I had previously missed this ... Article from January 2020
I guess when the police and fire departments show up to a multi million dollar waterside home, who's only registered owner is an Italian nonna, you've got a problem... Nobody said criminals were the sharpest pencils in the box.
A suspected arson that destroyed a Blue Mountains vacation property linked to the former president of the London Hells Angels was the catalyst for a two-year police probe into a gambling ring that led to his arrest on guns, gambling and tax evasion charges, The Free Press has learned.
The Jan. 5, 2018, fire in Thornbury, a small town on Georgian Bay northwest of Collingwood, prompted police to launch Operation Hobart, an investigation into an alleged multimillion-dollar gambling operation that police contend was run by members of the Hells Angels and an alleged Toronto crime family, Staff Sgt. Anthony Renton, the head of the OPP’s biker enforcement unit, said.
Property records show the now-destroyed luxury home and property at 363 Sunset Blvd., in Thornbury, belongs to Salvatrice Barletta, believed to be the mother of Robert Barletta, a founding member of the Hells Angels London chapter.
Full Story: the London Free Press
https://lfpress.com/news/local-news...don-biker-prompted-two-year-police-probe
