The Satan's Choice MC had branches in Keswick, Kitchener, Oshawa, Sudbury, Simcoe County, Thunder Bay and Toronto but nothing outside the province. [49] When a group of bikers dropped their pants and underwear with the aim of shocking a script girl, "Pigpen" Berry felt overshadowed, which inspired him to bite off the head of a live snake to shock her even more. [46] Melcher wrote there was an element of self-interest to Guindon's strategy since Satan's Choice was the largest club and his strategy for peace by mutual respect for each other's territories enshrined the dominance of his club by preventing challenges into his territories. [138], In the summer of 1989, a group of Satan's Choice bikers led by Guindon and Campbell visited the Prairie provinces, meeting with the leaders of los Bravos gang of Winnipeg and the Grim Reapers in Calgary and Lethbridge to form alliances. [46] Guindon argued the outlaw biker clubs should respect each other's territories and avoid violence. [54], One consequence of the "reverse intimidation" campaign was to reduce Satan's Choice membership from the all-time high of about 400 members in 1969 to about 110 in 1977. But I don't think you wanted to cross them". [11] Prior to the 1960s, Toronto had a very staid image of "Toronto the Good", a city whose people were mostly hard-working, conservative God-fearing Protestants of British descent, a bastion of Victorian values that was prosperous, safe and well run, but also rather boring and conventional. edition (July 31, 2014), Language [63] In an interview, Berry stated that he was hired to kill people, but never actually succeeded in doing so. [146] By the 1980s, Satan's Choice had moved into selling cocaine, and a pipeline was opened to move cocaine from Toronto to Alberta, where many oil workers used cocaine to ease the tedium of their jobs. [140] Lamoureaux was badly wounded, but survived while Buteau and Gilbert were both killed. In 1983, Hoffmann was acquitted on an appeal, with a judge ruling that the Crown had acted badly by not disclosing to Hoffman's lawyer that it had the audio tapes proving he was in Kitchener the night of the murder. [51] The drug network for selling the PCP ranged as far as Florida, and the police estimated Guindon was making at least $60 million per month in sales. [2] The campaign waged by Hall and other Special Squad members failed in its purpose as the number of outlaw bikers in Ontario went from about 500 in 1973 to about 800 in 1978 as the profits from organized crime led more men to join outlaw biker clubs. [220] Sauv later became a noted prisoners' rights activist who, in 1993, won a decade-long legal fight ending at the Supreme Court of Canada to give prisoners the right to vote.[133]. [86], Guindon's imprisonment soon led to the fracturing of Satan's Choice when, on 1 July 1977, the Ottawa, St. Catharines, Windsor, London and Montreal chapters fully abandoned Satan's Choice in favour of the much larger Outlaws. [57] In June 1975, Guindon forged an alliance with the Outlaws club, which is very active in the American Midwest. [204] This overnight placed the Hells Angels in a position of dominance in Ontario, and in effect put an end to any independent existence of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club. [31] On their second attempt, the police had plastic shields that allowed them to advance on the barn despite the shower of empty beer bottles being thrown at them. [166], Throughout the 1990s, Satan's Choice was the subject of unsolicited offers of a friendly take-over by the Hells Angels. McEwen called a secret meeting on 1 July 1977, with most of the chapter presidents being present where he called for "patching over" to the Outlaws, arguing that being members of an American-based club would add to their power, saying that the St. Catherine's and Windsor chapters had already decided to join the Outlaws. [12] In the 1960s, it was common for young people to Toronto to embrace a "hip" image, choosing ways of life that were quite contrary to the traditional Anglo-Protestant Victorian values that had previously defined Toronto, which were viewed by the young people as conformist, dull and stifling. Login . [199] Dub was also the main suspect in the 1996 murder of Alexander Sretenovic aka "Alex Atso". [196] Davies was confronted by Isnor who told him Dub was planning to kill him, leading to Davies to turn white with fear and say "You're absolutely right". [110], As the Choice members entered the Queen's Hotel at about 10:00 pm, Gayle Thompson, one of the waitresses present who recognized some of the bikers as she had served them before, reminded the owner of the Queen's Hotel, Leo Powell, that Satan's Choice's members were banned from the hotel owing to past unruly behavior. [104] Matiyek, who was drunk and high on marijuana and amphetamines, was talking about shooting the Satan's Choice members in the Queen's Hotel bar-room, causing Lorne Campbell of the Choice's Toronto chapter to come to their aid. If a member was worried about the cops, all he had to do was call her number, and she'd access the police computer to see if there were any warrants on him. We could also check out anybody's criminal record through that computer. [193] "Ed" ended up obtaining an impression of Isnor's American Express credit card and went on a lengthy spending spree before Isnor had him arrested. Multiple members of Satan's Choice go to the Sorrento on the Kingsway in Sudbury where they locate members of the Black Diamond