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2016-05-02 03:32:11 UTC
Rock Machine motorcycle gang boss Jean-François Émard is one of two
men facing weapons charges after Ontario Provincial Police officers
responded to a report of two men in an altercation at a Casselman bar
on Friday night.
Émard, 39, of Casselman faces charges of possession of loaded
prohibited or restricted handgun; carrying a concealed weapon;
obstruction of a peace officer; failure to comply with a probation
order; and knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm.
Pascal Carrier, 47, of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., is charged with
possession of loaded prohibited or restricted handgun; obstruction of
a peace officer; and unauthorized possession of a prohibited or
restricted firearm.
They are to appear in a LOrignal court on Monday.
During the summer of 2014, Émard and others, in interviews with the
French language station TVA and La Presse, showed off their gang
patches, confirming that the Rock Machine, a gang that had disappeared
in 2000, was back in Quebec. Émard told TVA he was the vice-president
of the gangs worldwide membership. The gangs name alone evokes
memories of a violent conflict the gang was involved in against the
Hells Angels from 1994 that resulted in the deaths of more than 160
people, including several innocent victims. But in September of 2014,
Émard told La Presse the resurrected version of the Rock Machine was
not an enemy of the Hells Angels.
In October 2014, Émard was charged with possession with intent to
traffic in methamphetamines, possession of a weapon for a dangerous
purpose, possession of $300 suspected of being the proceeds of crime
and simple possession of marijuana after a car he was in was pulled
over in Valleyfield, Que.
In December 2013, he completed a two-year sentence he received after
having pleaded guilty to to three counts of drug trafficking as well
as the production of an illegal narcotic.
The Russell County OPP detachment has asked for assistance from the
public in the Casselman investigation.? Anyone who can assist or has
any information about the incident is asked to contact Det. Const.
Anthony Donnelly (***@opp.ca) 613-446-5124 or toll-free
at 1-888-310-1122 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or call
911.
With files from Shaamini Yogaretnam, the Montreal Gazette
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/rock-machine-boss-one-of-two-facing-weapons-charges-after-arrest-in-casselman
men facing weapons charges after Ontario Provincial Police officers
responded to a report of two men in an altercation at a Casselman bar
on Friday night.
Émard, 39, of Casselman faces charges of possession of loaded
prohibited or restricted handgun; carrying a concealed weapon;
obstruction of a peace officer; failure to comply with a probation
order; and knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm.
Pascal Carrier, 47, of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, Que., is charged with
possession of loaded prohibited or restricted handgun; obstruction of
a peace officer; and unauthorized possession of a prohibited or
restricted firearm.
They are to appear in a LOrignal court on Monday.
During the summer of 2014, Émard and others, in interviews with the
French language station TVA and La Presse, showed off their gang
patches, confirming that the Rock Machine, a gang that had disappeared
in 2000, was back in Quebec. Émard told TVA he was the vice-president
of the gangs worldwide membership. The gangs name alone evokes
memories of a violent conflict the gang was involved in against the
Hells Angels from 1994 that resulted in the deaths of more than 160
people, including several innocent victims. But in September of 2014,
Émard told La Presse the resurrected version of the Rock Machine was
not an enemy of the Hells Angels.
In October 2014, Émard was charged with possession with intent to
traffic in methamphetamines, possession of a weapon for a dangerous
purpose, possession of $300 suspected of being the proceeds of crime
and simple possession of marijuana after a car he was in was pulled
over in Valleyfield, Que.
In December 2013, he completed a two-year sentence he received after
having pleaded guilty to to three counts of drug trafficking as well
as the production of an illegal narcotic.
The Russell County OPP detachment has asked for assistance from the
public in the Casselman investigation.? Anyone who can assist or has
any information about the incident is asked to contact Det. Const.
Anthony Donnelly (***@opp.ca) 613-446-5124 or toll-free
at 1-888-310-1122 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or call
911.
With files from Shaamini Yogaretnam, the Montreal Gazette
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/rock-machine-boss-one-of-two-facing-weapons-charges-after-arrest-in-casselman