Joey Morin aka Joey Campbell

Joey Morin aka Joey Campbell, 34, was shot to death January 30th, 2004.

Case status is open and active.

Late in the evening of January 30th, 2004 gunshots erupted in the parking lot of the Saint Pete's strip club at 11125 156 Street. Two men died as a result of the attack and police at the time feared the start of a war between rival motorcycle gangs.

Shot were 34-year-old Robert Charles Simpson, who died at the scene, and Joey Morin, who died in hospital the next day. The double homicide were Edmonton's third and fourth murders of 2004.

Police did not release any information on what calibre of weapon was used, how many shots were fired or how many times each man was shot.

Media reports quoted sources as saying there were multiple shots to almost every part of their bodies.

Morin was reported to be hit with as many as seven bullets, with one arm almost severed.

A criminologist speculated "Two guys, maximum four bullets, that's a professional hit and if the whole place was sprayed, then it was either done by really frightened amateurs or by another group trying to make a very serious point."

Witnesses reported seeing two vehicles speed away after the shooting.

Peter Bodenberger, Saint Pete's owner, said his club had no affiliation with gangs and said the shooting happened about 20 metres away from the club's entrance.

"We as a club had no involvement with the incident," he said. "We don't even get fights in the bar so this is very unusual. The staff is pretty upset."


Joey (Crazy Horse) Morin -- who changed his name from Joseph Robert Campbell in 2001 -- was a probationary member of the Bandidos motorcycle club, a Hells Angels' rival which was setting up a chapter in Edmonton.

Morin was long associated with the defunct Rebels club, which closed down in 1997 soon after the arrest of Scott Jamieson, the club's secretary-treasurer. Morin was also briefly a Hells Angel.

Sources close to the investigation suggested that Simpson was also associated with the Bandidos gang and was in Edmonton to help set up shop.

At the time of the killings the Bandidos web site identified Joey Morin as a "probationary" member and Robert Simpson as a "hangaround."

Morin worked for a floor-laying company and as an agent for Independent Artists, an Alberta-based firm that booked nude dancers for clubs throughout Western Canada.

The Saint Pete's club where he was murdered was an IA client. The exotic dancing industry has been traditionally been controlled by the Hells Angels.

In October 2004, the Bandidos patched over to the Angels in a quiet Red Deer ceremony. The Angels-Bandidos detente was already in place when Morin was shot.


More than 200 friends, family and business associates attended Morin's funeral held at an south-side Edmonton chapel on February 6th, 2004. On a flatbed outside the chapel was displayed Morin's chopper.

In attendance were a half-dozen Bandidos in full gang colour -- including John Muscedere, Paul Sinopoli, and George "Crash" Kriarakis.

Muscedere, Sinopoli and Kriarakis were among eight Bandidos murdered on April 8th, 2006 near Shedden, Ontario.

On March 23rd, 2001 a friend of Joey Morin was killed in a collision with a train.

Ken Mire, 46, drove his 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee into a southbound train at a marked level crossing on 114th Avenue west of 142nd Street.

Mire had been a member of motorcycle clubs for 20 years. He was a long-time Rebels motorcycle club member before he joined the Nomads chapter, which fell under the umbrella of the Hells Angels organization.


In July 1997 Morin and Rebels associate member Kevin Dale Ostaszewski were charged after a police raid on the gang's club house at 115th Avenue and 85th Street. Both faced one count each of obstructing a peace officer.

Acting on word that alcohol was allegedly being sold illegally, police obtained a search warrant for the club house.

Seized were more than 660 bottles of beer, 50 bottles of hard liquor, about $165 and two shotguns which were located behind the bar and not legally stored.

The arrests were made when Morin and Ostaszewski allegedly interfered with a police officer's attempt to locate money believed to have been obtained from the illegal sale of liquor.

Morin received a medal of bravery from the Governor General in 1991 for his role in the rescue of three people from a burning truck in October 1989 in Edmonton.

Morin and a friend, Eugene McLean, noticed that the back of a truck was on fire as they were driving through the Oliver district.

Morin grabbed Ron Pazder and pulled him to safety. Pazder said his son was also in the truck, so Morin and his friend returned to rescue the son, who said his friend was also in the truck. Morin went back a third time and was able to pull the friend from the flaming vehicle.

Bikers Linked To Gym Shooting

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Bandidos began their move into Canada a decade ago, when they were wooed by members of the now-defunct Rock Machine gang, who were in the midst of a bloody war with the Hells Angels in Quebec over drug turf.

The Bandidos expanded into Ontario in the early 2000s, setting up their Toronto base in the basement of a Queen St. E. restaurant in south Riverdale.

