The Notorious Bacon Brothers (29 page)

Despite that basic truth, things have changed for the better in British Columbia. No longer are daytime shootings commonplace. Drive-by assassinations now seem like a thing of the past. It's still a very dangerous game, but one could say that the war is over.

The very public collapse of the Bacon dynasty had something to do with that. People, when they join the drug trafficking world, often are intellectually aware of the dangers involved but do not have the visceral fear of death or imprisonment that perhaps they should.

But there was something different about the Bacons. They were middle-class boys next door, kids with a comfortable past and an enviable future. But when it was all said and done, they went three up, three down after they decided to pursue careers in trafficking. The fact that they were so easy for many people to identify with made the reality of their fates sink in for many. Suddenly, the twin specters of long imprisonment and murder seemed very real and had to be factored into any decision to enter the game or not.

And there was also their involvement in the Surrey Six murders, which caused revulsion among the public. It was one thing for gangsters to kill gangsters (and that happened at a sickening rate for a while), but to see two innocent people die like that for no reason was sobering. And there was no way to escape it. A massive public outcry galvanized around grieving mother Eileen Mohan made sure that anyone who was involved in trafficking had to be constantly reminded of the innocent victims of the world they were in. It was enough to break the spirit of Dennis Karbovanec, as hardened a criminal as any.

The lasting effect of the dramatic and very public saga of the Bacon Brothers was not to reduce the amount of drugs trafficked in and out of the province, but rather to put a definite cap on the violence which had, up until then, been escalating out of control.

Just a few years earlier, there were legions of high school kids in the area who idolized the Bacons and wanted to be just like them. The fancy cars, fancy clothes and legions of girlfriends seemed like they were pulled directly from a schoolboy fantasy. But now that the area's most prominent drug traffickers were rotting behind bars or six feet underground, the gangster lifestyle didn't seem so attractive after all.

Without realizing it, and certainly without trying, the Bacon Brothers actually made British Columbia a safer place.

Index

A

Abbotsford, British Columbia

Aburto, Marlin “Marlo”

Ahmed, Mohamad

Ahuja, Rabinder

Alemy, Koshan

Alemy, Nicole Marie

Alexander, Christina

Alkhalil, Khalil

Alkhalil, Mahmoud

Allen, Greg

Alekseev, Aleksandr

Alekseev, Eugeniy

Alvarez, Rob

Amero, Larry

Amoretto, Frank

Anderson, Brenden

Ansari, Sasan

Arrance, Joey

Attew, Dave

B

Bacon, James Kyle “Jamie”

Bacon, Jarrod

Bacon, Jonathan David

Bacon, Susan

Bahman, Merhdad “Juicy”

Baldini, Raphael

Balmoral Tower

Barber, Jonathan

Barber, Kyle

Barger, Sonny

Barrett, Gregory

Bartolomeo, Damon

Bartolomeo, Norman

Bartolomeo, Ryan

Bath, Gurwinder Singh

Batke, Karen

Bayani, Omid

Benji, Kulwinder “Jassy”

Benji, Rajinder “Little Raj”

Big Circle Boys

Binhamad, Haddi

Bird, Jesse

Black, Lyndsey

Bodie, Steve

Bolan, Kim

Bontkes, Marc

Boucher, Maurice “Mom”

Bowles, Randall

Brassington, Derek

Brienza, Romano

Brienza, Vincenzo “Vinnie”

Brotzel, Greg

Brown, Steve

Brown, Zachary

Bryan, Tiffany

Budai, Michael Kim

Bui, Hung Van “Scarface” (or “Sonny”)

Bui, Winston Thieu Anh

Burnaby, British Columbia

Burton, Rayleene

Buteau, Yves “Le Boss”

Buttar, Bal

Buzeta, Calle Pedro

Byford, David

C

Cali Cartel

Campbell, Thomas J.

Carr, Dale

Castañeda, Elliot “Taco”

Chahil, Jaspreet “Justin”

Chan, Jing Bon

Chan, Randy

Chana, Parminder

Chand, Vikash

Charlie, Fabian

Chartrand, Travis

Chee, Peter

Cheng, Godwin

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Chu, Jim

Ciancio, Roberto Salvatore

Ciarnello, Rick

Cilliers, Andrew “Dru”

Clark Park gang

Cocks, Norman

Cocks, Robert

Colligan, Adam

Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU)

Cooper, Nicole

Corrections Canada

Cotrell, Nicola

Coulter, James

Crew, the

Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada (CSIS)

Croitoru, Ion “Johnny K-9”

