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Paul Brisebois — Was named a member of the Rockers around the same time he and Laurin killed a Verdun drug dealer. He became a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000. His case was severed from one of the megatrials and he later managed to plead guilty to second-degree murder even though his DNA was found at the scene of the murder of drug dealer Patrick Turcotte. As part of his plea bargain he is serving a life sentence but is eligible for parole in 2011.
Salvatore Brunetti — Served time in prison near the beginning of the biker war as a member of the Dark Circle, one of the rival gangs that took on the Hells Angels. When the war ended he was serving a short sentence as a member of the Hells Angels. He defected to the Nomads chapter on December 19, 2000. On November 18, 2002, he agreed to plead guilty to drug trafficking and was sentenced to three years. By late 2004 he was released on parole after reaching the two-thirds mark of his sentence.
David (Wolf) Carroll — Was a founding member of the Hells Angels’ Halifax chapter on December 5,1984. Transferred to the Montreal chapter in 1990 and then joined the Nomads chapter in 1995. Disappeared when a warrant was issued for his arrest in March 2001 and has never been seen since.
René Charlebois — Joined the Rockers in April 1997. Evidence tied him to at least two murders committed during the biker war as well as the slaying of a police informant. Charlebois was apparently rewarded well for his work as a Rocker and was made a full-patch member of the Nomads chapter on April 14, 2000. Originally sentenced to 20 years when he pleaded guilty in his megatrial case on September 23, 2003. He also later agreed to a plea bargain in a case where he was charged with killing an informant. He was sentenced to life after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.
André Chouinard — Joined the Rockers on July 15, 1994. Quickly became a close confidant to Boucher because his clean-cut image and lack of a police record did not draw police attention to the Hells Angels’ leader. Four years later he became a full-patch member of the Nomads chapter. He left the gang “in good standing” on July 20, 2000. Despite leaving the Hells Angels he was charged in Project Rush and was in hiding for several months until the police tracked him down. He had been hiding in a house in the Eastern Townships. On March 8, 2004, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder rival gang members, drug trafficking and gangsterism. He agreed to a twenty-two-year sentence, one of the harshest given in connection with Project Rush. It is believed he agreed to the sentence because he was also facing the possibility of being extradited to the U.S. to face a trial for drug smuggling which might have produced an even tougher sentence.
Raynald Desjardins — A key member of Montreal’s Mafia who spent all of the biker war behind bars. He was doing time for his role in a major drug bust that netted members of the Mafia and the Hells Angels in the early 1990s. During the investigation, Desjardins was seen meeting with Maurice (Mom) Boucher. He was released in 2004 after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence he received. While behind bars he hung out with members of the Hells Angels.
Alain Dubois — the son of a notorious gangster who himself was part of an organized crime gang. He was made a member of the Rockers on August 24, 1999, but left the gang on April 26, 2000, but was still charged in connection with Project Rush. He was convicted by a jury and was sentenced, on April 8, 2004,to nine years and nine months. The Quebec Court of Appeal later reduced the sentence to nine years.
Paul (Fon Fon) Fontaine — A member of the Rockers early on in the biker war. He was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter on July 1, 1997, and later promoted to full-patch member in 1998, while he was on the lam attempting to avoid being tried for the murder of a provincial prison guard. He would be found by the police in 2004.
Éric (Pif) Fournier — Joined the Rockers on October 24, 1999. He was the bodyguard of Louis (Melou) Roy until Roy disappeared. Fournier got away with murder early on in the biker war after evidence was mistakenly destroyed before his criminal trial could begin. He was convicted of conspiring to murder rival gang members, drug trafficking and gangsterism. On April 8, 2004, he was sentenced to nine years on top of the time he spent behind bars awaiting the outcome of his case. In June 2004 he also pleaded guilty to murdering one of the innocent victims of the biker war and received a life sentence with no chance at parole until he has served 15 years behind bars.
Stéphane (Godasse) Gagné — The trigger man in the murders of two prison guards. Gagné turned informant after he was arrested in 1997. He would become the key witness in the trial that ultimately sent Maurice (Mom) Boucher behind bars.