They called themselves "The No Surrender Crew," a name they copied from a faction of fighters in the Irish Republican Army.

The King Township man who was shot dead outside a Richmond Hill fitness club Wednesday morning had dangerous enemies in biker gangs and the mob, sources say.

Jason (Jay) Pellicore, 34, of King Township, was also facing mortgage-fraud and weapons offences in Peel Region.



He had run afoul of a biker, who has since been drummed out of the Hells Angels for erratic behavior, after the biker accused him of taking his girlfriend. Pellicore’s contacts included York Region mobsters, sources say.

Pellicore had also talked about reviving the Bandidos biker gang north of Toronto, according to sources close to the York Region underworld.

In this week’s shooting, York Regional Police were called to 354 Newkirk Rd., south of Major Mackenzie Dr., after the sound of gunshots were heard.

Pellicore had no vital signs when his body was found by police and Emergency Medical Services personnel.

Sources say tensions are high between the local Hells Angels and Bandidos Motorcycle Clubs, especially since the shooting of three Hells Angels at a Vaughan strip club last December.

In that incident, David (Dred) Buchanan, 32, the sergeant-at-arms for the Hells Angels' west Toronto chapter was shot to death around 1 a.m. on Dec. 9 at the Club Pro, formerly the Pro Cafe, near Highway 7 and Jane St.

Security camera photos released by police show a suspect on a motorcycle or scooter.
Francisco (Frank, Cisco) Lenti, 59, faces second-degree murder charges for the shooting. His trial begins Sept. 7 in Woodbridge, and local Hells Angels may be called to testify about tensions between the clubs.

Lenti had been a member of the Bandidos, quit the club, and then tried to revive it after the murder of eight Bandidos in April 2006 outside London, Ont., in what police called “an internal cleansing” of the gang.

Two Hells Angels from the club’s Oshawa chapter face charges of attempting to murder Lenti, and police warned him last fall that his life was in danger.

Buchanan was the first Ontario Hells Angel member slain since the club moved into Ontario six years ago.

Carlos Virrilli, 28, a prospect in the west Toronto Hells Angels, and Dana Carnegie, 33, a full member of the same chapter, and former semi-professional hockey player with the Flint Generals, were both treated in hospital and released after the shooting.

Police are asking the public for help in identifying a suspect who was seen in the area at the time of this week’s homicide.

The suspect wore dark-colored clothing and rode a scooter or small motorcycle. His face was covered by a full face cover, mounted on a grey or light-colored helmet.

Jason (Jay) Pellicore, 34, One of the last Bandidos members on the GTA streets, was shot gangland-style outside Richmond Hill fitness club in August.

Pellicore was a former probationary member of the West Toronto Hells Angels, who quit the club after becoming irate about having to do menial chores at biker functions.

In the summer of 2006, he received a serious beating from West Toronto Hells Angels, the biker said.

Pellicore went to York Regional police two weeks before his murder to say he felt his life was in danger, the Star has learned.

He was about to stand trial in a mortgage fraud scheme. He had also run afoul of York Region mobsters by collecting mob debts without permission of local mobsters, the biker said.

Sometimes, Pellicore would pocket some of the money for himself and other times he would keep it all, the biker said.

Other times, people approached by Pellicore would contact police, which "burned" the mobsters, since it was then considered too risky to collect the money.

His murder remains unsolved.



They were originally calling this person a 'person of interest', but he now appears to be more than that. And the vehicle he was driving wasn't your usual van or automobile. He was operating a moped or a motorbike. Police also don't have a motive and no other information has been released about the victim, Jason Pellicore.

Police are hoping video surveillance will allow them to hone in on the man. But they're not hopeful it will show his face. He was apparently wearing a helmet with a full cover down over his visage.

UPDATE: People interviewed at the Fitness Club indicated that he used to talk about the Bandido bike gang although he was not a member of the club but a "friend." If this is true it might explain the "hit".

FURTHER UPDATE: The Star suggests through "underworld" sources that Pellicore had gotten jnto the bad books of a former Hells Angels who had accused him of taking his girlfriend. Pellicore had also talked about reviving the Bandidos biker gang north of Toronto. Pellicore was also facing mortgage-fraud and weapons offenses in Peel Region. Not such a nice guy as earlier reported.

