But up closeit feels decidedly more sinister". [209] At the same time, "Mary Thompson" who was full of guilt by not doing anything to save Douse's life, told the OPP that the truth about the murder of Douse, and Brown, Quinn, Acorn, and Aragon were all arrested for his murder in June 2006. [95] Between 20 and 22 March, Sandham again went to Vancouver to meet with American Bandidos in the Peace Arch Park. This acted as the Annihilators new base of operations. [55] In defence of Muscedere, Salerno emailed to Carleton "Pervert" Bare, the secretary of Bandidos USA, that the national president had tried 5 times to visit Houston,[57] but was "turned down everytime and the last time detained until he was deemed an undesirable and escorted back to Canadian soil. [22] Every single Bandido in Quebec was arrested, as well as most of the Ontario members. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. [16] In the summer of 2000, Stadnick made an offer to most of the Ontario biker gangs that was too sweet for them to refuse; they could join the Hells Angels as "full patch" members without having to go through the "hang-around" and "prospect" stages, provided they did so by the end of the year. [123] Edwards argued that despite Kellestine's protestations that he was being forced to act that he appeared to be "gloating" in his call to Acorn. [61] Kellestine had been ordered by Houston to "pull the patches" on the "no surrender crew" or be expelled himself. Paul "Big Paulie" Sinopoli was an Argentine immigrant. [70] The status of the "no surrender crew" was somewhat ambiguous afterwards, perhaps because it would be humiliating for Houston to have "no surrender crew" wear their Bandido patches without Houston being able to do anything about it. The reputation is fucked". [161] Muscedere's girlfriend, Nina Lee, called Kellestine at about 8:00 am to ask where her boyfriend was, and he told her that he had just left. .

[235] Kellestine was defended by Clay Powell, a Toronto lawyer best known for defending Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones after he was arrested for heroin possession in Toronto in 1977; Sandham was defended by Don Crawford, a lawyer used to defending "ambitious dimwits"; and Aravena was defended by Tony Bryant, well known in Ontario for his dogged defence of the serial killer Paul Bernardo at his 1995 trial. [11] On 12 April 2001, the Hells Angels opened a chapter in London and promptly informed the Loners that they wouldn't be allowed to use Ontario on their patch, as the Loners were only a "regional" club. [133] The forensic evidence does not support's Sandham's claim that Raposo had fired at him, and moreover Sandham is a "well known pathological liar" not known for his willingness to take responsibility for his actions. [195] Aragon and Sandham spent all of May 2006 and the first half of June writing emails to Houston denouncing each other and demanding that Houston support their claim to be the president of Bandidos Canada. I have made attempts to get these answers, but have not gotten fuck all". [200] Sandham was desperate to stay in the Bandidos, and Edwards wrote that after he was expelled that Sandham appeared to be "losing his mind". He agreed to let the full patch Bandidos use his apartment in hope that he might become a full patch Bandido. [169] The phrase "Shedden massacre" caused much chagrin to the residents of Shedden who complained their hamlet had nothing to do with the massacre. [253] Aravena testified his IQ was very low as he failed grades 7, 8, and 9 before dropping out of school in grade 10, saying he just could not handle learning, and that his principal accomplishment in life was losing MMA fights. [179] On 14 April 2006, M.H. The lawyers were considering asking for a review of Webster's ruling by a higher court, which could delay the case by several months. [43] On 7 March 2006, Sandham, Kellestine and the younger Weiche travelled to British Columbia to visit the Peace Arch Park on the American-Canadian border. "[151] Salerno also tried to shake Aravena's hand, but he declined, saying: "I'm not shaking your hand". met with Constable Timothy Diack, who told him the police knew he was involved in the massacre and he could either turn Crown's evidence or go to prison for the rest of his life. He had a good job working as a manager at a trailer-rental company in Mississauga.

