After university, Petersen wrote books and operated Heavy Duty Cycles in the citys east end. [10] The private detective Alex Caine, who met Stadnick several times, described him as "a vindictive little man with the charisma of a hockey puck" who appeared to be trying to over-compensate due to his diminutive stature. Donny Petersen, 74, was a longtime presence in the world of Big Smoke outlaw motorcycle clubs and had previously been a member of Para-Dice Riders, which patched over to the Angels in 1999. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. [31] Despite orders from Stadnick not to attract attention, Mailloux together with his stripper girlfriend Connie Augustin went on a lengthy cocaine binge. [122] Wolfe rejected the offer, saying the Indian Posse should be treated as equals to the Angels, not subordinates. [26] One of the Angels, Jean Brochu, was killed, while Lapierre and another Angel, Bruno Coulombe, were badly wounded. What it looked like as Hells Angels-linked bikers descended on Toronto | CBC News Loaded. . [104] By the end of 1998, the only provinces without Hells Angels chapters were Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. [90] The journalist Julian Sher stated: "In Quebec, the Nomads were just the toughest and meanest and most powerful. [35] It was around this time that Stadnick started wearing a "Filthy Few" patch that the police say is awarded to those who kill for the gang. [52] On 5 November 1987, Stadnick was arrested for the first time since 1971. 2013 - The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club retail store was opened in December 2013 in Toronto, Canada. [155] On 18 August 2019, he attended the funeral in Delta, British Columbia of a murdered Hells Angel, Suminder "Allie" Grewal. [154], In 2018, it was reported that Stadnick was employed as a construction worker. [98] One Hamilton police detective, Steve Pacey, said: "Stadnick did not want a chapter here because it would result in more heat. On Feb. 5, 2015, three co-defendants, Marc Eliason, 37, of Lynn; Robert DeFronzo, 47, of Saugus; and Brian Weymouth, 42, of Danvers, pleaded guilty to similar charges. [105] Later that month, it emerged that four Spartans had gang-raped a teenage girl in their clubhouse. [38] As a result of the burns to his body, Stadnick lost much of his nose and half of two of his fingers. [11] Stadnick was charged, but made bail. Southern Ontario, especially the "Golden Horseshoe" area, as the greater Toronto area is known, was the wealthiest part of Canada and hence the most lucrative area for an outlaw biker club to operate in. [104] In terms of sheer numbers, the Canadian Hells Angels are outnumbered only by the American Hells Angels. It was almost like he didn't want to succeed". [43] In the summer of 1986, one of Stadnick's neighbors found a plastic container full of amphetamines. [53] However, the offense was merely drunk driving, for which he was fined $750 dollars. [28] Buteau learned that the man who hired the two American Outlaws was Roland "Roxy" Dutemple of the Outlaws' Montreal chapter, and sent his ace assassin, Yves Trudeau, after him. "We have a command post set up in the area and we have been in ongoing communication with this group to understand what exactly they intend to do,"Baptiste said. [142] When O'Neill asked Stadnick if he remembered Dany Kane of the Rockers, Stadnick stated he knew him, but not very well as he does not speak French. [62] Since Stadnick had connections across the country, he became the Hells Angels' ambassador, traveling all over the country to recruit bikers and proceed with drug sales. [3] On 26 June 1992, Stadnick was arrested at the Winnipeg International Airport with over $80,000 worth of cash being found on him, and charged with living off the proceeds of organised crime. [133] The police estimated that Ward and the Niagara chapter were responsible for selling about 75% of cocaine in the Niagara region. [9] Stadnick did well in auto shop at the Hill Park Secondary School, but was otherwise an indifferent student. [81] Stadnick regarded Winnipeg as the weakest point in the alliance, and believed that if he could establish the Angels there, his club could expand into western Canada. Aside from being a family man with a wife and children, he was making a more than decent living with the Department of Defense and was also a Marine reservist. [43] Harris described Stadnick as being "civil enough, but he never had a sense of humor". ""[3], On 28 March 2001, as part of Operation Springtime (a police crackdown on the Hells Angels), a warrant was issued for Stadnick's arrest for 13 charges of first-degree murder. [4] Richmond called the Hells Angels "a pyramid scheme" under which the ordinary members risked their livelihoods and sometimes their lives while the bulk of the profits went to the Nomads. They either worked with