Hells Angels member-turned-informant has warned that anyone who dares to sell cocaine in the Niagara Region faces certain death from the biker gang, a Superior Court judge said yesterday. Stephen Gault, former secretary of the Angels' Oshawa chapter, made the comment while testifying at the drug trial of Gerald "Skinny" Ward, Justice John McMahon said in reading his judgment convicting Ward of having proceeds of crime, trafficking in cocaine and benefitting a criminal organization.
Ward, 60, the executive and founding member of the Angels' Niagara chapter, will be sentenced Feb. 27. "They (Angels) have complete control in the whole Niagara region. Anyone who steps in there, they'll kill him pointblank," McMahon quoted from the testimony of Gault, who was paid more than $400,000 as a police agent. "You don't play with their game ... all their lives are built upon drug dealing," Gault said in his testimony while explaining the workings of the biker gang. Gault testified that people join the Angels for "the power of the patch" -- which provides them protection -- but must pay the club 10% of their criminal proceeds and monthly dues for a legal defence fund for those facing prosecution. Members must vow not to cheat anyone on drug deals, court heard. The judge ruled yesterday Ward was directing the sale of cocaine to Gault for the bikers. Gault made 27 drug buys from various gang members, including four that involved Ward from May 2005 and Sept. 28, 2006.
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