https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/...ffaires-criminelles_2078078_section_POS1Ontario police forces suspect that murders committed on their territory in recent months are the work of Quebec assassins. Their doubts intensified further today when the Peel Regional Police announced the arrest of two Montrealers for the Hells Angels murder of a Hells Angels member last Monday in Mississauga.
The victim, 32-year-old Michael Deabaitua-Schulde, a gym employee in a shopping mall, was out for dinner when an individual approached and shot him with several projectiles before fleeing. .
After the crime, a burned-out blue Honda Civic - usually considered a biker's signature by the police - was found at the corner of Rymal Road and Tomken Road.
But obviously, the suspects left important traces since they were caught barely three days later.
At a press conference held this afternoon in Peel, police announced the arrest last night by Montreal police of two suspects, Marckens Vilme, 28, and Jonathan Martinez-Seyes, 27. The first is charged with first degree murder while the second faces a complicity leader after the fact.
A third Montrealer, Joseph Pallotta, 38, from the Borough of Saint-Leonard, was wanted for first degree murder at the time of writing and is serving a Canada-wide warrant. He is considered armed and dangerous. The police link the three suspects to organized crime.
"This crime is an example of the reckless disregard that criminals have for public safety. We will not tolerate this kind of violence on our streets, "said Peel Regional Police Chief Chris McCord.
An internal purge
A police source consulted by La Presse believes that the murder of Deabaitua-Schulde, a member of the Niagara Hells Angels, is an internal purge.
"It shows that for their internal problems, the Hells Angels are like the mafia and are contracting out of their organization," says the source.
According to our information, Marckens Vilme grew up in the lap of
Ruffriders, a street gang of blue allegiance, close to bikers, involved in drug trafficking and violence in Pierrefonds and the West Island of Montreal.
Vilme, who has been repeatedly investigated by police officers from Montreal and Laval, has been observed in the company of some members of the Hells Angels.
Vilme has a long list of criminal records. He was sentenced to 21 months in jail for drug trafficking in June 2011 and eight months for conspiracy and extortion in February 2014. He currently has a cause of assault pending in Laval and is under the blow of a probationary period of one year during which he had to keep the peace.
Joseph Pallotta has a history of weapons possession, fraud, possession of false documents and complicity. It also has a cause of intimidation of a person associated with the judicial system still pending.
As for Martinez-Reyes, he does not seem to have a criminal record.
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