot then filed a review application to provincial court, which was heard in 2019.
Cpl. Sergio Da Silva, a biker expert with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, testified at the provincial court hearing that Hells Angels rules forbid members from co-operating with police. So if a firearm is ever stolen, an HA member would not report the theft to the police. (Greg: Not quite true. When one of their clubhouses was torched in Quebec the club cooperated with police once they realized it was not a known enemy who did the arson. Turned out to be some guy who was caught trying to enter America with a hammer with, "Hell's Angels are trying to kill me." written on it. The HAMC had no knowledge of the dude and up 'till then had no beef with the guy. Hell's Angels are also known to inform police of rival drug dealers to get rid of competitors since market share is very important to businessmen. )
Marzari noted that some of Da Silva’s evidence was “admittedly based on indirect hearsay evidence” because Hells Angels don’t talk to police. She said that “it was incumbent upon the reference judge to consider the weight that the evidence of Cpl. Da Silva was entitled to after a fresh analysis of the relevance and reliability of that evidence.” (Greg: Various Hell's Angels have turned informant and sang for juries and the cops. Yves "Apache" Trudeau the Mad Bumper a cocaine addict/homosexual/pedophile killed 43 ppl mostly those in the HA organization is one example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dany_Kane the homosexual or bisexual if you will was a full patch informant. The world is a slightly better place since his suicide and the murder of his boyfriend Aime Simard in Prince Albert Penetentiary. Way to go Starblanket!! Kane's suicide note stated: "Who am I? Am I a biker? Am I a policeman? Am I good or evil? Am I heterosexual or gay? Am I loved or feared? Am I exploited or the exploiter?"[55][1] was Kane's suicide note. He and Simard were killers. https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/04/01/why-i-went-from-full-patch-hells-angel-to-informant.html Hell's Angel full patch Sgt. of Arms Dave Atwell of the Toronto chapter was a police informant who testified against club members. Stephane (Godasse) Gagne a Quebec full patch testified against Moms Boucher the leading HAMC in Quebec they were both killers with Boucher being also a convicted rapist before joining the club. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/parole-board-grants-escorted-leave-to-informant-who-helped-lock-up-hells-angels-boss-1.4138386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Gault Steven Gault was a a full patch informant who spent a lot time accusing Remond "Ray" Akleh of being an informer even in public and vica versa. Turns out they were both informants or in their words rats. So law enforcement knows a lot about the inner workings of the HAMC frequently.)
Meanwhile, in Quebec, provincial police announced last month that they had revoked 11 firearms licences from people connected to the Hells Angels. In the news release, the Sûreté du Québec said the revocation was the second phase of a project begun two years earlier with the revocation of 75 gun licences linked to HA support clubs. (Greg: Why not make it illegal for gang members to own legal guns or purchase or have ammunition? The govt is moving to ban the Proud Boys why not HAMC and the Mafia as well?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hells-angels-marked-as-criminals-by-manitoba-justice-1.2546165 Manitoba has already labelled them a criminal organization.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bacchus-outlaw-biker-gang-club-criminal-organization-convictions-1.4764661 Bacchus MC once an independent 1% club now a fully owned subsidiary of HAMC has been ruled a criminal organization.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/hells-angels-members-deported-as-refugee-board-declares-bike-gang-a-criminal-organization The Refugee Board has declared HAMC a criminal organization.
https://www.saltwire.com/news/provincial/hells-angels-are-a-national-criminal-organization-toronto-judge-rules-83142/ A Toronto judge has ruled the Hell's Angels a criminal organization. )
kbo...@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/kbolan
blog: https://vancouversun.com/tag/real-scoop/
https://vancouversun.com/news/hells-angel-wins-court-challenge-over-gun-licence-renewal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaston-methot-37383898/ the gun loving HAMCer has a Linked In page.
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