assume that he was violent,â Bureau later said in court. Bureau called for backup and, within minutes, five police officers were involved in what was supposed to be a traffic violation. Bureau would testify that he feared for his safety and even tried to compromise with Wooley.
âI can make you a deal, for my security. Show me what you have in your jacket and we can forget the towing,â Bureau said he told Wooley. The biker replied: âYou have no business.â Bureau said he then increased the immunity offer by telling Wooley he would look the other way if he found drugs. Again, Wooley refused. Bureau asked a third time, ordering Wooley to âshow me what you haveâ under the jacket. Wooley said no and reminded the officers that he wasnât under arrest. They informed Wooley he was indeed under arrest for the traffic violations, and they searched him while he sat on his motorcycle. They found no weapon on him, but a semiautomatic Springfield Armory .45-calibre pistol was spotted lying on the sidewalk nearby.
When the case went to court, a judge analyzing the evidence refused to believe the pull-over was routine and theorized that it was part of a police surveillance operation where the officers involved used the traffic violation as an excuse to check in on Wooley. The judge ruled that the bikerâs constitutional rights had been violated and the evidence the police had filed in the case was tossed out. The biker was acquitted of possession of an illegal firearm a month later.
By the time of that bungled arrest, Wooley had already developed a reputation with the Montreal police. They suspected him of several murders, and while he had been awaiting trials in previouscases, he was involved in at least three fights with other inmates. The reports on the fights suggested he used âexcessive and extremely violent forceâ in each case. As well, in the days leading up to the weight room fight, Wooley had been caught attempting to smuggle PCP into the penitentiary. The parole board learned the attempt to smuggle the drugs was part of a plan with other inmates who hoped the PCP would provoke violence, disorder and mutiny in the prison.
âThe information also indicates that you were the head of the conspiracy,â the board noted when it refused Wooley parole â for several reasons. One was that a prison-security report filed to the board alleged that Wooley was also the head of a crack ring early on in his sentence and that he had successfully smuggled drugs into a penitentiary. It was also early in his sentence that a psychologist determined Wooleyâs central problem was his temper, a rage he could not control. The psychologist who filed an evaluation to the board also determined that Wooley had weak judgement, low self-esteem and, at the age of 16, had attempted suicide.
In April 2001, Wooley refused to undergo any more psychological evaluations. The nine murder charges he now faced through the evidence collected in Project Rush were not his first. Wooley was charged in the March 28,1997, slaying of a 25-year-old Rock Machine member named Jean-Marc Caissy who was about to play floor hockey with some friends when he was shot outside a recreation center in Montreal. Less than three weeks later, the Montreal police arrested the gunman, a Hells Angelsâ associate named Aimé Simard. The hit man decided to turn informant and fingered members of the Rockers, including Wooley, as taking part in the conspiracy to commit murder. Wooley was arrested and charged, along with the other members of the Rockers, but a jury ultimately acquitted all of them in a case that left police and other authorities in Quebec questioning the value of informants.
But informants and double agents would provide much of the evidence that led to the Operation Springtime 2001 arrests. Their information would be used by the Crown to paint a portrait of a drug trafficking network intent on having sole
âI can make you a deal, for my security. Show me what you have in your jacket and we can forget the towing,â Bureau said he told Wooley. The biker replied: âYou have no business.â Bureau said he then increased the immunity offer by telling Wooley he would look the other way if he found drugs. Again, Wooley refused. Bureau asked a third time, ordering Wooley to âshow me what you haveâ under the jacket. Wooley said no and reminded the officers that he wasnât under arrest. They informed Wooley he was indeed under arrest for the traffic violations, and they searched him while he sat on his motorcycle. They found no weapon on him, but a semiautomatic Springfield Armory .45-calibre pistol was spotted lying on the sidewalk nearby.
When the case went to court, a judge analyzing the evidence refused to believe the pull-over was routine and theorized that it was part of a police surveillance operation where the officers involved used the traffic violation as an excuse to check in on Wooley. The judge ruled that the bikerâs constitutional rights had been violated and the evidence the police had filed in the case was tossed out. The biker was acquitted of possession of an illegal firearm a month later.
By the time of that bungled arrest, Wooley had already developed a reputation with the Montreal police. They suspected him of several murders, and while he had been awaiting trials in previouscases, he was involved in at least three fights with other inmates. The reports on the fights suggested he used âexcessive and extremely violent forceâ in each case. As well, in the days leading up to the weight room fight, Wooley had been caught attempting to smuggle PCP into the penitentiary. The parole board learned the attempt to smuggle the drugs was part of a plan with other inmates who hoped the PCP would provoke violence, disorder and mutiny in the prison.
âThe information also indicates that you were the head of the conspiracy,â the board noted when it refused Wooley parole â for several reasons. One was that a prison-security report filed to the board alleged that Wooley was also the head of a crack ring early on in his sentence and that he had successfully smuggled drugs into a penitentiary. It was also early in his sentence that a psychologist determined Wooleyâs central problem was his temper, a rage he could not control. The psychologist who filed an evaluation to the board also determined that Wooley had weak judgement, low self-esteem and, at the age of 16, had attempted suicide.
In April 2001, Wooley refused to undergo any more psychological evaluations. The nine murder charges he now faced through the evidence collected in Project Rush were not his first. Wooley was charged in the March 28,1997, slaying of a 25-year-old Rock Machine member named Jean-Marc Caissy who was about to play floor hockey with some friends when he was shot outside a recreation center in Montreal. Less than three weeks later, the Montreal police arrested the gunman, a Hells Angelsâ associate named Aimé Simard. The hit man decided to turn informant and fingered members of the Rockers, including Wooley, as taking part in the conspiracy to commit murder. Wooley was arrested and charged, along with the other members of the Rockers, but a jury ultimately acquitted all of them in a case that left police and other authorities in Quebec questioning the value of informants.
But informants and double agents would provide much of the evidence that led to the Operation Springtime 2001 arrests. Their information would be used by the Crown to paint a portrait of a drug trafficking network intent on having sole
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