Riders Motorcycle Club at which point they attack them with clubs, knives, fists, boots and a handgun. [16] Shebib said of Satan's Choice in 1965: "It was a lot of booze, broads, and bikes. [101] In 1980, McEwen abandoned biking to become a dishwasher, which was felt to be sufficient punishment by Satan's Choice. In his time he's seen club life slip further into the criminal underworld and be transformed by cocaine dealing. Dbe was born in and grew up in Sudbury, a mining city in northern Ontario. [123] Campbell had been convicted of perjury once and as a result, the jury distrusted him. [73] William "Gatemouth" Edson of the Outlaw chapter in Fort Lauderdale, Florida had been convicted of multiple offenses such as murdering three Hells Angels; torturing a woman for two days because she wore a jacket with an Outlaw patch without permission; and almost beating another woman to death because she was the girlfriend of a Bandidos Motorcycle Club member. The STANDS4 Network . [14] Bikers were viewed as dangerous men who were, however, "cool" and "hip" in their rejection of "Toronto the Good" values. [78] In 1976, a member of the Hamilton chapter, James "Wench" Kellet, ran for the mayor of Hamilton under the slogan "A Choice in the Right Direction". Try again. He is considered to be a very manipulative and potentially dangerous person". [159] Although the media often described Satan's Choice as public enemy one, Campbell disagreed, arguing that the low intelligence of most Satan's Choice members led them to engage in asinine antics that made it very easy for the police to arrest them. [125] The defense lawyers argued that Comeau could not have possibly fired the same bullet that went through Matiyek's head that also ended in his side, leading the prosecution to change its thesis midway through the trial to now claim that there had been two gunmen instead of one as first claimed. I started this book with an open mind, and finished it rather confused of my feelings about Mr Campbell. [160] By late 1989, both Guindon and Campbell were growing dissatisfied with the low quality of incoming recruits into Satan's Choice, feeling that the new members were of abysmally low intelligence and were too "soft". Stay tuned for Unsolved Sudbury II [21] One policeman stated about Satan's Choice in the 1960s: "They were rough guys, for sure. [169] By 1995, the Satan's Choice chapters in northern Ontario were buying the majority of their cocaine from the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter as well as the Hamilton chapter under Croitoru. Written with dark humour and raw honesty, and filled with unforgettable characters living life on their own terms, Satan's Choice is a unique insight into an outlaw world seen through the eyes of one proud and unrepentant biker. In 1985, the Kitchener chapter recruited Brian "Bo" Beaucage, one of the leaders of the prison riot at the Kingston Penitentiary of 1418 April 1971. President of the Sudbury, Ontario chapter of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club, Dub committed suicide in jail after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder and the bombing of a police station. Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014, A good interesting read throughly enjoyable, well written, it made it as if you were there with him the whole time, Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2013. [216] Peter Edwards, the crime correspondent of the Toronto Star stated that Berry had indeed retired, but was living in hiding as of 2015. [217] Wattel was a locally prominent businessman who owned The Barking Fish Caf restaurant in Cambridge. [90] When Guindon was released early from prison for good behavior in 1984, all Satan's Choice had left were the chapters in Thunder Bay, Kitchener, Oshawa, Toronto and Richmond Hill. Thought this was an interesting book that sheds light on the obscure world of 1% Motorcycle clubs, Lorne certainly has a tale to tell, Fascinating insight into a clandestine world, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2021. [6] Bernie Guindon of the Phantom Riders decided to use the name and patch of the disbanded club because he knew it would enrage the Black Diamond Riders. According to his associate, Todd Petahtegoose, Dbe murdred a 13-year old boy in 1986, which he was able to pass off as a suicide. [105], Brian Brideau, a petty criminal and an associate of Satan's Choice, was in the bar-room of the Queen's Hotel in Port Hope on the night of 18 October 1978 when he encountered Matiyek drinking with two Outlaws. [177] On 20 October 1995, the city of Toronto ended the talks once it was apparent that Satan's Choice would set a new clubhouse in Toronto after the city purchased the current one on Kintry Avenue, a possibility that Hall had not considered until that point as she seemed to believe that buying the current clubhouse would banish Satan's Choice from Toronto forever. [31] Attending the convention were the members from the chapters from Oshawa, Ottawa, Guelph, St. Catherines, Windsor, Montreal, Preston, Kingston, Peterborough, and Hamilton. [173] Several businesses belonging to members of both clubs, such a tattoo parlor, a motorcycle repair shop and a bar, were bombed. [99] In the summer of 1978, at a general meeting, Satan's Choice debated about whatever to move into selling heroin. [50] Guindon later stated: "Drugs were the ruin of many a good club member and many a good club". Learn more. [70] Lowe described McEwen as suffering