you or they didn't care about you. One expert said the procession is akin to a PR event for the biker group. [82] In the summer of 2000, Stadnick made an offer to most of the Ontario outlaw biker gangs that was too appealing for them to refuse; namely they could join the Hells Angels "patch for patch", allowing them to enter the Hells Angels with patches equivalent to their current patches. He was almost invisible but he did have a head on his shoulders". [29] Upon his return to Hamilton, Stadnick found that his gang had voted themselves out of existence, he chose to continue as a Hells Angel, operating in Montreal and alone in Hamilton. And they probably shouldn't have, as it led to several deaths". "We expect a large procession of motorcycles . "[2], One police officer told Langton about the mass "patch over" in Montreal: "They [the Angels] were truly scraping the bottom of the barrel. Police had the building destroyed in January. He was good at isolating himself. [2] Stadnick changed the status of outlaw bikers from being subcontractors for the Mafia, which was the norm when he began his career as an outlaw biker, to being the equals of the Mafia. If nothing else, he had the ability to keep himself out of trouble". [77], Shortly before his trial for living off the proceeds of crime was due to start on 4 October 1993, the Winnipeg Sun ran an article on Stadnick, which led his lawyer to ask for the charges to be dropped, claiming the story by the journalist Melanie Verhaeghe had jeopardised his ability to get a fair trial. [126] Under Stadnick's offer, current "full patch" outlaw bikers could join the Hells Angels as "full patch" members without having the humiliation of going through the "hang-around" and "prospect" stages, provided they did so by the end of the year. Everyone knew who he was and what he was all about, but he was good at what he did. [10] The journalists Julien Sher and William Marsden called Harris the "nemesis" of Stadnick who pursued him from the 1970s onward. [52] The murder of Melanson created much ill will towards the Hells Angels in the Vagabonds for some time, and the plans to "patch over" were aborted. [121] The Globe and Mail reported in 2004 about the Hells Angels' push into south-western Ontario: "From 1999 to 2002, when the conflict reached a peak, beatings, brawls and shootings became common". Photo by HANDOUT / HELLS ANGELS MC The president of the Toronto chapter of the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has died,. Why would he want a chapter? [84] Kane came to believe that Stadnick had engineered the failure of the Demon Keepers to humiliate him, but Langton argued against this theory, stating that Stadnick was desperate to have the Hells Angels enter Ontario, and the failure of the Demon Keepers set back his plans by a number of years. [92] Langton stated: "Part of Walter's genius is he went to parts of Canada where the Mafia didn't exist. [131] The minutes of a Hell Angels meeting on 3 February 2001 stated: "the patch-for-patch is over tonight. [66] The journalist Jerry Langton stated: "An informant told me that if he could boil down Walter's philosophy to one sentence, it would be: 'He would rather buy his rival a drink than kick his head in. [106] To avoid the infamy of associating with the Spartans, Stadnick threw his support behind los Bravos, granting them hang-around status with the Angels on 18 October 1997. - Paige Taylor White/Toronto Star Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I really don't know". [76] Stadnick had more success with bringing the four Hells Angels chapters in British Columbia under the control of the Montreal "mother chapter", and by 1993 had ensured that all of the Angel chapters in Canada answered to Montreal. Hells Angels MC President Donny Petersen has passed away. He knew almost everybody. [8] As a high school student, he began a lifelong practice of dressing flamboyantly by wearing bright jewelry such as rings and chains. [133] Atwell also reported that Dew and the Winnipeg chapter expressed much resentment about the way that Stadnick had allowed the Ontario gangs to enter the Hells Angels on a "patch-for-patch" basis, unlike the way that he forced Dew had to wait three years before allowing him the "full patch". Police say the Hells Angels communicated to them that it will have a memorial ride and gathering in the city on Thursday in memory of one of their members. [22] The journalist Peter Edwards wrote that Stadnick seemed to have a Napoleon complex as despite his short stature that "there was something undeniably huge about the man". In 2003, Stadnick was brought to trial for "13 counts of murder, 3 counts of attempted murder, 1 count of conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of narcotics trafficking and two counts of attempting to smuggle narcotics". We thought you guys were a