Cruz, Jed

Cullen, Austin

Curry, Joe

D

Daggitt, Roger

Daval, Naveen Shiv

Davis, Ken

Davis, Rachel

Dean, Faisel Ali

Dean, Nazreen

Desjardins, Daryl

Dhak, Gurmit Singh

Dhaliwal, Brian “Shrek”

Dhaliwal, Sukhwinder “DB”

Dheil, Amarjit Singh

Dhillon, Bakhar Singh

Doern, Ken

Doggett, Korinne

Donovan, Byron

Dosanjh, Gerpal Singh “Paul”

Dosanjh, Jimsher “Jimmy” Singh

Dosanjh, Ranjit “Ron”

drugs

cocaine

ecstasy

GHB

heroin

marijuana

methamphetamine

morphine

opium

Oxycontin

Percocet

Dudley, Lisa

Duhr, Paul Singh

E

Elshamy, Dean

Ennis, Carl

Enright, Jeremy

Espadilla, Barry

extortion

F

Fanning, Tim

Ferland, Zachary

Fews, Brian

Fielding, Greg

Filonov, Sergey

Filonov, Taras

Fiske, Eric

Forster, John

Fraser, Roy

Fredin, Kirsten

Fredin, Linda

Froess, Ernie

G

Gabriel, Todd

Game Tight Soldiers

Gardner, Donald

Gastown Riots

Gault, Stephen “Hannibal”

Gerrior, Chance

Gerth, Jane

Ghavami, Nima

Giesbrecht, Shawn

Giese, Brittany

Giles, David

Gill, Preet “Peter” Sarbjit

Ginnetti, John “Ray”

Girard, Danielle

Goldman, Alexander

Goos, Joshua

Gordon, Mike

Gordon, Rob

Graves, Ray

Graves, Sonto

Green, Bob

Guess, Gillian

H

Habib, Dale

Hadden, Michael “Spike”

Hadden-Watts, Leah

Haevischer, Cody Ray

Hallgarth, Kimberley

Hang, Hy

Hanna, Terry

Hanson, Audey

Harley-Davidson

Haugen, Dustin “Princess”

Haughton, Kevin

Harvey, Jeff

Hawboldt, Debbie

Hayer, Tara Singh

Haynes, Brett

Hehn, Glen “Kingpin”

Hells Angels

Nomads, the

Henderson, Andrew

Hendrick, Joshua

Heng, Dilun

Hillsdon, Paul

Hogan, P.V.

Holmes, Jesse

Holtz, Alphonse

Hong Kong, China

Hooites-Meursing, Anton Brad Kornelius

Huang, Hong Chao “Raymond”

Hui, Richard

Hung Ying (Red Eagles)

I

Independent Soldiers, the

Irving, Brittney

J

Jackman, Albert

Jai, Ling Yue (David So)

Jansen, Richard

Johal, Bhupinder “Bindy” Singh

Johal, Sarpreet

Johl, Karmen Singh

Johnson, Daryl

Johnson, John “JJ”

Johnson, Matthew James

Johnson, Paul

Johnston, Jesse

Johnston, Matthew

Jones, Randy

Jung, Richard

K

Kaawach, Ahmet “Lou”

Karbovanec, Dennis

Kawabata, Tomohisa

Keane, Kevin

Kelemen, Wesley

Kelowna, British Columbia

Keung, Law Kin (Allan Law)

Khun Khun, Gorinder Singh

Kim, Ho-Sik “Phil”

King Pin Crew, the

Kinnear, Brianna

Kitsilano, British Columbia

Klassen, Daryl

Kocoski, Nicholas “Nick”

Konkin, Cory

Krantz, Joe “J Money”

Krogstad, Norman

Kumar, Sharmila

L

Lahn, John (Laurent Jean-Guy Rahal)

Lal, Corey Jason Michael

Lal, Michael Justin

Lamoureux, Laura Lynn

Langlie, Emily

Lanot, Mao Jomar

LaPrairie, Peter

Le, Quang Vhin Thang “Michael”

LeClair, Kevin

Leask, Peter

Leclerc, Daniel

Lee, Jong Ca “John”

Lee, Pam

Lee, Yong

Li, Ping

Li, Xing

Lilford, Ewan

Lising, Ronaldo “Ronnie”

Lloyd, Hayley

Loke, Trevor

Los Diablos

Lotus Gang (Lotus Brothers)

Low, Park Shing

Lynnerup, Villy

M

MacDougall, Angela Marie

Machiskinic, Ashley

Mafia

Chinese

Indo-Canadian

Italian

Punjabi

Malo, Dan

Mann, Roman “Danny”