from "the classic Canadian-American love-hate relationship, a distinctly Canadian malady, since Americans never thought enough about Canada to either love or hate their northern cousins one way or the other". [152] As Hawkins was deeply in debt owing to the costs associated with his divorce, the police allege that he began to sell information to Morin. [182] As a result of Project Dismantle, the level of screening for new members fell off, and the Oshawa chapter accepted Steven "Hannibal" Gault. "[51] The stories about Satan's Choice started to change from that of a hedonist types who liked to party hard to darker stories such as the case of a Kitchener man beaten to death in a back ally brawl and that of a Markham woman who tried to break up with her Choice boyfriend, only to be found lying semi-conscious and naked outside with serious vaginal bleeding caused by rape. You are pretenders". [99] On 8 September 1983, Guy "Frenchie" Gilbert of Satan's Choice Kitchener chapter was having lunch at Le Petit Bourg restaurant in Longueuil, Quebec with Yves Buteau, the national president of the Hells Angels, to discuss "patching over" to join the Hells Angels. [1] Boudreault became very close to Campbell, referring to him as "Dad". [74] James "Blue" Starrett of the Outlaws was found to be living in St. Catherine's on 22 July 1976 under the name Charlie Brown, where he ran a painting business and was a member of the local Satan's Choice chapter. [55], In 1975, Satan's Choice began an alliance with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, one of the largest international outlaw biker clubs. [194] Fearing he would face a lengthy prison sentence for spending thousands of dollars on Isnor's credit card, "Ed" told him that his cellmate was boasting about being involved in the bombing. [38] Guindon was forced to disband the Vancouver chapter after drug use of its members became too excessive even for him. [74] He was not extradited to Canada as he was instead convicted in North Carolina for his involvement in an Outlaw auto theft ring. [194] The manager gave "Ed" Isnor's American Express number from the registry, which allowed "Ed" to use the number to spend thousands of dollars at Isnor's expense. [221] The Satan's Choice of 2017 had chapters in Durham and Ottawa, with 48 full-patch members and two prospects. This helped us spot people trying to infiltrate us from rival gangs or the cops". [134] The issue was debated on the floor of the House of Commons as the NDP MP Svend Robinson and the Liberal MPs Warren Allmand and Christine Stewart all charged that the case was a miscarriage of justice. [133] The "Port Hope 8" case became a cause clbre in the 1980s1990s, attracting even international attention. [124] The Port Hope case is routinely taught in Canadian law schools as a textbook example of a miscarriage of justice. After being kicked out of a strip club for wearing the Satan's Choice gang colors, he and several friends toyed with bombing the club, but instead bombed a police station in Sudbury, Ontario, causing over $100,000 in damage. [84] Campbell responded by assaulting Sguin, who screamed in pain under the blows of Campbell's fists, leading Campbell to mockingly say "Not till I'm finished with you, Dave. [156] On 16 January 1987, Beaucage during a visit to London was shot by an Outlaw with .45 calibre handgun, taking a bullet to the heart, but again survived the shooting. [127] At the time, a journalist wrote "Who actually fired the gun was never established" at the trial. [28] Through Guindon found Berry repulsive, his willingness to do anything made him useful and he came to serve as his principal enforcer. [160] The arrested member expressed much bafflement that a policeman was able to find the assault rifle, leading Campbell to tell him that "He just looked up", which astonished the man. The Satan's Choice has always been an all-Canadian club. [149] A number of bikers from Satan's Choice together with the Para-Dice Riders, and the Vagabonds from Ontario; the Rebels from Alberta and Saskatchewan; the Vikings from Quebec City; and the Grim Reapers from Alberta attended the party, which reflected the growth of Hells Angels influence. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. [48] The first day of filming, 3 October 1970, was highly chaotic owing to unruly behavior of the bikers who refused to take direction, and matters continued to decline thereafter. [156] He was wearing a bulletproof vast and survived. [1] During this time period, Satan's Choice had grown rapidly, reaching a peak strength of more than 400 by 1970. When he talks about people having parts, he's got all kinds of parts". The product of a violent childhood, with a hair-trigger temper and fearless nature, he just wanted a place to belong. [45] The "Canadian Blue" methamphetamine produced in Ontario sold for $8,000 Canadian dollars per pound, but in the United States was sold for $12,000 U.S. dollars per pound. Satan's Choice's power began to diminish during the late 1970s, with some of the club's chapters "patching over" to the Outlaws in 1977. [178] The Choice set an absurdly high price for the clubhouse, which caused much controversy in Toronto when Hall indicated her willingness to pay it. the best motorcycle club around in Ontario we always had each other's backs and we never judged people not like today how sad. Through the majority of Satan's Choice members favored an alliance with the Hells Angels, Guindon made the decision that individual members of Satan's Choice were free to do business with the Hells Angels, but there would be no official alliance nor a "patch over" to the Angels. [2] An additional and unintended result of "reverse intimidation" campaign was to drive out the genuine motorcycle enthusiasts out of Satan's Choice while leaving behind only those committed to organized crime who were willing to accept imprisonment from time to time as a consequence of their lifestyle. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. [19] Through the values of outlaw biker subculture that celebrated violence, macho masculinity and the acquisition of wealth contrasted with the counterculture values of the hippies, the two subcultures saw themselves as fellow outcasts from Canadian society, and hippies tended to glamorize outlaw bikers as the 1960s progressed. [150] The case was chronicled in the 1998 book The Biker, the Stripper and the Cop by Eugene McCarthy. They'd come and go so fast". [167], In November 1993, in what appeared to be an attempt to undermine Guindon's leadership of Satan's Choice, Stadnick met in Thunder Bay with several Satan's Choice chapter presidents, most notably Andre Wattel of the Kitchener chapter. He's faced off police out to get him, taken revenge on men who betrayed him, and gone to extreme lengths to protect his honour and his club. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. [44] The remoteness of northern Ontario made it possible to hide drug labs and to manufacture drugs on a scale that was difficult in the more populous region of southern Ontario. After a lengthy investigation, the charges were dropped in June 2006 because of insufficient evidence. [109] The members from Toronto who went to Port Hope that night were Garry "Nutty" Comeau, Jeff McLeod, Larry Hurren, Lorne Campbell and Armand Sanguigni. Satan's Choice: My Life as a Hard Core Biker with Satan's Choice and Hells Angels. [98] One consequence of the biker war was that the Outlaws did not wish to take on Satan's Choice, which enjoyed a respite despite its weakened status. In exchange for promises of protection, support and a new identity, Petahtegoose, a convicted criminal who associated with. [45] The lodge was so remote as to be only accessible by plane. [183] In Sudbury, the operation specifically targeted the local chapter of Satan's Choice and members of the Hamilton chapter, which all but wiped out both chapters. [15] The Ontario outlaw biker subculture was violent, but in the 1960s the violence was usually limited to brawls and it was most unusual for bikers to kill each other. [48] The decision to use Satan's Choice members in the film had been approved by "Big" Jack Olliffe, who had replaced McEwen as the interim president. [187] As a result of Project Dismantle, Satan's Choice membership fell from 135 in 1995 down to 70 in September 1998. Even though they had a reputation for being dangerous, there was no confrontation. [7], Former Phantom Riders president Guindon became the president of this newer, larger version of Satan's Choice, and later their national president as the group expanded. Not what I was expecting after all the rave reviews and few biography bits picked up online. Dube, who was charged in 1997 in Briere's killing, hanged himself at the Sudbury jail Sept. 22, 1998. The writing is bland and meanders off story about facts and figures about places or people that are irrelevant and just filling in pages. [87] Lowe wrote that the chapters "began to fall like dominoes" as, once Mario Parente of the Hamilton chapter decided to go over to the Outlaws, the Montreal chapter did likewise, which caused the Ottawa chapter to "patch over". [18]That Guindon and his followers were rigidly conforming to the code of outlaw biker subculture that originated in California in the late 1940s apparently escaped them. They folded briefly in the early 1960s and then re-emerged under former international boxer Bernie Guindon of Oshawa. Satan's Choice MC. [1] [188] Croitoru and Juretta then drove to Sudbury to hand over the bomb to Dub. By 1970, Satan's Choice had some 300 members and chapters across Canada, making it the second largest biker club in the world. [35] Arrested together with Guindon at the barn were his second wife Barbara Ann and his right-hand man Howard Berry. Choice Forever Forever Choice! Lorne Campbell was an officer and enforcer for the outlaw biker club Satan's Choice for over thirty years, before patching over to the Hells Angels. [163], Rival gangs would also begin to target the club. Stool pigeon motherfucker". One of the very best true accounts of a man who must be seen as a true biker, loyalty and respectful. [127] Two of the convicted, Sauv and Blaker, came from the Choice's Peterborough chapter. [147] In August 1985, a biker war in Hamilton led to the murder of two Satan's Choice members, Allan Kinloch and Brent Roddick; an Outlaw, James Lewis; and a member of the Red Devils, Michael Carey. [87] McEwen joined the Chosen Few biker gang and was again caught stealing, causing the other members of the Chosen Few to be almost beat him to death with his artificial leg. [47] Guindon was an ardent Canadian nationalist and rejected the offer, saying he did not want his club absorbed into an American club. [172] Langton wrote: "So desperate were the big biker gangs for every square inch of southern Ontario especially prime real estate like Woodbridge the Diablos were immediately courted". 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