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Vito Rizzuto was arrested on January 20, 2004, in Montreal, for his involvement in the May 5, 1981, gangland killings of three rival Bonanno crime family captains (Alphonse Indelicato, Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera) and was sentenced to a 10-year prison sentence on May 4, 2007, after being extradited to the United States. [37]
Vito's son, Leonardo, and Rocco Sollecito's son, Stefano, are believed to be the heads of the Mafia in Montreal, both of whom were arrested and charged with drug trafficking and gangsterism in November 2015. [12] [13] On 19 February 2018, they were released from prison, acquitted of charges of gangsterism and conspiracy to traffic cocaine. [14]
Silver, a career criminal with arrests in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto, was suspected of involvement in at least 60 burglaries in Winnipeg. During one burglary, he shot Sgt. Major E. Sewell and Dtv. James Ayres. Fleeing by car, he was eventually cornered on foot at a nursing home by Cst. Alex Jamieson.
After being arrested in 1999 on charges of welfare fraud, Simard escaped and was discovered in October 2004 to be working as a security guard at the Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a private high school in Montreal. [38] He had been working at the school for nine months under the false identity of Charles Bouchard. [39]
Gangs in Montreal (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Organized crime in Montreal" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
On 17 August 1994, a ship loaded with the cocaine left Barranquilla while two members of the Montreal chapter, Pierre Rodrique and David Rouleau, were sent to London to pick up the payment when the ship arrived. [66] Forwarded by the Mounties, Scotland Yard arrested Rodrique and Rouleau after they paid for the cocaine. [67]
In 1995, Martin Omar Suazo was shot by a Montreal police officer leading to a police ethics commission investigation which found the police officer responsible for improper use of a firearm and led to his short-term suspension. [14] In 2001, 19-year-old Michael Kibbe fell to his death at a Montreal police station while trying to escape arrest. [14]
Dark Circle – Montreal Quebec based criminal organization, it was a participant in the Quebec Biker War. [219] Pelletier Clan – Montreal Quebec based street gang, it was a participant in the Quebec Biker War. [220] Westmount Crew – London, Ontario based street gang. [221] Bono Boyz/Bono Hood – London, Ontario based street gang. [221]