Margison, Jesse

Marks, Damien

Matheson, Stephen

McComb, Garrett

McKay, Guthrie

McLeod, Randy

McRae, Matthew

McWhirter, Donnie “Blaze”

Meisner, Geoff

Meisner, Tammy

Mela, Nunzio

Messent, Shane

Meyer, Duane

Michaud, Danny

Mickle, Michael “Zeke”

Miner, Dennis

Miraback, Braydon

Miraback, Zachary

Mohammed, Aleem

Mohammed, Amir

Mohammed, Mabel

Mohan, Christopher

Mohan, Eileen

Molsberry, Robert

Montemurro, Cory

Moore, William “Billy”

Moyes, Bobby

Murphy, Sean “Smurf”

Myles, Douglas

N

Naicker, Randy

Narain, Sanjay

Narong, Edward “Eddie” Sousakhone

Narwal, Harpreet

Narwal, Roman

Naud, Michael

Neal, John

O

Okanagan Valley

Oldford, Jeff

Olson, Greg

O'Neil, Shaun

Operation E-Pandora

Operation Frozen Timber

O'Toole, James

outlaw motorcycle gangs

P

Padley, Robert “PDog”

Parente, Mario

Park Gangs, the

Patriquin, Patrick

Payne, Scott

Pelletier, Cynthia

Pelletier, Len

Pelletier, Robert

Pendakur, Krishna

Perez-Valdez, Jose Raul

Peterson, Donnie

Phillips, Dain

Pickton, Robert “Willie”

Pierini, Alia Brienne

Pires, Francisco “Chico”

Plante, Michael

Pooler, Larry

Popovich, John

Porsch, Steven

Porteous, Hal

Potgieter, James

Potts, Randy

Prince, Justin

Prince George, British Columbia

Prodromidis, Simon

Punko, Johnny

Q

Quast, Devron

R

Radek, Gladys

Rai, Jaswant “Billy”

Rankin, Phil

Red Scorpions

Rehal, Gupreet “Bobby”

Renaud, Kerry Ryan

Renegades, the

Riach, James

Richards, Andy

Richards, Ryan “Whitey”

Rideout, Wayne

Riley Park gang

Roming, Donald

Robertson, Gregor

Robin, Serge

Robinson, Dean

Robinson, Lloyd

Robinson, Lonnie

Rogers, Frank T.

Rohrer, Yreka

Roueche, Clayton

Roueche, Rupert “Rip”

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT)

Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Unit

Russell, Dan

Russell, Edward “Skeeter”

Russell, Jayme

S

Saed, Karwan

Sahota, Ravi

Salcedo, Teodoro

Samardzich, Mike

Sandberg, Eric

Sandhu, Rob

Sandu, Balbir Singh

Sangha, David

Sansalone, Vincenzo “Jimmy”

Satan's Angels, the

Satsatin, Michael

Schell, Anson

Schellenberg, Ed

Scholfield, Ronald

Schoutens, Trevor

Scott, Carly

Scott, Wayne

Sek, Sophon

Shankar, Derek Chand

Shannon, Robert

Sharif, Saff

Shatto, Richard

Shinkaruk, Gary

Shoemaker, Shane

Simpson, Lyle

Singh, Harpreet “Happy”

Skreptak, Joseph Bruce

Smith, Cedric Michael

Smith, Mickie “Phil”

Soluk, Paul Percy

Soomel, Raj

Sparks, Ron “The Monster”

Stadnick, Walter

Stanton, Juel Ross

Stone, Phillip

Sumas Centre

Surrey, British Columbia

Surrey Six, the

Sutherland, Fraser

Swanson, Alexander

Sylvestre, Chalsi

T

Terezakis, Anthony “Big Tony”

Thiessen, Peter

Thiphavong, BonLeuth

Thiphavong, James

Thiphavong, Souskavath

Thomas, Robert

Tilli-Choli, Barzan

Tiojanco, Caesar

Tiojanco, Myrna

Toronto

Trebble, Sarah

Turcott, Lou

U

United Nations (UN)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Uyeyama, Eugene

Uyeyama, Michele

V

Vanalstine, Doug

Vancouver

Chinatown

Downtown Eastside

Lower Mainland

Varma, Shailen

Vaughan, Thomas

Viet Ching

Vinet, Casey

W

Wafsi, George

Walker, Karen

Watts, Diane

West, Eric

Wester, Nicholas

White, Mike

Willock, Tyler

Woodruff, Jack

Wooley, Greg “Picasso”

Wright, Janet

Y

Yaretz, Ken

Yoon, Christina Hyun Oh

Z

Zedong, Mao

Zig Zag Crew

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