little better than this". [30], Despite not speaking any French, Stadnick joined the Montreal South "mother chapter" of the Hells Angels and quickly rose through the ranks. Hells Angels ride through Toronto for memorial procession 108,113 views Jul 21, 2022 629 Dislike Share Save CityNews 389K subscribers Hundreds of Hells Angels rode through Toronto. [59] Found with him were eleven ounces of hash, which led the police to charge him with intention to sell drugs, but the charges were dropped as Freeborn sworn in court that the hash belonged to him and Stadnick had nothing to do with his drug-dealing. [86] As a puppet club of a puppet club, the police reported the "triple insulation" made it difficult to tie Stadnick to the Redliners. [2] The journalists Michel Auger and Peter Edwards wrote that much about Stadnick is mysterious, ranging from what is the meaning of his sobriquet "Nurget", to how a unilingual Anglo Canadian from Hamilton became the leader of the then largely French-Canadian Hells Angels. The Hells didn't just wait until they happened to run into their enemies on the street. Motorcyclists with the Hells Angels arrive in Newmarket as they prepare for a memorial procession through Toronto. "[4] Richmond argued at the trial that Stadnick was guilty of the 13 counts of first-degree murders of members of the Rock Machine because: "Just as a general is liable for any war crimes his men commit, we are convinced Stadnick knew about the murders and did nothing to stop them". Hells Angels president Luke Moloney, 42, was arrested by Echo Taskforce detectives as part of their investigation into drug trafficking linked to the motorcycle gang. "[152] Another of his parole conditions was that Stadnick was not to enter Quebec. Founded in 1948 in California, the Hells Angels . [103] Ward was not an outlaw biker, but he was the leader of a locally powerful criminal gang, and Stadnick wanted to do business with him. But all of those roles were part of the overall picture, which was to take control of the drug market and get rich". As they rode through Toronto, CBC News caught several photos of the procession. [16] On 1 July 1977, Parente together with the rest of the Hamilton chapter of the Satan's Choice "patched over" to join the Outlaws, who wanted to expand into Canada. [5] His parents were Andriy and Valentina Stadnik, who lived at 98 East 16th Street, in a working-class neighborhood known for its high rate of petty crime. [3] Detective Harris stated about the failed plot: "When Parente was running the show, they would had done it; but after he went to prison they didn't have the guts". In 2000, the Musitano brothers were convicted on the basis of Murdock's testimony. [46] Stadnick's right-hand man, a film stuntman and Hells Angel who served as the Nomad vice-president, Donald "Pup" Stockford, lived in neighboring Ancaster. 'Yeah', I said, but let remember who he is and what he belongs to". [36] Stadnick was on his way to attend a memorial service for Buteau, who was killed on that day in 1983, when a Catholic priest who was speeding on his way to Montreal to see Pope John Paul II, who was visiting Canada, led to the traffic incident. We encountered an issue signing you up. [123], In June 2000, La Table faction of the Nomads met with Vito Rizzuto, the boss of Canada's most powerful Mafia family, the Rizzuto family, in a Montreal restaurant to negotiate the price of cocaine in Canada[2] It was agreed that the price of cocaine was to be $50,000 per kilogram, and Montreal was divided into territories controlled by the Rizzuto family and the Hells Angels to prevent competition between the two most powerful organized crime groups in the country. Photo by HANDOUT / HELLS ANGELS MC The president of the Toronto chapter of the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has. International. [78] Charges were dropped when he settled on forfeiting the money. [59] Stadnick denied being the national president, saying "Ah, just because you get more attention than the others, all of a sudden you're named president by the media". [58] Unlike Thunder Bay and the Albertan cities that the Grim Reapers were active in, Winnipeg had two outlaw biker clubs and moreover, both the Spartans and los Bravos largely engaged in auto theft. [112] The next day, Stadnick was observed by the Winnipeg police going into a strip club where he met several presidents of Satan's Choice chapters from Ontario. You can change your choices at any time by visiting your privacy controls. [29] Trudeau killed Dutemple with a car bomb on 29 March 1979. [109] LaBrash was the president of the London chapter of the Outlaws, and his killers were the brothers Paul and Duane Lewis. He must also obey a curfew that runs between 9 p.m and 6 a.m. No one wants to work against the Hells Angels independently because it's not in their interest. [3] In 