In the trial, more than one person used the nickname "George Costanza" for him. But I'm not a womanizer. [38] That month George Wegers of Bandidos USA was arrested by the FBI. [34] Atkinson wanted Kriarakis to follow him into the Outlaws, and when the latter refused, Atkinson remarked: "These guys are going to get you killed one day". [9], On 2 June 1999, Kellestine's Annihilators Motorcycle Club, based in St. Thomas, joined the Loners club in Woodbridge led by Gennaro "Jimmy" Raso. [264] In his final address to the jury, Gowdey admitted that M.H was far from being a model citizen, but that the forensic evidence supported his testimony. [45], On 6 December 2005, Keswick drug dealer Shawn Douse was murdered. [202], The Canadian authorities alerted the American authorities about Sandham's impending visit to Houston, and the U.S customs allowed Sandham to cross the border to see what might happen. [187] On 24 May 2006, Constable Al Dubro discovered under Kellestine's micro-wave a secret doorway, where the police found Kellestine's gun cache. [8], At a bikers' "rodeo" held by the shores of Lake Simcoe in August 1998, hosted by the Loners gang and attended by members of the Satan's Choice, Red Devils, Vagabonds, Last Chance and Para-Dice Riders gangs was interrupted when the Hells Angels' elite Nomads chapter led by Stadnick rode in unannounced from Montreal.

[260] Aravena answered that he didn't know, saying he was a very stupid man who had much trouble when it came to thinking.[260]. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. [87] Raposo who always seemed to be giving anyone who took a photograph of him the finger, felt the club standards were collapsing under Muscedere's leadership, complaining it had taken him much time to become a full patch Loner in the 1990s and that Muscedere was letting in just anybody. [38] Muscedere owed $140.67, Sinopoli $191.23, Trotta $88.77, Jessome $136.66 and Kellestine $88.33. He only seems to have joined the club out of a desire to feel powerful and to be liked. In 1988, soon after becoming the Annihilators, they relocated to the town of St. Thomas. Very slow, some of the facts contradict other accounts. went to the closest pay phone at a gas station to call Constable Timothy Diack of the Winnipeg police to leave a message on his voice mail saying the charter of the Toronto Bandidos was going to "be pulled"; M.H had been working as a part-time police informer for several years and Diack was his contact. [18] However, George Wegers, the American Bandidos president preferred to deal with the Canadian Bandidos national treasurer, an Irish immigrant named Glenn "Wrongway" Atkinson, and Jason Addison, the president of Bandidos Australia, sent Atkinson a box of Bandido T-shirts to hand out to followers, instead of Muscedere. [19], Pointedly, the Chatham chapter of the Loners were not invited to join the Hells Angels, though many of the Vaughan chapter did join the Hells Angels. Wayne Kellestine, Michael Sandham and Dwight Mushey were each found guilty of eight counts of first-degree murder. [136], Over the next two hours, Kellestine frequently changed his mind about whether he was going to "pull the patches" or execute the "no surrender crew", and at one point allowed Muscedere to call his girlfriend, Nina Lee, on his cell phone provided he "didn't say anything fucking stupid". [185] Meeting with Atkinson on his deathbed, Fullager commented it was clear that Kellestine had committed the massacre as the bodies were found close to Kellestine's farm in south-western Ontario, all of the victims except Muscedere came from the greater Toronto area, and Kellestine was still alive. [252] As Bryant had a reputation for being aggressive, it was junior defence counsel Kathryn Wells who questioned him on the stand. [205] In response, Aragon in an email to Houston first revealed to the American Bandido leaders that Sandham had once been a policeman in Winnipeg (outlaw bikers did not accept current or former policemen into their ranks). Once I was done with the book I just said "Wow", Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2022, Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2021, Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2018. [18], In June 2002, after a series of police raids led to the arrest of several Bandidos in Ontario and Quebec, Muscedere became the group's new president. WE DO NOT HAVE OR NEVER WILL HAD COPS OR EX-COPS IN OUR CLUB!!!". [214] Morris complained afterwards to the media: "It's been horrible, Absolutely horrible. over and over again. [113] Sandham replied that his bulletproof vest was "ratty". Learn more about the program. It dragged on longer than necessary on some scenes and narration. [124] Kellestine had decided to "pull the patches" on the "no surrender crew", revoking their claim to call themselves Bandidos and then chosen to liquidate the "no surrender crew" when he realized that they would not take kindly to losing their prized Bandidos patches. [14] A British policeman told the journalist Patrick Lejtenyi that European outlaw bikers greatly respect American and Canadian outlaw bikers as being more violent than themselves, and are always happy when North American outlaw bikers pay them attention.

