Two individuals linked to new 'inclusive' biker group arrested

Investigators from the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) arrested a few weeks ago and Thursday two individuals linked to a new “inclusive” biker group including a former gang leader expelled from Canada in 2014, but returned to the country after obtaining his citizenship, La Presse learned.

The group, which would have been created last year and would have a presence mainly in Montreal and Laval, is called Moors, North Shore section (north shore) and its best known member is Richard Goodridge.
Since their appearance, the Moors have been seen by police on a few occasions, wearing a typical biker jacket. On the back of it, their name, logo and region are sewn in three parts, with the letters MC, for motorcycle club, like the motorcycle clubs approved by the Hells Angels.
Their logo features a man wearing an oriental hairstyle and holding various objects. Originally, the Moors (Moors, in French) took their name from the populations of Berber origin who lived in North Africa during Antiquity.
According to our sources, one of the Moors' philosophies is to be more "inclusive" than other biker groups.
The best-known member of the Moors is Richard Goodridge, 52, deported from Canada to his home country Guyana in 2014 for serious criminality, but returned to Montreal two years later, presumably after obtaining his Canadian citizenship. , according to sources.

In 2016, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada told La Presse that due to the Privacy Act, he was unable to disclose information about Richard Goodridge. without their consent.

His Moors jacket seized

According to our information, Richard Goodridge's residence in Laval was searched Thursday by investigators from the Organized Crime Division (DCO) of the SPVM, as part of an investigation into an attempted murder with a firearm that occurred in daylight, in an alley at the corner of Saint-Dominique and Saint-Zotique streets, in Little Italy, on April 20.
Goodridge was not charged, however, but Moors cell phones, clothing and a jacket were found at his home and seized.

On the other hand, an individual who would be an aspiring member of the Moors, Steven Thérien, and another who would be a member of the Moors, Patrick Gilbert, were arrested and charged following this event during which they would have been present, according to the claims of police and prosecution.
In a residence in Blainville connected to Thérien, the police would have found Thursday in particular a pistol, a revolver and a jacket of the Moors. The 30-year-old has been charged with possession of a weapon and breach of conditions.
The prosecution opposed his release and his bail hearing has been set for next week.
As for Gilbert, 46, he was arrested on the day of the incident, April 20, thanks to the speed of intervention and the insight of two policemen on bicycles.
At around 2 p.m., witnesses heard seven or eight gunshots and saw four men running away before two vehicles left the area on hats.
Alerted by the 911 calls, officers Patrick Langevin and Yves Desjardins arrested Patrick Gilbert as he was presumably fleeing the scene in a Honda CRV.
Crack and cocaine were found in the SUV and on the driver. Gilbert was arrested and charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Police believe a deal gone wrong could be the source of the gunfire. Seven cartridge cases were found at the scene, according to reports read by the prosecutor during the investigation into Gilbert's release.

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