Pubdate: Mon, 23 Oct 2006
Source: Oshawa This Week (CN ON)
Copyright: 2006 Oshawa This Week
Contact:  http://www.durhamregion.com/dr/info/oshawa/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1767
Author: Jeff Mitchell
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have not been convicted of a crime, if those named are not otherwise 
public figures or officials

ANGELS' CLUBHOUSE FROZEN AS COURT CASE CONTINUES

Owners Held on Murder Conspiracy Charge

WHITBY -- The notorious Hells Angels clubhouse in central Oshawa 
remains under police guard after a judge extended a preservation 
order on the property.

Superior Court Justice Robert Clark granted a request for the 
extension, made by a lawyer representing the provincial Attorney 
General Monday. The property remains frozen at least until Nov. 21, 
when lawyers are to be in court once more.

The clubhouse, on Ortono Avenue in the Bloor Street - Wilson Road 
area, has been under police guard since the province moved to seize 
it under the Civil Remedies Act in late September. Under the act, the 
government may apply to the courts for forfeiture of assets and 
properties if it can be proven they are proceeds or instruments of 
illegal activity.

In documents filed with the court the province argues the clubhouse 
has been used by Hells Angels members as a place to plot criminal 
activity, and that the bikers have for years illegally sold alcohol 
at a bar on the site.

The civil action was launched around the same time as Project Tandem, 
a province-wide police sweep that saw dozens of bikers and associates 
arrested, most of them on drug charges.

Two bikers arrested on charges of conspiring to commit murder -- 
[Name redacted] and [Name redacted] -- are listed on title as owners 
of the Ortono Avenue property. Police said [Name redacted] is 
president of the Oshawa HA chapter. [Name redacted] , of Cobourg, is 
a former Oshawa chapter member who is now a member of the Angels' 
elite Nomads group.

Neither man was in Superior Court for the brief hearing. Both are in 
custody and were scheduled to appear for a video remand in an Oshawa 
court Monday.
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