At the time, defence lawyers for at least two of the suspects said that the evidence presented warranted a reduction in charges for their clients. [30], Referring to the massacre, Yves Lavigne, an expert on outlaw bikers in Canada, told The London Free Press in 2016 that: "Bikers are not the smartest people. [134], On January 9, 2007, a preliminary hearing for all six suspects began in a court in London, Ontario, under extremely tight security. [44] In September 2005, Kellestine told Sandham that if he wanted to wear Bandido patches (which he had never been supplied with from Houston), he should just make his own, even though Bandido rules stated that anyone who wore a patch not supplied by Houston would be expelled. [77] Justice Edwin Minden called the killing of Douse "a vicious, senseless, callous and cowardly killing", saying the defendants should count themselves lucky for receiving such light sentences. [224], After Sandham's testimony on the stand, widely viewed as a "train-wreck" that did himself much damage, Aravena took the stand on 22 September 2009. [23] Brunette was charged with conspiracy to import drugs, and Muscedere became president, as the only senior Bandido not in prison or facing charges. [42] Sandham's rulebook also stated: "We have a chain of command in our Chapter. On 4 March 2006, Sandham sent out an email under the bland pseudonym "John Smith" to all Winnipeg chapter members to announce chapter president Sandham had just been promoted to a full patch Bandido (by whom he did not say). The Fat Mexican: The Bloody Rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, Dead Man Running. [155] Sinopoli's obese corpse did not fit properly into the trunk of the SUV that it was packed into with the other corpses, and nearly rolled out several times during the trip up the 401 highway. A friend of Pat Garrett, who killed Billy the Kid, Hough spent years in the west and wrote extensively about the frontier. They were not making any money, many of them had been rejected by the Hells Angels and half of them didn't even own a motorbike. [221], The three were delivered into OPP custody and transported to St. Thomas, Ontario for a court appearance that afternoon. [86] Flanz cruised Internet chat rooms looking for female companionship under the name BigDaddyRogue. [8] A complicating factor was that the Loners had been sponsored into the Bandidos by the Danish branch of the club, a move that was not sanctioned by the world headquarters of the Bandidos in Houston, Texas, making their extract status within the club somewhat problematic.

: [238] Gardiner's lawyer, Christopher Hicks, used his lengthy search for the "pickle tree" alleged to be growing on Kellestine's farm as evidence that his client had a very low IQ and was easily manipulated by those around him as his main defence argument. [57] Stratford, Ontario is regarded as the "meth-making capital" of Canada, as methamphetamine is usually manufactured in rural areas since it emits an unpleasant smell and needs anhydrous ammonia as an ingredient, a fertilizer commonly sold in rural stores. [14], On 22 December 2000, the Los Bravos biker gang in Winnipeg "patched over" to become Hells Angels, making them the dominant players in organized crime on the Prairies. [80] Kriarakis's wife Diane often pressed him to quit the Bandidos, and he himself talked frequently of his desire to leave the club, but he stayed out of loyalty to his biker "brothers".[80]. . They couldn't bring themselves to quit, too afraid to quit. [83] After being promoted to manager, Trotta often talked about quitting the Bandidos. Went like a man. "[21] The principal reason why the Winnipeg chapter were not granted full patches was that the treasurer of the Toronto Bandidos, Luis "Chopper" Raposo, accused Sandham of not paying the monthly membership dues that were owed to Toronto, with Sandham insisting that he had paid the dues. [243], Only two of the defendants took the stand to testify in their defense. [225] Former policemen are not popular in prisons, and Sandham was terrified about the possibility of going to prison. [74] Muscedere also defended Flanz from charges of being disloyal; Kellestine was an admirer of Nazi Germany and had issues with the Jewish Flanz. [4], Ever since entering Canada in 1977 when a Montreal biker gang, the Popeyes Motorcycle Club, "patched over" to become the first Hells Angels' chapter in Canada, it had been a long-standing aim of the Hells Angels to enter Ontario. One American Bandido, William "Bandido Bill" Sartelle, the treasurer of Bandidos USA, in an email to Raposo complained: "You can't come here, we can't come there, but you do not want to answer any questions. [64], Pike was greatly displeased by the refusal of the "no surrender crew" to return their patches, together with Muscedere's call for a vote to allow the Toronto chapter to stay, bluntly announcing the "Bandido Nation" was not a democracy. The killings took place at a farm outside of Iona Station and Shedden was the hamlet closest to where the bodies were discovered in a farmer's field. [155] Nobody wanted to drive Muscedere's car with his body in the driver's seat and the entire front seats soaked in blood, so his car was attached to Jessome's tow truck. [211] The American leadership of the Bandidos were reportedly humiliated when it emerged from media reports that the Winnipeg chapter were "bikers without bikes" as almost none of them knew how to ride a motorcycle, and none owned a Harley-Davidson, which are the normal prerequisites for being an outlaw biker. [184] Shortly after the massacre, James "Ripper" Fullager, the mentor to the "no surrender crew", died of cancer and on his deathbed complained that the Canadian outlaw biking scene had gone downhill since his youth in the 1960s, as now most "bikers" didn't know how to ride motorcycles and the outlaw biker code no longer counted with biker "brothers" killing each other. [204] Sandham made a great point of denouncing Kellestine to Pike, saying that Kellestine was a "crazy motherfucker" whom Pike should definitely expel. [247] Sandham stated that "pulling the patches" on outlaw bikers was a peaceful progress and no violence was planned; when led by the Crown attorney Gowdey to ask him if that was the case, why did he wear a bullet-proof vest and have a rifle with him on the night of 7 April? [154] As Flanz looked up with a sad expression, as if begging with his eyes to save his life, Sandham could not bring himself to kill him, claiming his gun was jammed. Just bizarreSome of (the victims) were pretty nice guys, and my feeling is that if they hadn't gone to the farm that night, within five years they would have just wandered out of it again.