2004, the journalist Tu Thanh Ha wrote that Stadnick is "a secretive man little known to the public", but "he is one of Canada's most pivotal organized-crime figures. Dupre said the Hells Angels have grown incredibly . [16] Stadnick was known for being quiet, for never smoking or doing drugs, and for drinking in moderation. Referring to the biker group as "more of an association," Edwards says the once racist, white-only organization has evolved over the years and the Toronto procession will be different. [94] Magnussen had killed David Boyko, a member of los Bravos, in a moment of drunken rage at a party in Halifax on 12 May 1996, an act which reportedly very much angered Stadnick as it set back his plans to have los Bravos "patch over" to the Hells Angels. [151] In 2006, Stadnick was reassessed by the CRA and told to pay $1.2 million in back taxes. (Patrick Morrell/CBC News) Toronto police. [84] During the Quebec biker war of 19942002, Stadnick visited Montreal at least once a month to confer with Boucher. Petersen even helped set up a Harley riders group in Cuba at the behest of the Canadian government. [71] Stadnick's lawyer told Verhaghe that he had a "file" on her, saying Stadnick had hired a private detective to investigate her. [114] Stadnick and the rest of the Hells Angels favored some of the bikers at the "rodeo" with their company while snubbing others. [66] Ward and Miller expressed much confidence that rival clubs such as the Outlaws and the Bandidos would soon fade into irrelevance, making biker wars unnecessary. You could tell these bikers were small-town boys; they weren't used to the cops like what we had here in Hamilton. "[157] In 2016, it was estimated the Hells Angels had about 450 members with chapters in almost every province, giving them a level of dominance that no other organized crime group in Canada could match. This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. He will be missed GBNF.. Sonny Barger, a leader of the Hells Angels who was key to bringing the outlaw motorcycle club to international notoriety, died on Wednesday from cancer. [38] Stadnick had some doubts about the competence of the 13th Tribe to guard him in the daytime and instead the Hamilton police protected him in the nighttime as he recovered. 2023 Toronto Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. [34], On 8 September 1983, Stadnick's patron Buteau was assassinated by an Outlaw, Gino Goudreau, in Longueuil, which many assumed at the time would be the end of Stadnick's career as he did not speak any French while being a member of what was then a predominately French-Canadian outlaw biker club. 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[33] On 17 July 1983, while riding through northern Ontario, Parente happened to see two Hells Angels from Montreal, Michel "Jinx" Genest and Jean-Marc Nadeau, on the bus to Vancouver to attend the ceremony. Sonny Barger, founder of Hells Angels, has died at 83. He was part of a new breed of outlaw bikers who tried to clean up their act, insisting he didnt smoke or drink. tap here to see other videos from our team. With the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club being a worldwide force that has 467 chapters in 59 countries, their influence has allowed them to maintain and produce a number of support clubs around the globe. [140], After his return to Canada, Stadnick told a RCMP officer, Tom O'Neill: "I don't drink much and I don't do drugs. You start to realize this guy is smart. "[4], Wolodumir Stadnik was born on the "upper side" of Hamilton atop of "the Mountain", as locals call the Niagara Escarpment, to a family of Ukrainian immigrants. [108], On 7 April 1998, Jeffrey LaBrash and Jody Hart, two leaders of the Outlaws biker gang, were gunned down leaving a strip club, the Beef Baron, by two men known to be associated with the Hells Angels in London, Ontario. [88] However, Guindon was an intense Canadian nationalist who had rejected offers from both the Outlaws and the Hells Angels in the 1970s and 1980s to "patch over", and was still opposed to having the outlaw biker club he had founded in 1965 absorbed into a larger American club. [28] Stadnick survived by hiding under the table. [91] Stadnick had created a drug distribution network under which all Hells Angels chapters in Canada had to buy cocaine and other drugs from the Nomad chapter. [28] Of the Wild Ones, George "Chico" Mousseau and Gary "Gator" Davies were killed. Get your HELLS ANGELS here today at the official . [84] Stadnick's principle rival within the Hells Angels was an American living in Montreal named Scott Steinert, who was an extremely aggressive and ambitious man who aspired to be the Hells Angels' national president. Petersen was born in Toronto and attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute and later studied Town Planning at York