Sudbury HAMC President Gets More Than 6 Yrs
Greg Carr
sentenced to jail
Bob Vaillancourt
Wednesday, July 04, 2007 - 09:00
Local News - Smiling and acknowledging acquaintances throughout the
courtroom four men associated with the Sudbury chapter of the Hell's Angels
motorcycle gang began prison terms ranging from four and a half to six years
and two months for conspiring to traffic cocaine in Sudbury.
Gilles Andy Levac, 47, of Val Caron; Alan Whittaker, 42, of Sudbury; Pietro
Agricola, 44, of Skead; and Wayne Sterling Stewart, 51, of Sudbury, all
pleaded guilty in Sudbury Couthouse on Tuesday.
The arrest of the four earlier this year came after an 18-month probe by
members of three police services - Greater Sudbury, the RCMP and the OPP
Biker Enforcement Unit.
Using everything from personal and video surveillance to wiretaps and audio
probes, the police tracked the arrival of cocaine in the city to its
distribution through a network.
Police alleged that Levac, acting as president of the Sudbury chapter of the
Hell's Angels, arranged for cocaine to arrive in the city, while Agricola
and Whittaker occasionally helped to either store or transport the drugs, or
both.
The drugs were eventually given to Stewart for distribution through a
network of sub dealers in Greater Sudbury, some of whom worked out of local
strip clubs.
In one intercepted phone call, Stewart tells an associate how he is careful
not to keep the drugs with him and that he has strippers at a local bar
working for him.
From July 2005 to February of this year, police regularly recorded visits by
the four with one another, and with others, intercepted telephone calls and,
in one case, videotaped Stewart retrieving cocaine from the drop ceiling of
his apartment building hallway.
Police were also able to listen to conversations at a Hell's Angels party at
the gang's clubhouse in Val Caron last October.
In another telephone wiretap, police learned that Levac tried to visit Phil
Boudreault in the Sudbury and District Jail, but was turned back when drugs
were detected on him.
In December, Stewart is heard telling someone that he is broke because of
all the people that have yet to pay and that a fresh supply of drugs has not
yet arrived.
Four days later he was on the phone telling someone the drugs have arrived
and the distribution network has been re-established.
In another intercepted call, Levac calls Whittaker to say he can't find the
"package." Whittaker is heard giving him directions and then Levac tells him
he has it.
Minutes later Levac is arrested with two kilograms of cocaine.
Among items seized by police during a series of raids conducted as part of
the investigation are a number of photos showing Levac with other Hell's
Angels members in various Caribbean and European locations.
Police also seized just under three kilograms of cocaine with a street value
of $150,000, handguns, thousands of dollars in cash and a quantity of Hell's
Angels' paraphernalia including patches and jewelry.
Levac, who admitted he was the senior member of the conspiracy, but denied
being president of the local Hell's Angels' chapter, received a sentence of
six years and two months, in addition to the five months he has already
spent in custody.
Agricola and Whittaker, who both have been in jail since their February
arrest, were given an additional term of four years and two months.
Stewart, who was not in custody, was sentenced to four years and six months.
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good work against these Hell's Angels and keep it up.
HA is involved with
> extortion, homicide, kidnapping, prostitution, meth and cocaine
> dealing, rape, armed robbery and motorcycle theft and child
> pornography
> as well as phony currency and witness intimidation and obstruction of
> justice. They have been known to bribe and scare law enforcement
> officers and judges into doing their bidding. These ppl must be
> rooted
> out of the Cdn justice system. Two judges have actually done their
> job
> and declared HAMC a criminal org and the Victoria Times-Colonist is
> calling for it to be banned as a terrorist org.
> The White Rock chapter Sgt.Of Arms, Villy Roy Lynnerup, recently was
> arrested for trying to board an airplane at YVR
> with a loaded firearm. Was probably going to crash the plane into the
> Downtown courthouse or hold the passengers hostage in exchange for
> the
> release of Moms Boucher and all imprisoned full patch members. All
> the
> Hell's Angels, their supporters, associates etc. should be imprisoned
> for twenty years
> their children put in foster care and their assets seized.