Massacre of Bandidos Motorcycle Club members sheds more light on the lives of several York Region residents connected to the club.
Friday, 5 February 2010

The Bandido Massacre: A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal, was compiled after three years of interviews and trial coverage said author and Toronto Star crime reporter Peter Edwards. The book published Tuesday.massacre of Bandidos Motorcycle Club members sheds more light on the lives of several York Region residents connected to the club. The outlaw biker club is perhaps best known publicly in Ontario for a mass murder and subsequent trial, which concluded late last year with the conviction of six men, after the bodies of eight bikers were found near Shedden, ON.
Among those murdered in 2006 were York residents Paul "Big Paul" Sinopoli, 30, of Jackson's Point, the secretary-general of the Bandidos Toronto chapter and Jamie "Goldberg" Flanz, 37, of Keswick.
The book offers a rare glimpse into the often insular biker realm. But rather than just its seedy, dark image, Mr. Edwards paints a different picture of some of the men.For instance, Mr. Flanz, owned a computer business and was a Bandido prospect for six months before his death, and Toronto's George Kriarakis, who reportedly had a strong marriage, likely wanted camaraderie, according to Mr. Edwards.In late October, six men, Wayne Kellestine, Frank Mather, along with Winnipeg residents Marcelo Aravena, Brett Gardiner, Michael Sandham - a former police officer - and Dwight Mushey were found guilty for their roles in the killings.The Texas headquarters of the club was upset with the Canadians for breaching club rules. The night of the murder, there was an attempt to rescind the membership of several men, Mr. Edwards wrote.Even before the Bandidos massacre, Mr. Flanz's home was connected to another violent incident.In December 2005, a 20-year-old woman, who is now in witness protection and who Mr. Edwards referred to as Mary Thompson, was in a home on Hattie Court, in Gerogina, owned by Mr. Flanz.Ms Thompson had experienced a rough home life and a car accident and a high school friend of hers recommended Flanz's home as a good place to stay, he said.
She got a room upstairs and had been there a few weeks when Keswick resident Shawn Douse, who Mr. Edwards described as a husband, father and drug dealer, arrived at the home. Mr. Flanz was not home at the time.After a confrontation about drugs, Mr. Douse was taken into the basement. Upstairs, Ms Thompson could hear Mr. Douse screaming, Mr. Edwards wrote.
Mr. Douse's body was later found in a north Pickering field.Four men, who Mr. Edwards has described as connected to the Bandidos, including Keswick resident Cameron Acorn, a Bandido, and former Keswick resident Bobby Quinn as well as Randy Brown of Jackson's Point, were later convicted in connection with Mr. Douse's death. An Oakville man was also convicted.Mr. Flanz had nothing to do with the death of Mr. Douse, according to Mr. Edwards.Mr. Flanz's home was simply a "good place to meet", Mr. Edwards said.Mr. Flanz had a good rapport with Ms Thompson, the book states."He was like a big brother," Mr. Edwards said. "(Ms Thompson) was terrified the next day, she listened to the beating, which was really traumatic and then the next morning she has to clean up the blood. Her reaction was more emotional more than anything else. There was also a real fear for her life ... that she's a witness and not really part of the group."In the book, Mr. Edwards thanks Mr. Douse's father for reminding him of the human toll the murder took.
Meanwhile, Mr. Edwards said Mr. Sinopoli weighed several hundred pounds and constantly fretted about his health. Mr. Edwards describes Mr. Sinopoli, a former security guard, as having "dabbled in selling drugs".However, he was well like, Mr. Edwards said.While acknowledging the men were outlaws, Mr. Edwards said it was important to show that they were also people."A lot of them are like people we went to high school with," he said. "They might not have been on the honour roll but they were still human. A lot of them, if they stayed around a little bit longer, they probably would have floated out of it. Sometimes it's the situation that makes people the way they are."
York Regional Police is monitoring the activities of outlaw biker groups in the region, investigative services Insp. Richard Crabtree said.Today, there are two outlaw biker clubhouses in York, including one in Keswick and one in King Township, York police said.Meanwhile, Mr. Edwards also writes about Francesco "Cisco" Lenti, a Vaughan man who court records show was the subject of a Hells Angels plot to curb his attempts at Bandidos expansion. In 2008, Mr. Lenti pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of David John "Dread" Buchanan the sergeant at arms for the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club West Toronto chapter and aggravated assault for the wounding of another Hells Angel and a then-prospect member of the club. The shooting took place at a Vaughan club."He's what someone would call a one-percenter's one-percenter," Mr. Edwards said of Mr. Lenti, referring to the term by which some motorcycle riders identify themselves or are identified as being outlaws."If Lenti had been listened to, the massacre probably wouldn't have happened," Mr. Edwards said. "Lenti had a really strong, uneasy feeling about Sandham. There was something in his antennae about Sandham that he didn't trust."Mr. Edwards said he finds it unlikely that the Bandidos will make a push to expand into Ontario again soon. According to Mr. Edwards, the club is headquartered in the United States.
"The best of them were murdered and the worst of them went to prison for the murders," he said