University, according to one online obituary. Donny Petersen, 74, was a longtime presence in the world of Big Smoke outlaw motorcycle clubs and had previously been a member of Para-Dice Riders, which patched over to the Angels in 1999. AUSTRALIA March 20, 2021 [116] Atkinson-who had never met Stadnick before-was also surprised by just how much Stadnick knew of him and the other Loners as he casually mentioned that he knew the addresses of the Loners together with the names of their wives and girlfriends, which Atkinson took as a threat. The Hells Angels memorial ride was held in Toronto on Thursday, July 21. [147], On September 13, 2004, Stadnick was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for a collection of convictions including conspiracy to murder, drug trafficking involvement in gang activities. [103], In July 1997, Stadnick persuaded the Grim Reapers gang of Calgary to "patch over" to become Hells Angels, while also opening a new Hells Angels chapter in Edmonton, establishing the Hells Angels as the dominant outlaw motorcycle club in Alberta. It isn't so much in your face. [62] Caine described Parente as a traditional biker leader, the working-class tough guy, while Stadnick was a modern biker leader who was more alike to a corporate CEO. The way they conducted themselves was a carbon copy of the Hells Angels' thinking at the time and was completely foreign to the way things had operated in the West". Eliason and DeFronzo were members of the Salem Hells Angels and Weymouth was a member of the Red Devils. [59] In one of his first acts as president, Stadnick together with Boucher went to Quebec City on 28 May 1988 to meet the leaders of an outlaw biker club called the Vikings. There was an error, please provide a valid email address. [119], In 1999, the Hells Angels approached Danny Wolfe, the imprisoned leader of the Indian Posse gang, which is one of the largest organized crime groups in western Canada, with the offer to become exclusive wholesalers, selling the Indian Posse drugs, which in turn they would sell on the streets. [151], Stadnick was paroled in June 2014, lasting less than a month on probation due to suspicion that he was associating with people with criminal records as well as the biker club. [75] Besides for Lenti, Stadnick stayed in contact with Guindon in attempts to persuade the Satan's Choice to "patch over" to the Hells Angels. In a confrontation reminiscent of a famous scene in Hunter S. Thompson's classic 1966 book, Hell's Angels, when Thompson was almost stomped to death by bikers, Ray says that "he got in a bit of trouble one day, in a bar. [108] Their bodies were later found floating in the St. Lawrence River with their heads bashed into bloody pulps after being repeatedly hit with baseball bats and hammers. If you're unaccustomed to entering unmarked storefronts, the Hells Angels retail store, now open in Leslieville, at 98 Carlaw Avenue, is unsettling. Papalia, even though he was 73 when he died, he wouldn't have put up with that". [59] On 23 August 1988, Stadnick was arrested at the home of Douglas Freeborn, a former Satan's Choice member and a prominent drug dealer in Hamilton. [88], On 24 June 1995, Stadnick and close friend Maurice Boucher founded the Nomad chapter with eight other members. [144] In his trial in Montreal, Stadnick opted for his constitutional right to have the trial in English, and hired Edward Greenspan and Alan B. To a biker investigator, he sort of epitomized I hate to say this the professionalism of the Hells Angels and the way they did business. [80] In 1984, a pact had been signed by the Satan's Choice chapter in Thunder Bay, the Grim Reapers outlaw biker gang in Alberta and los Bravos gang to keep the Hells Angels out of western Canada. [153] Stadnick was described as being "polite and respectful inmate", but one who refused to admit that he had been a Hells Angel or admit any guilt. [4] On 22 December 2000, Stadnick arranged for Dew and los Bravos gang to join the Hells Angels as "full patch" members after only five months of waiting as prospects instead of the normal year. Toronto police said in a news conference Wednesday to brace for an "unsanctioned" Hells Angel biker procession, meaning the group did not get a permit for the event from the city. [4], Stadnick spent so much time in Winnipeg in the 1990s working to establish the Hells Angels on the Prairies that he rented an apartment in that city and fathered a son by his common-law wife, whom he named Damon, which is "nomad" spelled backwards. [12] Outside the courtroom, Stadnick's biker associates began to swear at and threaten one of the policeman scheduled to testify against him, leading to a brawl in the hallway. [58] Most outlaw biker clubs welcomed a chance to meet the president of the Canadian Hells Angels, the best known outlaw biker club in the world. They are violent