Normand (Biff) Hamel — A close friend of Boucher who became a Hells Angel on October 5, 1986, only months before Mom did. He was chosen to be a founding member of the Nomads chapter. Was murdered in Laval in April 2000.
Patrick Henault — An aggressive member of the Alliance who turned informant after he was arrested in a botched hit on a friend of Maurice (Mom) Boucher. He would help give details, in the Hells Angels’ megatrials, about how the gang war looked from the other side.
Stéphane (Archie) Hilareguy — Was made a member of the Rockers on March 26,1999. He disappeared about a year later when his name was tied to two murders he helped carry out for the Hells Angels. His remains were later found in the Eastern Townships.
Denis Houle — Became a Hells Angel on October 5, 1982. Was chosen to be among the elite of the Nomads chapter in 1995 even though he had spent several of the previous years behind bars. Survived at least two attempts on his life during the biker war. Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and other charges on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to 15 years on top of the equivalent of 5 he spent behind bars awaiting the outcome of his case.
Dany Kane — Part of the Hells Angels’ massive underling network for years, he secretly worked with the police for most of the biker war. Near the beginning of the war he worked as a tipster for the RCMP, handing the Mounties information about the Hells Angels for cash. The RCMP dropped him after he was charged with murder in Nova Scotia. He got off in the case and was hired by Quebec’s anti-biker gang squad to infiltrate the Hells Angels again. His work was crucial to gathering evidence but he committed suicide before ever having to testify in court.
Daniel (Boteau) Lanthier — A member of the Rockers since April 1994, before the biker war started. He remained an important figure in the underling gang and was part of a committee that ran it. He was part of the group that pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 10 years from the day his plea bargain was accepted.
Sylvain Laplante — Joined the Rockers in 1995 after apparently following Gilles (Trooper) Mathieu into the Nomads chapter’s vast organization. Before that, Laplante was part of another Hells Angels’ puppet gang that operated in western Quebec. He pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 10 years from the day his plea bargain was accepted.
Jean-Richard (Race) Larivière — Was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000, the same day as Guillaume (Mimo) Serra. Police surveillance on Larivière was one of the keys to unlocking the Nomads chapter’s system that managed their millions. In June 2004 he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism and received an 18-year sentence.
Pierre (Peanut) Laurin — Joined the Rockers on August 24, 1999, as a drug dealer already well established in Montreal’s west end at the time. Was involved in the May 2000 murder of a drug trafficker in Verdun and was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter later that same year. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a life sentence. He is eligible for parole in 2011.
Bruno Lefebvre — Joined the Rockers in December 1998. Became a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000.He was shot once by accident by a fellow member of the Rockers when they raided a drug den that was controlled by their enemies. He was sentenced, on April 8, 2004,to serve 12 years and 9 months from that date. He has to serve at least half that time before being eligible for parole.
Guy Lepage — A forme
r member of the Montreal Urban Community police who had to resign from the force in the 1970s. He later joined the Rockers and was considered a close associate of Maurice (Mom) Boucher. During the Project Rush investigation the police noticed that Lepage chauffeured Boucher to important meeting with Hells Angels and other drug dealers. He also was making lengthy trips to Colombia which the police later learned were to help arrange cocaine shipments for the Nomads chapter. He was extradited to Florida where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and was sentenced to 10 years in September 2002. As part of his plea agreement he was allowed to serve most of his sentence in Canada.
Gilles (Trooper) Mathieu — Became a Hells Angel on December 5, 1980.A constant presence around Boucher when the police were monitoring the gang. He was a founding member of the Nomads chapter in 1995. Was apparently one of the Nomads who decided who among their rivals would be targeted for murder. Mathieu, Mayrand, Houle and a few others were caught looking over photos of their enemies in a hotel suite in 2001. He pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 15 years on top of the prison time he already did awaiting the outcome of his trial.
Richard (Dick) Mayrand — Became a member of the Hells Angels on March 1, 1984. Stayed with the gang even though its members killed his brother Michel in an internal purge in 1985. He was not a founding member of the Nomads chapter but joined it later, on January 14, 2000. He was involved in much of the chapter’s diplomatic issues as 2000 neared its end. Appeared to be heavily involved in having gangs from Ontario join the Hells Angels en masse and flew to Vancouver apparently just to warn an influential member of the Bandidos from the U.S. that they shouldn’t move into Canada. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism in a jury trial. He was sentenced to serve 16 years and 9 months beginning on April 8, 2004. He must serve half that time before being eligible for parole.
