Hell's Angel Commits Suicide In London, Ontario
Ninth Commandment
RANDY RICHMOND AND JANE SIMS, Free Press Reporters 2005-03-08
02:22:51
A well-known member of the Hells Angels in London and a constant thorn
in the side of police has died, apparently hanged in a shed at his
Melbourne home. Marty Zager, 39, was found dead early Saturday morning
in an outbuilding at the south end of his property on Melbourne Road.
Zager was "a dominant personality in the London area as far as the
Hells Angels," Det. Staff Sgt. Scott Mills of the provincial OPP biker
enforcement unit said yesterday.
"He's been a person of interest of the biker enforcement unit for
years."
Police would not confirm the details of Zager's death yesterday, but
several sources said he died from hanging.
Middlesex OPP Const. Doug Graham said police are investigating Zager's
sudden death.
A family member found him before calling 911 at 12:08 a.m. Saturday,
police said.
An autopsy was ordered.
Zager had helped run the Beef Baron strip club in London, then owned
several body-rub parlours in the area.
After brushes with the law and city council over the body rub
parlours, Zager left that business and focused on his tattoo parlours,
Hardcore Tattoos and Piercings, in London and Port Stanley.
Zager joined the Hells Angels a few years ago, rising in the ranks as
the local club struggled to exist. He was apparently a good friend to
London president Bill Miller and some sources suggest Zager ran the
club at times.
Meanwhile, he maintained a sprawling family home shared with his wife,
Veronica, three children, several dogs, cats and an iguana.
"We're just like everybody else," Veronica Zager told The Free Press
two years ago.
Police accused the two of laundering millions of dollars from their
businesses to the Hells Angels.
"We wish somebody would tell me where it is so we could at least enjoy
it," Veronica Zager said at the time.
She could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The door to the two-storey, brown brick home was answered by a friend
who said little except that the family was hurting.
An employee at Hard Core Tattoo on Richmond Street would say only the
business would continue.
Hells Angels spokesperson Donny Peterson in Toronto wouldn't comment
on Zager's death and no one answered the door at the London clubhouse.
Zager was never one to shy away from the public eye.
He and his wife filed a $3-million lawsuit against London, provincial
and federal police in 2003, claiming police negligence, malicious
prosecution and the breach of their Charter rights over drug and
conspiracy charges that were eventually withdrawn.
Zager also refused to stop wearing his vest emblazoned with the Hells
Angels emblem, despite the legal troubles it brought him.
Neighbours on Melbourne Road described Zager yesterday as a pleasant,
helpful man.
"He was one of the best neighbours I ever had," said Fred Albert, who
lived across from Zager.
"Before, we used to have break-ins here. When he moved in, they just
stopped."
Zager often would come over and plow out Albert's lane without being
asked and without asking for anything in return, he said.
Another neighbour said Zager often had parties with bikers at his
house, but nothing bad ever happened.
"I am very surprised," John Albert said.
"Nothing ever happened there."
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It looks like the London police might succeed in wiping out the HAMC
in London, Ont. The bikers there actually staged a protest against the
police department which ended when some teenager spraypainted the
building. Halifax is the only place where the Hell's Angels have been
eliminated in Canada.
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/on/press/2002/2002_dec_19_c_e.htm shows
where Zager has faced drug charges before.
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