Ppl are trying to get HAMC listed as a terrorist org. If you support this
then write letters to editors of local newspapers and your local MP.
> As well John Les the solicitor-general of BC has advocated banning
> the wearing of gang colours such as biker patches in bars. Since HA
> is
> known to frequent the College Place and the Cecil and has links to
> various bars in BC that would be an improvement. The gang has a
> history of intimidating
> bartenders, infiltrating unions involved in the bar industry, beating
> and killing strippers and beating customers to death at random for no
> reason. Contact your MLA as well as the local media and tell them you
> want this implemented sooner rather than later.
> VPD is appealing again for info about the homicide of Maria Yvette
> Monzon who was shot dead on the westside of Vancouver. She was killed
> by HA but the police have never stated that. There is a reward.
> Art Hanger the chair of the Justice Committee can be contacted at:
> Hill Office
> House of Commons
> Ottawa, Ontario
> K1A 0A6 (No postage required.)
> Telephone: (613) 947-4487
> Fax: (613) 947-4490
> EMail: Hang...@parl.gc.ca
> Web Site:* www.arthangermp.com/
> Preferred Language: English Constituency Offices
> 2635 - 37th Avenue NE, Suite 140
> Calgary, Alberta
> T1Y 5Z6
> Telephone: (403) 291-0018
> Fax: (403) 291-9516
sdgreen
I think though the HA are branching out to other things. HA even got
rid of the Marble Arch in Vancouver apparently selling same to the
BCGovt for apretty large amount of cash.
Time will tell if the HA network is any way disrupted.
==
Some Guy
the entire article? Note how I am trimming my reply.
sdgreen wrote:
> > Hell's Angels drug network unravelled in court; Three local
> > chapter members sentenced to jail
> Time will tell if the HA network is any way disrupted.
Why is my tax money used to pay for police and all their toys,
gadgets, and overtime, which are spent dealing with this the low
socio-economic underclass that partake in the drug world?
Drug use, drug transportation and dealing, is a victimless "crime".
Let the gutter-dwellers have their drugs. They've got nothing else,
and the police could be put to better use - or reduce their ranks.
Greg Carr
Marble Arch in its heyday. Ernest "Ernie" Uno Ozolins a full patch was a
regular and his death remains unsolved. Some ppl are complaining about the
Drake deal since the Mayor claims not to have known about the HA ownership
even though it was reported in the Vancouver Sun and commented about on
USENET. The price also appears to be perhaps to high. The Mayor has in the
past gone into that part of town and bought drugs for ppl and allowed his
van to be used for drug taking. It was claimed the hotel was vacant but
there were ppl living in the rooms. Low level gang members would extort
money from ppl walking in the alleys adjacent to the property.
City pays $3.2m for hotel linked to Hells Angels
Drake and its stripper bar will be converted to social housing
Jeff Lee
Vancouver Sun
Friday, June 22, 2007
CREDIT: Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun
Mayor Sam Sullivan said the city bought the Drake as part of its long-term
strategy to reduce homelessness.
The City of Vancouver has bought the Drake Hotel, a Downtown Eastside strip
club, from a company whose sole director and officer is a high-profile
member of the Hells Angels.
Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan announced Thursday the city had paid $3.2
million for the hotel at 606 Powell St.
Assessment, land title and company records show the hotel was owned by a
numbered company, 634321 BC Ltd., whose president, secretary and sole
director is John Bryce, president of the Angels' East End chapter in
Vancouver as recently as April. It also shows the property with an assessed
value of $1.14 million this year, just over a third of what the city paid.
Bryce confirmed in a telephone interview that he is the director of the
company that sold the hotel to the city, but said he was only one of a
number of owners. He refused to discuss the matter further. When asked if he
was still the president of the chapter, he said "no," then hung up.
However, as recently as two months ago, Bryce, 56, was identified as
president of the chapter, which police have said is one of the most powerful
Hells Angels groups in the province. In April, his son, Jonathan Bryce, was
sentenced to six years in prison for cocaine trafficking and extortion.
