Renegades MC President Shot Dead In Prince George, BC
Ninth Commandment
Renegades boss murdered
FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff
The president of the Renegades motorcycle club is the dead man at the
centre of the Salmon Valley fire Sunday night that quickly turned into
a homicide investigation.
Sources indicate William John Moore, 35, was shot to death inside a
vehicle found in a wooded area behind the mobile home he was framing
on the Hart Highway just past McLeod Road.
The home and a nearby camper trailer were fully engulfed in flames by
about 8 p.m. Sunday, bringing fire crews to the scene from the Salmon
Valley Volunteer Fire Department. They discovered the body and
notified police.
Moore was the president of the Prince George Renegades Motorcycle Club
and was facing several charges in connection with the Hells Angels.
Moore was one of the Renegades busted in an RCMP investigation in
January. He was accused of three counts of trafficking in cocaine.
Nine others from the Renegades and the Hells Angels from Vancouver and
their associates were also charged with drug and weapons offences
after a 20-month covert investigation.
Moore was also facing more recent allegations of breaching his
recognizance, but was freed on bail Friday.
Police would not confirm the deceased man is Moore, but sources close
to Moore, including people at the Renegades clubhouse on Fir Street,
confirmed his identity.
"He got shot," said one man who answered the door at the Renegades
clubhouse. "We don't know who (did it). We haven't got a clue."
"(We found out) last night," said a second man at the clubhouse. "He
had gunshot wounds. Honestly, you probably know as much as we do."
Moore is the third homicide victim in recent months to be killed
within days or weeks of release from jail.
The first was Peter John Letendre, found shot to death in the snow on
Norwood Street on Dec. 11, only six weeks after he and three other men
were let off of their group assault charge when the victim failed to
attend court as the key witness against them.
The second was Ronald William Telford, stabbed to death on Feb. 11
only 48 hours after his release from jail after serving a two-month
sentence for theft over $5,000 and a credit card offence.
http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/current/n1.php
He was supposed to appear in court this coming Friday.
The original list of those arrested
http://www.rcmp-bcmedia.ca/printablepressrelease.jsp?vRelease=6516
The official take on criminal biker gangs can be found at
http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/policing/organized_crime/FactSheets/omg_e.asp