Hells Angels MC criminal allegations and incidents in Ontario

[2] The police stated that the Satan's Choice and the Para-Dice Riders were strong biker gangs worthy of joining the Hells Angels, but the Last Chance and the Lobos were "mumblies" (slang for drug addicts who were said to mumble all the time because of their drug-addled state)..[3] Andy Stewart of the Ontario Provancial Police's Anti-Biker Unit said: "They're loyal to each other until they die-and then the next day they're swapping patches with guys who are their sworn enemies.

[5] On 12 April 2001, the Hells Angels formed a chapter in London, Ontario headed by the Coates brothers, John and Jimmy.

[11] In the greater Toronto area, the cocaine sold by the Hells Angels is reported as being 85%-90% pure owing to competition from the Mafia and Asian gangs.

[12] Don Bell of the Ontario Provincial Police's Anti-Biker Enforcement Unit told the journalists William Marsden and Julian Sher in 2006: "In the north the HA more or less control the market.

[6] In July 2001, a Hells Angels "prospect", Douglas "Plug" Johnstone, visited Garry Smith, a car dealer in London, Ontario to demand that he pay $70, 000 in extortion money.

[14] The following week, Jimmy Coates, the president of the Angels' London chapter at the time, arrived to tell Smith and verbally threatened him by saying, "We know where you live.

[21] On 10 March 2002, two members of the Hells Angels Montreal puppet gang, the Rockers, Daniel Lamer and Marc Bouffard, were stopped by the OPP on the 401 highway just outside of Kingston.

[24] In September 2004, two Angels, Steven "Tiger" Lindsay and Raymond Bonner, were convicted of extorting $75,000 from a black-market satellite dealer in Barrie.

[25] Both Angels had arrived at the man's house wearing their patches while a police bug recorded Lindsay as saying to pay the money or else deal with "five other guys that are fucking the same kind of motherfucker as I am".

[26] Justice Micelle Fuerst also convicted the two men of gangsterism, saying "...they presented themselves not as individuals, but as members of a group with a reputation for violence and intimidation.

[27] In September 2006, after an 18-month investigation conducted by numerous law enforcement agencies, 500 officers and 21 tactical teams raided property connected to the Hells Angels chapters in Ontario at the conclusion of Project Tandem.

[27] Ward was convicted of gangsterism on 25 March 2009 and sentenced to 14 years in prison..[32] In 2005, David Atwell, the sergeant-at-arms of the Angels Downtown Toronto chapter, became a police informer.

[33] In April 2007, after another 18-month investigation dubbed "Project Develop," 32 Hells Angels clubhouses were raided in Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia.

The Hells Angels clubhouse on 498 Eastern Avenue in Toronto was raided by the Biker Enforcement Unit of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and members of the Toronto Police Service on 4 April 2007, and at least fifteen members of the Hells Angels were detained and charged with drug and weapons offenses at the Eastern Avenue clubhouse raid.

[38] At a trial that took place between September 2010 and May 2011 where Atwell was the star witness for the Crown, five Hells Angels including John "Winner" Neal, the president of the Downtown Toronto chapter, were convicted on charges relating to dealing in GHB and cocaine plus possession of illegal weapons, but all of the accused were acquitted on charges of belonging to a criminal organization.

[43] ON 12 January 2011, a in plea bargain with the Crown, Watteel admitted to selling cocaine to an undercover police officer in exchange for the other charges being dropped; Wateel was sentenced to 4 years in prison.