Company records for 634321 BC Ltd. list Bryce's registered address as 3270
Parker Ave. in Burnaby, which is the location of his Hi-Way Choppers
motorcycle shop.
Sullivan's office said the mayor didn't know who owned the hotel and was
unaware Bryce was a director of the company.
"The mayor was not aware of that, and he would not normally have been aware
of who the owners are of a property the city buys," said David Hurford,
Sullivan's press officer.
(The Drake was well known as a Hell's Angel owned business and Sullivan
himself used to go to the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood where it is
located and give money to ppl to buy drugs and allow drug users to use his
van to do drugs in.)
He also said the purchase price reflected the going market and the fact
there were multiple bidders.
Hurford said the city often uses an agent to purchase properties and
wouldn't deal directly with an owner, but in this case he doesn't know if
the city was aware of the Hells Angels connection.
Sullivan said the city bought the hotel as part of its long-term strategy to
reduce homelessness. For more than three years, the hotel's 24 rooms have
been vacant. Only the hotel's 220-seat pub, which featured exotic dancers,
continued to operate.
(As recently as a couple months ago there were some ppl living in the rooms
upstairs. Ppl wearing HA support T-shirts would try to extort $20 from ppl
walking in the alley behind the hotel.)
But the hotel's gritty history changed this week after the city agreed to
buy it and refurbish the rooms in the short term for people on assistance.
In the process, it decided not to renew the hotel's liquor licence.
This isn't the first time the hotel was sought by government. Forests
Minister Rich Coleman said he tried to buy the Drake earlier this year as
part of the purchase of 10 Downtown Eastside rooming hotels.
Calls to Coleman's office later to inquire whether he was aware of the
Angels connection were not returned.
Julian Sher, an author and expert on outlaw motorcycle gangs, said Bryce is
considered to be one of the most influential Hells Angels members,
regardless of whether he's still the president of the East End chapter.
"He was always seen as one of the godfathers of the B.C. Hells Angels," Sher
said.
Coleman, who attended the news conference with Sullivan at city hall, said
the province wasn't able to conclude a deal with the Drake's owners, so the
city agreed to purchase it instead. But the province will help with income
and support programs for the residents who will begin to move in sometime in
the fall.
Sullivan said the hotel could be redeveloped for a combination of assisted
and market housing and commercial services. But for now, he said it and the
10 single-room occupancy hotels the province bought last spring have more
than doubled the target of housing identified in the city's Vancouver
Homeless Action Plan.
Jill Davidson, the city's homeless policy coordinator, estimated it will
spend about $30,000 per unit to refurbish the Drake.
At least one Vancouver councillor was concerned after learning of the Hells
Angels connection.
Raymond Louie said he's heard Bryce's name before but did not know that he
was a director of the company that owned the Drake.
He said he was surprised and concerned, but also believes the city's
purchase of the hotel was appropriate.
"In the end I don't think it [the Hells Angels connection] is material to
the intent of what we are trying to accomplish because we are trying to
provide low income housing and to redevelop the property for a positive
outcome of the community."
But Louie said the city also needs to know that taxpayers' money doesn't go
to fund illegal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs. He added he didn't
know whether the company that owned the Drake was directly connected to the
Angels.
(It has been printed in the Vancouver Sun previously.)
"I think these are good questions. I'll be asking that the process be
tightened up slightly, so that perhaps we do look at [the history of an
owner]," he said.
"But undertaking that work will be substantial, because if it's not the
Hells Angels then it could be a group that is offshore."
© The Vancouver Sun 2007
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According to the printed copy of the Vancouver Sun the city paid around
three times the amount the property was assessed at namely 1.4 million
dollars.
"sdgreen" <sdg...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:TGHmi.121677$xq1.85067@pd7urf1no...
Sure hope so.
>
> ==
Greg Carr
"Some Guy" <So...@Guy.com> wrote in message news:469B7578...@Guy.com...
> SDgreen, why don't you trim your posts? Why post a reply and quote
> the entire article? Note how I am trimming my reply.
>
> sdgreen wrote:
>
>> > Hell's Angels drug network unravelled in court; Three local
>> > chapter members sentenced to jail
>
>> Time will tell if the HA network is any way disrupted.
