Biker Trials, The (54 page)

Patrick Henault
— An aggressive member of the Alliance who turned informant after he was arrested in a botched hit on a friend of Maurice (Mom) Boucher. He would help give details, in the Hells Angels' megatrials, about how the gang war looked from the other side.

Stéphane (Archie) Hilareguy
— Was made a member of the Rockers on March 26,1999. He disappeared about a year later when his name was tied to two murders he helped carry out for the Hells Angels. His remains were later found in the Eastern Townships.

Denis Houle
— Became a Hells Angel on October 5, 1982. Was chosen to be among the elite of the Nomads chapter in 1995 even though he had spent several of the previous years behind bars. Survived at least two attempts on his life during the biker war. Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and other charges on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to 15 years on top of the equivalent of 5 he spent behind bars awaiting the outcome of his case.

Dany Kane
— Part of the Hells Angels' massive underling network for years, he secretly worked with the police for most of the biker war. Near the beginning of the war he worked as a tipster for the
RCMP
, handing the Mounties information about the Hells Angels for cash. The
RCMP
dropped him after he was charged with murder in Nova Scotia. He got off in the case and was hired by Quebec's anti-biker gang squad to infiltrate the Hells Angels again. His work was crucial to gathering evidence but he committed suicide before ever having to testify in court.

Daniel (Boteau) Lanthier
— A member of the Rockers since April 1994, before the biker war started. He remained an important figure in the underling gang and was part of a committee that ran it. He was part of the group that pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 10 years from the day his plea bargain was accepted.

Sylvain Laplante
— Joined the Rockers in 1995 after apparently following Gilles (Trooper) Mathieu into the Nomads chapter's vast organization. Before that, Laplante was part of another Hells Angels' puppet gang that operated in western Quebec. He pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 10 years from the day his plea bargain was accepted.

Jean-Richard (Race) Larivière
— Was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000, the same day as Guillaume (Mimo) Serra. Police surveillance on Larivière was one of the keys to unlocking the Nomads chapter's system that managed their millions. In June 2004 he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism and received an 18-year sentence.

Pierre (Peanut) Laurin
— Joined the Rockers on August 24, 1999, as a drug dealer already well established in Montreal's west end at the time. Was involved in the May 2000 murder of a drug trafficker in Verdun and was made a prospect in the Nomads chapter later that same year. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and received a life sentence. He is eligible for parole in 2011.

Bruno Lefebvre —
Joined the Rockers in December 1998. Became a prospect in the Nomads chapter on December 11, 2000.He was shot once by accident by a fellow member of the Rockers when they raided a drug den that was controlled by their enemies. He was sentenced, on April 8, 2004,to serve 12 years and 9 months from that date. He has to serve at least half that time before being eligible for parole.

Guy Lepage
— A former member of the Montreal Urban Community police who had to resign from the force in the 1970s. He later joined the Rockers and was considered a close associate of Maurice (Mom) Boucher. During the Project Rush investigation the police noticed that Lepage chauffeured Boucher to important meeting with Hells Angels and other drug dealers. He also was making lengthy trips to Colombia which the police later learned were to help arrange cocaine shipments for the Nomads chapter. He was extradited to Florida where he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and was sentenced to 10 years in September 2002. As part of his plea agreement he was allowed to serve most of his sentence in Canada.

Gilles (Trooper) Mathieu
— Became a Hells Angel on December 5, 1980.A constant presence around Boucher when the police were monitoring the gang. He was a founding member of the Nomads chapter in 1995. Was apparently one of the Nomads who decided who among their rivals would be targeted for murder. Mathieu, Mayrand, Houle and a few others were caught looking over photos of their enemies in a hotel suite in 2001. He pleaded guilty on September 23, 2003, and was sentenced to serve 15 years on top of the prison time he already did awaiting the outcome of his trial.