face.â But Reid did file a complaint and Bourgoin pleaded guilty to assault causing injury and was fined $2,000 for the incident.
Two years after the scuffle with the Alouettes, Bourgoin, who controlled much of the distribution of large quantities of drugs in Montrealâs trendy Plateau district, would be secretly recorded by a man he considered his brother. Stéphane Sirois had quit the Rockers, but he rejoined them after being convinced to work as a police double agent. He was wearing a hidden recorder as the pair dined on sushi at a Montreal restaurant on February 2,2000. Sirois was pretending to want back into the Rockers. He asked Bourgoin what it took to rise through the organization quickly.
During the dinner, Bourgoin began listing what the Hells Angels would pay for successful hits on their enemies. He rattled off the prices in a matter-of-fact way, but in doing so, he revealed how far the Hells Angels were now willing to go in their efforts to eliminate their rivals. A full-fledged member of the Rock Machine could net the killer $100,000. Lower-level members had price tags of $50,000 and $25,000, depending on their rank. While working as a double agent, Sirois would inform the police that Bourgoin was making what he estimated to be $7,000 a month for his role in the Nomadsâ drug network.
During the first case to go to trial based on information from Project Rush, Sirois would tell a jury of his reasons for leaving the Rockers. He said he had orders from Boucher himself to choose between a woman he was seeing and the gang. The womanâs previous boyfriend had been murdered and was rumored to have been a police informant. Sirois chose the woman, setting off a chain of events that the Hells Angels would regret.
Daniel Lanthier
Bourgoin ran the Rockers by committee, and one of the other two on the committee was Daniel (Boteau) Lanthier, a man who had no visible means of employment though he lived in a $150,000 home in a suburb across from the south shore of the Montreal Island. Before he was arrested, he was routinely seen driving around in luxury cars. As a Crown witness, Stéphane Sirois would tell investigators Lanthier made about $12,000 a month dealing drugs for the network. Siroisâ estimates were based on what the Rockers members were able to contribute to the gangâs ten percent fund, a collection of criminal profits used to cover things like lawyersâ fees and, witnesses like Sirois would allege, to purchase weapons.
A convicted drug dealer named Ronnie Harbour, also a police informant, told investigators that, like Bourgoin, Lanthier was involved in the biker war from the beginning. The dealer told the police both men were involved with the Hells Angels as early as October 28,1994, when 32-year-old Sylvain Pelletier, part of the Pelletier Clan, a gang of brothers who chose to join the Alliance and oppose the Hells Angels early in the biker war, was killed when his Jeep was blown up. Pelletierâs murder, allegedly on orders from Boucher, served as an announcement that the Hells Angels considered it open season on anyone not willing to sell their drugs, at their prices.
Lanthier officially joined the Rockers on April 15, 1994, and during that same spring was already reaping the benefits. Montreal Urban Community Police officers on routine patrol arrested him and two other men in a park in Montrealâs east end. Lanthier and the others appeared to be surprised when they saw the uniformed officers riding through the park on bicycles, one officer recalled in court. The trio quickly headed for two white cars parked nearby. The patrol officers followed them. When they reached the cars, one noticed a firearm inside one of thevehicles. Another officer noticed that the passenger in Lanthierâs car was trying hard to close the glove compartment. The officer assumed that the man was trying to hide a gun. The situation grew tense as the patrol officers and colleagues who had
Two years after the scuffle with the Alouettes, Bourgoin, who controlled much of the distribution of large quantities of drugs in Montrealâs trendy Plateau district, would be secretly recorded by a man he considered his brother. Stéphane Sirois had quit the Rockers, but he rejoined them after being convinced to work as a police double agent. He was wearing a hidden recorder as the pair dined on sushi at a Montreal restaurant on February 2,2000. Sirois was pretending to want back into the Rockers. He asked Bourgoin what it took to rise through the organization quickly.
During the dinner, Bourgoin began listing what the Hells Angels would pay for successful hits on their enemies. He rattled off the prices in a matter-of-fact way, but in doing so, he revealed how far the Hells Angels were now willing to go in their efforts to eliminate their rivals. A full-fledged member of the Rock Machine could net the killer $100,000. Lower-level members had price tags of $50,000 and $25,000, depending on their rank. While working as a double agent, Sirois would inform the police that Bourgoin was making what he estimated to be $7,000 a month for his role in the Nomadsâ drug network.
During the first case to go to trial based on information from Project Rush, Sirois would tell a jury of his reasons for leaving the Rockers. He said he had orders from Boucher himself to choose between a woman he was seeing and the gang. The womanâs previous boyfriend had been murdered and was rumored to have been a police informant. Sirois chose the woman, setting off a chain of events that the Hells Angels would regret.
Daniel Lanthier
Bourgoin ran the Rockers by committee, and one of the other two on the committee was Daniel (Boteau) Lanthier, a man who had no visible means of employment though he lived in a $150,000 home in a suburb across from the south shore of the Montreal Island. Before he was arrested, he was routinely seen driving around in luxury cars. As a Crown witness, Stéphane Sirois would tell investigators Lanthier made about $12,000 a month dealing drugs for the network. Siroisâ estimates were based on what the Rockers members were able to contribute to the gangâs ten percent fund, a collection of criminal profits used to cover things like lawyersâ fees and, witnesses like Sirois would allege, to purchase weapons.
A convicted drug dealer named Ronnie Harbour, also a police informant, told investigators that, like Bourgoin, Lanthier was involved in the biker war from the beginning. The dealer told the police both men were involved with the Hells Angels as early as October 28,1994, when 32-year-old Sylvain Pelletier, part of the Pelletier Clan, a gang of brothers who chose to join the Alliance and oppose the Hells Angels early in the biker war, was killed when his Jeep was blown up. Pelletierâs murder, allegedly on orders from Boucher, served as an announcement that the Hells Angels considered it open season on anyone not willing to sell their drugs, at their prices.
Lanthier officially joined the Rockers on April 15, 1994, and during that same spring was already reaping the benefits. Montreal Urban Community Police officers on routine patrol arrested him and two other men in a park in Montrealâs east end. Lanthier and the others appeared to be surprised when they saw the uniformed officers riding through the park on bicycles, one officer recalled in court. The trio quickly headed for two white cars parked nearby. The patrol officers followed them. When they reached the cars, one noticed a firearm inside one of thevehicles. Another officer noticed that the passenger in Lanthierâs car was trying hard to close the glove compartment. The officer assumed that the man was trying to hide a gun. The situation grew tense as the patrol officers and colleagues who had
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