Biker Trials, The (55 page)

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.