>
> Why is my tax money used to pay for police and all their toys,
> gadgets, and overtime, which are spent dealing with this the low
> socio-economic underclass that partake in the drug world?
Hundreds of thousands in assets and cash were siezed in this investigation
and will be used to help pay the costs. Low socia-economic class? These ppl
are riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Many of the ppl in the Hell's Angels own businesses and homes and some are
multi-millionaires. Drugs such as cocaine are illegal in every country on
the planet and if it can be reduced by 75% in this country or better it will
be a huge impovement in out towns and cities. Opium was once a problem and
it was 99.9% eliminated. I'm surprised the Hell's Angels were so sloppy on
the phone knowing how often they are subjected to surveillance but of course
they use the product and drink beer which must impair their operational
capability.
>
> Drug use, drug transportation and dealing, is a victimless "crime".
No. Drug users end up draining the health care system and commit crimes such
as assaults they wouldn't if sober as well as crashing vehicles into
innocent ppl. Without the drug transportation and dealing these ppl wouldn't
be able to get their drugs so it must be dealt with seriously.
> Let the gutter-dwellers have their drugs.
No. Many ppl start off middle class or even better but end up in the gutter
because of drugs. Also not fair to the gutter dwellers who are sober.
They've got nothing else,
> and the police could be put to better use - or reduce their ranks.
better use? Hire more of them for Project Ice (busting child pornographers)
or for combating fraud which by all reports is increasing as meth addicts
use it to fund their criminal lifestyle.
Whaaadah?
Next thing you know black bears will be on crack north of
Chapleau!
Fucking world gone to hell totally...
Some Guy
> > Why is my tax money used to pay for police and all their toys,
> > gadgets, and overtime, which are spent dealing with this the
> > low socio-economic underclass that partake in the drug world?
>
> Hundreds of thousands in assets and cash were siezed in this
> investigation and will be used to help pay the costs. Low socia-
> economic class? These ppl are riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles
> worth tens of thousands of dollars.
Call me when they start driving Lexus's. All I know is that cash
wasn't stolen from me or anyone else.
The war on drugs is a complete waste of tax dollars.
Legalize the shit and sell it in controlled substance-use facilities,
and make sure there's plenty of methadone around. Take the money out
of the equation and HA will disappear.
> better use? Hire more of them for Project Ice (busting child
> pornographers) or for combating fraud which by all reports is
> increasing as meth addicts use it to fund their criminal
> lifestyle.
The police are criminals too. They can't be trusted to police
themselves.
Greg Carr
"Some Guy" <So...@Guy.com> wrote in message news:469CCAC3...@Guy.com...
> Greg Carr wrote:
>
>> > Why is my tax money used to pay for police and all their toys,
>> > gadgets, and overtime, which are spent dealing with this the
>> > low socio-economic underclass that partake in the drug world?
>>
>> Hundreds of thousands in assets and cash were siezed in this
>> investigation and will be used to help pay the costs. Low socia-
>> economic class? These ppl are riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles
>> worth tens of thousands of dollars.
>
> Call me when they start driving Lexus's. All I know is that cash
> wasn't stolen from me or anyone else.
I t was probably stolen in robberies and from selling products stolen in
apartment and home break ins and from shoplifting sprees.
>
> The war on drugs is a complete waste of tax dollars.
I disagree.
>
> Legalize the shit and sell it in controlled substance-use facilities,
> and make sure there's plenty of methadone around. Take the money out
> of the equation and HA will disappear.
Lots of ppl trying to get off methadone. Methadone is itself a drug but not
as bad as H. HA existed before the 60's drug culture existed. Formally make
it a terrorist org to eliminate it or severely curtail it. Increase rehab
facilities and increase the penalties for selling, transporting and using.
>
>> better use? Hire more of them for Project Ice (busting child
>> pornographers) or for combating fraud which by all reports is
>> increasing as meth addicts use it to fund their criminal
>> lifestyle.
>
> The police are criminals too. They can't be trusted to police
> themselves.
Criminal police belong in the same prisons as HAMC. Some of them are already
on their payroll.