Sylvain (Vin Vin) Moreau — Joined the Rockers on August 24,1999. Before that he was a petty criminal who was often caught trying to pass bad cheques. Before being made a member of the Rockers, he collected drug debts from inmates for the Hells Angels. He was convicted by a jury and sentenced, on April 8,2004,to 14 years and 9 months. He has to serve at least half being eligible for parole.
Peter Paradis — A former member of the Rock Machine who turned informant. He would later testify in the megatrials against the Hells Angels who tried to kill him during the biker war.
Pierre Provencher — A member of the Rockers throughout the biker gang war. As part of his plea bargain he was sentenced to 15 years on September 23, 2003.After factoring in the time he served awaiting the outcome of his case, he had 10 years left to serve.
Normand Robitaille — Joined the Rockers on June 23,1994. An ambitious young gangster who often paired up with Charlebois in drug trafficking when both were Rockers. Survived at least two attempts on his life during the war. He became a member of the Nomads chapter on October 5, 1998. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder rival gang members, drug trafficking and gangsterism on September 23, 2003, and received a 20-year sentence. In March 2005, he saw a year added to the sentence after he was found guilty of hiding the profits of his drug trafficking in real estate.
Michel Rose — Reputed to be an important drug trafficker before he became a prospect in the Nomads chapter on October 5,1998. He was given his full patch on the chapter’s four-year anniversary. On March 8,2004, he pleaded guilty to a variety of charges and received a 22-year sentence. With the time he served behind bars factored into his sentence, he had 16 years left to serve and will be eligible for parole after serving half of that.
Louis (Melou) Roy — Became a Hells Angel on June 24, 1991. Survived an attempt on his life and beat murder charges after leaving the Trois Rivières chapter and joining the Nomads chapter in 1995. Was last seen alive on June 20, 2000, and is believed to have been purged from the gang.
Guillaume (Mimo) Serra — Was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000, just a few months before being arrested in Operation Springtime 2001. Informants would later say Serra brought international savvy to the Nomads chapter and had contacts in foreign countries. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism on September 23, 2003, and was ordered to serve 10 years from that date.
Stéphane Sirois — Joined the Rockers as a drug dealer early on in the biker war. He was forced out of the gang but later returned as an informant. He would secretly record conversations that would be used in the megatrials.
Walter (Nurget) Stadnick — Became a Hells Angel on May 26,1982. Was once the gang’s Canadian national president. He joined Boucher in leaving the Montreal chapter and became a founding member of the Nomads chapter in 1995. An influential figure among the Hells Angels across Canada and described as a key player in helping to spread chapters across Canada. He was convicted by a Quebec Superior Court judge on June 23, 2004. On September 13, 2004, he was sentenced to the equivalent of 20 years — 13 years and 1 month on top of the time he served awaiting the outcome of his trial. Stadnick and his fellow Ontario Hells Angel Donald Stockford were proven to have dealt in more than $11 million worth of cocaine for the gang in a mere matter of months. During that time they were estimated to have made a profit of more than $2 million.
Donald (Pup) Stockford — Became a Hells Angel on May 26, 1993. Like Stadnick, he was a biker from Ontario who was frequently in Montreal during the biker war and joined the Nomads chapter in 1995. He played an important role in convincing Ontario gangs to join the Hells Angels. Worked as a stuntman when he wasn’t busy working with the Hells Angels. Like Stadnick, he was convicted by a Quebec Superior Court judge on June 23, 2004. On September 13, 2004, he was sentenced to the equivalent of 20 years — 13 years and 6 months on top of the time he served awaiting the outcome of his trial.
André (Toots) Tousignant — A founding member of the Rockers who was eager to be promoted to the Nomads chapter. He was Maurice (Mom) Boucher’s bodyguard and henchman early on in the biker war and took part in the murder of a prison guard in 1997. Tousignant was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter on July 1, 1997. But he disappeared after the Hells Angels learned someone had turned informant in the murder and his body was discovered on February 27,1998, in the Eastern Townships.