people who are a danger to society. The president of the Toronto chapter of the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has died, according to online reports. [132] Unlike the rival Bandidos, who required that new members join as "prospects", Stadnick allowed the Ontario outlaw biker gangs to all join the Hells Angels "patch for patch", which was most unusual. [35] The underworld of Hamilton at that time was dominated by the three Mafia families, the Papalia crime family, the Musitano crime family and the Luppino crime family, together with the local Outlaws chapter, which made Hamilton a dangerous place for Stadnick and required him to keep a low profile. [10] Stadnick named the gang the Cossacks as a reference to his Ukrainian heritage. [50] However, Melanson who owed his nickname to his practice of snorting cocaine with a snorkel consumed much of the cocaine he was supposed to sell and he was soon $80,000 in debt to the Hells Angels. [94] In November 1996, Kane reported that Stadnick had told him that the Outlaws had tried to kill him in Hamilton, saying he was in his automobile and stopped for a red light when: "All of a sudden, a big member of the Outlaws got out of a pickup truck and tried to grab him". And we had to make sure we dotted all our is and crossed all our t's and did it properly". johnhill118 | Dreamstime "[2] About the Nomads, Richmond stated: "They had their own special job to do. New Hampshire. It was like he was a rock star or something". Some bikers guys who weren't Angels saw me taking pictures. [56] Harris noted when Stadnick became the Hells Angel national president, he started to own a Jaguar automobile with Quebec license plates, which stood out in the working class city of Hamilton. . [21] The Wild Ones worked as subcontractors for the Mafia, being used to bomb businesses that refused to pay extortion money. I think that's the way Walter does business". [127] The vast majority of the Ontario outlaw bikers clubs preferred to join the Hells Angels instead of the rival Bandidos as Stadnick allowed them to maintain their dignity with his "patch for patch" offer. According to Jerry Langtons book, Fallen Angel, Petersen claimed he was once a social worker but didnt name the organization. [89] Members of the Nomads were Stadnick, Boucher, Donald "Pup" Stockford, David "Wolf" Carroll, Gilles "Trooper" Mathieu, Richard "Bert" Mayrand, Luc Bordeleau, Pierre Laurin, Louis "Mlou" Roy, Richard "Rick" Valle, Andr Chouinard, Michel Rose, Denis "Pas Fiable" Houle, Normand Robitaille, Normand "Biff" Hamel, and Ren "Balloune" Charlebois. [88] Even though most Satan's Choice members favored joining the Hells Angels, Guindon would not hear of it throughout the 1990s. [49], In 1987, Stadnick went to Toronto to try to persuade an outlaw biker club, the Vagabonds, to "patch over" to become Hells Angels. [112] A police officer stated that by 1998 Stadnick was "supplying virtually all of the drugs in Winnipeg" and had become the largest drug supplier in the three Prairie provinces. Until then, Stadnick is under extremely strict conditions, including: avoid people in street and motorcycle gangs (any person known to be a hang around or wannabe of any outlaw motorcycle gang), barred from owning more than one cellphone and must show his parole officers detailed billing statements for it, including documentation of who he texts and emails and what social media sites he visits. He leads the Naniamo Pride parade commemorating one of their own who was killed for trying to tax the Vietnamese grows. Devils Choice MC, in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Spain and Sweden. [18] On 5 December 1977, the Popeyes of Montreal, generally considered to be the most violent of all of Quebec's many outlaw biker clubs, "patched over" to become the first Hells Angels chapter in Canada. [145] Greenspan and Gold were able to delay the trial by demanding that the Crown translate all 500,000 papers of documents and ten CD-ROMs worth of evidence into English, a request that the Quebec government refused as it would cost more than $23 million. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. 523Hells Angels - Angels Never Die. [50] The Vagabonds had about 70 members and were active in the Toronto drug trade. [102] Murdock was arrested for the murders in 1998 and turned Crown's evidence, making a plea bargain where he pledged guilty to the murders in exchange for testifying against his employers. [98] Stadnick had no job, but owned a house on the Cloverhill Road in Hamilton that was valued at $156,000. [17], One Satan's Choice biker, Cecil Kirby, who first saw Stadnick at a bikers' convention in Wasaga Beach in 1977, recalled that Stadnick seemed to be trying too hard to pass himself as a "hardcore" biker, remembering: "I didn't like him. 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