[92] Salerno told Sinopoli that if he failed to attend the meeting and bring some $550 he owed in arrears to the club he would be expelled. [26] The gang incorrectly believed their name meant "the wolf pack" in Spanish, with the actual Spanish translation being "the workers". Or wannabesIt's like the NHL. When you get to the point when you're not even breaking even on drugs, like any other trade you decide to close the business. [113] The Bandido Winnipeg chapter's sergeant-at-arms, a man known only as MH had already cut a deal with the Crown, where in exchange for total immunity he would testify against the others, and the Crown was not inclined to make another deal for Sandham's testimony. [93] After the meeting in the Peace Arch Park, Weiche chose to remain in Vancouver, though he regularly exchanged phone calls with Sandham. [261] Under the outlaw biker code, bikers never "rat" on their colleagues with for example both Frank Lenti and Mario Parente both serving long prison sentences rather than accept offers of immunity from the Crown in exchange for testifying against other outlaw bikers. We're not the fucking Boy Scouts, so stop your whining". [217][218][219], On June 16, 2006, police in Winnipeg arrested three additional men, all from that city, in connection with the killings:[220], Police said that Sandham and Mushey were full members of the club, and Aravena was a prospective member. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. But Winnipeg were not granted full patches by Toronto.

[141] Several times, Kellestine asked Muscedere to join him despite the way he was attempting to depose him as national president, but he firmly declined, instead asking for an ambulance be called for Sinopoli and Kriarakis, who were bleeding to death. This move was an attempt to gain manpower to face the incoming threat of the Hell's Angels. [255] Aravena stated he wanted to call the police but: "I knew there was no way out no. [78] Michael "Little Mikey" Trotta was happily married with a daughter. [199] On 6 June 2006, Bare in a telephone call to Aragon complained about the dismal state of the Canadian Bandidos: "I tell you ten times not to bring in new guys and you do it right awayFuck, that was horribleEverybody up there is so fuckedThe name is fucked. Many of the Canadian bikers like the Rock Machine and Loners, who were both in conflict with the Hells Angels.

[241] When Stephanie Salerno testified about her late husband: "He became a much better man towards the end. I'll see you in a couple hours. [14], Douse arrived at Flanz's apartment by taxi. Addressing the court, Kriarakis's mother Vickie Kriarakis stated: "I miss GeorgeI wake up in the middle of the night and I feel the terror in his eyes". [49] Flanz was only a "prospect" with the Bandidos. They were impressed at the way that the Bandidos' Scandinavian chapters held their own against the Scandinavian branches of the Hells Angels. The Peace Arch Park, where it is possible to hold a conversation without crossing the border, is a popular meeting place for Canadian and American bikers. On the morning of April 8, 2006, residents of the hamlet of Shedden, Ontario, woke up to the news that the bloodied bodies of eight bikers from the Bandidos gang had been found dead on a local farm. wore recorded that Sandham's authority was breaking down with the other Winnipeg Bandidos increasingly deferring to Mushey, who was the most intelligent man in the chapter, and he started to talk like he was now the chapter president.

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