Peter Edwards - Bandido Massacre: A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal

BIKERS AND ASSOCIATES

Cameron Acorn: Member of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club from the small Ontario town of Keswick, north of Toronto. Pled guilty in January 2008 to manslaughter for the death of drug dealer Shawn Douse as well as three counts of armed robbery and three counts of forcible confinement for robbing a motorcycle shop.

Jason Addison: President of the Bandidos in Australia and an often-sharp critic of the Bandidos headquartersor mother chapterin Texas.

Remond (Ray) Akleh: Former secretary of the Hells Angels in the Ontario city of Oshawa, who transferred to the Ottawa-based Nomads chapter after a bitter dispute with fellow club members, especially chapter secretary Steven Gault.

Pierre (Carlito) Aragon: Full member of the No Surrender Crew (the nickname for the Toronto Bandidos), who worked at a strip club on The Queensway in Toronto, providing security for lap dancers. Often seen in the company of hard-looking Spanish-speaking strippers.

Marcelo (Fat Ass) Aravena: Mixed-martial-arts fighter and junior Bandido from Winnipeg.

Carleton (Pervert) Bare: National secretary of the Bandidos in Texas, who was disgusted by what he considered the low-level criminal activity of some of the Bandidos in Canada.

Maurice (Mom) Boucher: Leader of the Montreal Hells Angels Nomads chapter, now in prison for first-degree murder for ordering the murders of prison guards.

Alain (Red Tomato) Brunette: First president of Bandidos Canada and an early supporter of the No Surrender Crew.

David (Dred) Buchanan: Sergeant-at-arms of the West Toronto chapter of the Hells Angels, whose duties included enforcement of club discipline.

Dana (Boomer) Carnegie: Former minor pro-hockey player and former member of the West Toronto Hells Angels.

Donald Eugene (Mother) Chambers: Former U.S. Marine who founded the Bandidos Motorcycle Club in Texas in the mid-1960s.

John (Big John) Coates: Massive biker from Sherbrooke, Quebec, pled guilty to conspiring to assault and cause bodily harm to Wayne Kellestine in October 1999, after Kellestine had survived a drive-by shooting near his farm. For this, Coates was sentenced to four months in custody. His brother James pled guilty to the same crimes and received no jail time in addition to the year he had spent in pre-trial custody.

Ernie Dew: President of the Winnipeg Hells Angels who was sentenced in 2008 to thirteen years in prison for cocaine trafficking and possessing property obtained through crime, after a former friend was paid more than $525,000 to turn police agent. The Manitoba Court of Appeal ordered him a new trial in 2009 because Dew couldnt afford to have a lawyer present every day for what the court called a serious and complex case.

Jamie (Goldberg) Flanz: Prospect (as in junior) member of the Toronto Bandidos, who ran a small computer consulting firm north of Toronto. The only Jew in the Canadian Bandidos. Had only been a prospect for six months at the time of the murders.

James Albert (Ripper, Rip, Old Troll) Fullager: Longtime Toronto biker who was a founding member of the Wild Ones Motorcycle Club in the early 1960s and who moved on to the Black Diamond Riders, Loners and, finally, the Bandidos.

Brett (Bull, Beau) Gardiner: Winnipegger who was just twenty-one years old when he was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder after the Shedden Massacre, although he didnt shoulder a rifle during the slaughter.

Steven Gault:, Fraud artist, drug dealer, drug user, thief, thug and one-time secretary of the Oshawa Hells Angels, who joined the club for the sole purpose of selling the members out. He received more than a million dollars from police for his efforts. Living under a new name somewhere now. Not a nice guy.

George (Pony) Jessome: Also known as George Jesso. Tow truck driver in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke and member of the Bandidos, who had terminal cancer. He had few, if any, enemies. Only became a prospect in the club in May 2005, less than a year before the murders. Some members of his family spell their last name Jesso.

Wayne (Weiner) Kellestine: Nazi-loving Bandido who had an extensive gun collection at the time of the Shedden Massacre, even though he was under two lifetime bans on possessing firearms. He signed his name with lightning bolts, a boast that he was an underworld killer.

George (Crash) Kriarakis: Bandidos Canadian national secretary and Toronto chapter member, who was given his nickname because he drove a tow truck, responding to highway crashes. He also called himself Gushis fathers namewhen meeting people he didnt fully trust. He had a strong marriage and no criminal record. He was one of the few members of the No Surrender Crew who actually rode a motorcycle. Privately, he wanted out of the club. He was a favourite of the American mother chapter of the Bandidos because of his stability.

Frank (Cisco) Lenti: Toronto-area former member of the Satans Choice, Diabolos, Outlaws, Loners, Rebels, Bastone and Bandido clubs and the target of an alleged Hells Angels murder plot.

Joey (Crazy Horse) Morin: Also known as Joey Campbell. Was briefly a Bandido in Edmonton. Fearless, non-druggy and good with his fists.

Giovanni (John, Boxer) Muscedere: Toronto Bandido who was Canadian club president at the time of the massacre. Also known as Prize and Prize-fighter for his brief stint as a boxer. Father of five and grandfather of three, he worked for twenty years for an auto-parts maker in Tilbury, in southwestern Ontario.

Dwight (Big D, D ee) Mushey: Secretary-treasurer of the Winnipeg Bandidos and second-degree black belt in the Korean martial art of tae kwon do.

Robert (Peterborough Bob) Pammett: Member of the Toronto chapter of the Bandidos, whose decision not to attend his chapters emergency church meeting at Weiner Kellestines farm likely saved his life.

Mario (The Wop, Mike) Parente: Former national president of the Outlaws. Joined the Satans Choice as an eighteen-year-old, and switched to the Outlaws when they moved into Canada nine years later, in 1977. Considered a true old-school outlaw biker, or a one percenter. Sometimes called a one percenters one percenter for his refusal to compromise on outlaw biker rules. His Outlaws got along with the Bandidos but had an often-tense, sometimes hostile, relationship with the Hells Angels.