Hells Angels prospect killed on Vancouver Island Kim Bolan is reporting that Michael Gregory Widner, 39, was last seen March 8 in Sooke and was reported missing the following day. “If you don’t comply, your chances of survival are not good.”. Estate of deceased Vancouver Island Hells Angels prospect... comoxvalleyrecord.com - Jane Skrypnek • 1d. The bodies of Daniel Archbald, 37, and Ryan Daley, 43, were found 15 months ago, near Ucluelet. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 26 that the estate of deceased Sooke man and Hells Angels prospect Michael Widner is to be divided between his wife and his secret spouse. “In Mexico, you lived in the Sinaloa region which is well known for drug cartel activities. He goes to trial in Portland later this month on drug smuggling charges. Boat owner Dan Archbald and his friend Ryan Daley disappeared three days later and were found murdered in mid-June of 2018. coast, they encountered a U.S. government vessel and panicked. There’s a small rusted-out barbecue tipped over near the stern. The BC Gang Task Force told Dr Kim that the Hells Angels were responsible for the murder of two missing sailors on Vancouver Island over a dropped drug shipment. Convey said even people without criminal records are willing to take the risk, hoping for a big payoff. The deck is strewn with yellow, red and blue plastic containers. breaks from history with higher stakes, VIDEO: Langley musicians letting loose with new singles, Health Canada issues advisory over fake N95 masks flooding the market, U.S. man arrested after taking daughter, 2, into zoo elephant habitat, ‘Basmodi Wave’ protesters in support of Indian farmers cruise through Mission in fleet of tractors, PHOTOS: Father and son fling frisbees on Friday, B.C.’s restaurant industry wants in on the rush COVID-19 shot list, VIDEO: Vancouver Giants release roster for ‘hub’ series, Michael Widner led a double-life with two separate families before his death in March 2017. In May 2006, Stirling and four others were arrested again — this time here in Ucluelet — after police found $6.5-million worth of marijuana aboard a 47-metre fish boat registered to Stirling. Postmedia has learned that Hells Angel Chad Wilson — a friend of the person behind the cocaine shipment — was tasked with taking care of “the problem” in Ucluelet. So, when Widner died in 2017 without a will, she determined she had just as much right to his estate as his wife. waters, claiming he was “to be paid $2,000 to accompany the lone captain to Canada and that once in Canada you would be offered a job,” the parole board noted in 2016. As the men got closer to the B.C. on May 10, 2016. But all is quiet on the Astral Blue — a 14-metre sailboat whose last two crewmen mysteriously disappeared in the mid-afternoon of May 16, 2018. While authorities didn’t intercept Archbald and Daley, and the remaining cocaine, when they arrived in Ucluelet, associates of the Hells Angel did. Hardside is the 10th Hells Angels chapter opened in B.C. — The small craft harbour here in this stunning spot on Vancouver Island’s west coast is a hub of activity. A woman walking her dogs found the remains of Archbald and Daley four weeks later. The problem is that they kept some of the cocaine for themselves without telling the person who hired them. If you don't see it please check your junk folder. Over the next three years, she made five lump-sum payments – four of $44,000 and one of $22,000 – one of which she said was a gift from Widner’s family and the rest of which she couldn’t recall where the money came from. As many as 300 Hells Angels club members and other outlaw motorcycle gang members are expected to descend on Vancouver Island this weekend. Maybe they think they can get away with it just once. He confirmed that as he understood it, the boat was purchased in Ecuador, then moved to Panama, where it was moored until Archbald and Daley began their fateful eight-week journey last year. Michael Widner’s 2017 death left a number of unanswered questions The fish boat carried more than two tonnes of cocaine destined for Canada. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. skipper off the coast of Colombia in 2011. When she thought he was working part of the week on the other side of Vancouver Island, Widner was in fact living with his second family. Given her full-time income at the time was $25,000, Duncan determined it was unlikely she made all those payments herself. Parole documents obtained by Postmedia say Pederson now owns two food carts, which prompted some concern from the parole board in July 2017. VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Sabrina claims she had no idea about her husband’s involvement with the Hells Angels or any kind of criminal activity. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. Unauthorized reproduction is punishable by law. Email: [email protected]. “It seemed like a major case — a larger case than we usually see — because of all the police resources that were brought here.”. Less than a year after his 2018 release, Stirling, now 65, was found alone on another vessel off the coast of Oregon this past April. “I wasn’t even tracking it,” the friend said. Simma Holt wrote a book about it called the Devil's Butlerquoting police wire taps. “My guys are looking at all avenues and it is very, very active still,” he said. Tourists from all over the world board sport-fishing charters and whale-watching boats to check out the rugged coastline. Widner’s mother, Reta Acorn, added that she believed her son was a “high-level cocaine dealer,” washed other people’s money and, on top of his legal marijuana grow operation on Tugwell Road, had another illegal operation at his second property on Eaglecrest Drive. “There is a lot of money involved,” he said. Sabrina claimed she was the primary contributor on multiple Sooke properties owned by her and Widner and said considering Boughton a second spouse would constitute polygamy, which is criminally prohibited. VANCOUVER — More than two dozen of the longshoremen unloading container ships on the docks of Metro Vancouver are Hells Angels, their associates, other gangsters or … But, Boughton and Widner’s relationship was “marriage-like” enough that Duncan said Widner’s estate should be divided equally between his two partners. “It was fairly shocking. since the biker gang moved into the province on July 25, 1983. What ensued was a nearly three-year B.C. Please try again. © 2021 Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. “There is nobody up in arms, racing to the RCMP detachment saying that there’s a problem. A rubber dinghy is upside down over the cabin. The killer or killers would have driven through the dense coastal forest, past Lost Shoe #1 Creek, then Lost Shoe #2 Creek before turning right on the gravel road where Archbald and Daley were dumped. Sabrina plans to challenge the validity of Boughton’s claim as a spouse in court at a later date. Between the contributions Duncan thought Widner likely made to the Tugwell property and a workshop he had built there, she determined his estate consisted of his personal property and $150,000 plus interest. And sometimes it will be a “mother ship” operation “where they will come up and they will be met offshore, right out in the international waters, by offload boats that will come right up and meet them and then distribute (the drugs) to several different places or one place depending on what they contracted,” Convey said. Duncan did decide that Sabrina was the primary contributor of the Eaglecrest property, which was also registered under her name and where she made monthly mortgage payments. But with tax returns reflecting next to no income, it appears Widner was working for cash. Other family members listed a number of jobs they said Widner was working, including operating fishing charters, a small moving company, a wastewater management company and an ICBC salvage and rebuild shop. He would have been surprised if Archbald had got mixed up in a drug-smuggling operation, he said, though he admitted that is now the rumour circulating around Squamish and here in Ucluelet. They didn’t know the victims. When the body of Sooke man and Hells Angels prospect Michael Widner was discovered in March 2017, his family was left with a jumble of questions – ones that only began to get untangled in a B.C. The person behind the smuggling operation is a full-patch Hells Angel, the sources said. HELLS ANGELS®, HAMC®, and the Death Heads (winged skull logos)® are trademarks owned by Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation, registered and/or applications pending in the United States, Europe, China and many other countries. There is no indication of anything untoward. As many as 300 Hells Angels club members and other outlaw motorcycle gang members are expected to descend on Vancouver Island this weekend. Read more about cookies here. “I do have some people come down and ask about it. of 2018. And sometimes he worked in the film industry. Supreme Court decision Feb. 26. The friend, who asked not to be identified, told Postmedia that he owned only a one-per-cent share of the company and had no direct involvement with the purchase of the Astral Blue. “Dan was one of my better friends and I miss him a lot.”. Sometimes a relatively small vessel carrying cocaine will sail right into a harbour in a place like Ucluelet, which doesn’t have a Canada Border Services Agency post. The Americans captured the notorious B.C. RELATED: Hells Angels ride Malahat in memory of Michael Widner. Ucluelet residents still “are just curious to know what happened,” the mayor said. The men were all charged with drug-related offences, but all counts were later stayed. Postmedia has learned that Hells Angel Chad Wilson — a friend of the person behind the cocaine shipment — was tasked with taking care of “the problem” in Ucluelet. Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. No one in the community is feeling threatened in any way.”. Get local stories you won't find anywhere else right to your inbox. HELLS ANGELS®, HAMC®, and the Death Heads (winged skull logos)® are trademarks owned by Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation, registered and/or applications pending in the United States, Europe, China and many other countries. The Astral Blue looks much as it did when it arrived here. The Astral Blue remains moored here for now. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. It is known on the dock as ‘the drug boat.’ ”. He didn’t see the two men at all between May 13 and 16, though he noticed the Astral Blue after it docked as a boat he wasn’t familiar with. In March 2010, Vancouver Island commercial diver Scott Pederson and Mexican citizen Vincente Serrano-Hernandez transported 1,001 one-kilogram bricks of cocaine from Panama to Port Hardy via Ecuador aboard the sailing vessel Huntress. Postmedia has learned that the pair agreed to sail from Panama to Canada with a load of cocaine, believed to total several hundred kilograms. “Technically, I suppose I’m an owner,” he said, adding that the boat is really owned by Archbald’s widow, who is trying to sell it. Hit man Mic Phil Smith admitted to murdering him for the East Vancouver Hells Angels at a crack house in Surrey yet the Hells Angels were never tried for the murder. We encountered an issue signing you up. Following his death though, she discovered her husband had two motorcycles at the home he shared with Boughton in Shawnigan Lake. — has not really set the locals on edge. Sanjaya Wijayakoon, who oversees the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, told Postmedia that the police investigation is still extremely active. At the Cap’n Hook, a unique shop selling fishing tackle and cappuccino, patrons sip their coffee, look out over the harbour and speculate about whether the boat will go for a bargain price. July 13, 2009 – Four Hells Angels were convicted on a series of charges stemming from the E-Pandora investigation targeting the East End Hells Angels in … This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the most notorious motorcycle club the world has ever known: the Hells Angels. He gave his wife cash for groceries and household expenses and provided Boughton with approximately $8,000 a month to cover all her expenses. The boat carried 28 seven-gallon jugs containing liquid methamphetamine. When the body of Sooke man and Hells Angels prospect Michael Widner was discovered in March 2017, his family was left with a jumble of questions – ones that only began to get untangled in a B.C. The 14-metre Astral Blue has been moored at Ucluelet’s small craft harbour since May 13, 2018, when its two crewmen arrived from Panama. It is something very isolated and local to that event,” Noël said this week. Organized crime “absolutely” sees marine transportation as a tried and true method to move drugs, Convey said. B.C.’s anti-gang police say that up to 200 people, including full-patch Hells Angels members, could ride on Vancouver Island this weekend in honour of a … Like Archbald, Stirling would register a company in B.C., then purchase a vessel in the company’s name. “When the murders happened, it seemed like a very isolated incident. Supreme Court decision Feb. 26. But they were never charged despite the record drug haul. company called Astral Ocean Expeditions Inc. Corporate records obtained by Postmedia show Archbald and a friend registered the company in B.C. When the body of Sooke man and Hells Angels prospect Michael Widner was discovered in March 2017, his family was left with a jumble of questions – … Messages left for several relatives and friends of each man asking for comment for this story were not returned. Boughton argued Widner was almost entirely responsible for the acquisition of the properties in question and, as his long-term partner, she deserved a piece of them. Retired Mountie Pat Convey is all too familiar with the situation in which Archbald and Daley likely found themselves. We’d like to hear from you about this or any other stories you think we should know about. Percy's death was directly tied to the Hells Angels. “You will be told that whether you like this or whether you don’t like this, you are going to go do this,” Convey said. 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Two men have been charged with first degree murder in the case. says the bikers are celebrating the Hells Angels … “Everyone has got their own theory, so it will be interesting to see what actually comes out of it.”. It is all taken care of a long time before they set sail from here as to what they are going to do, what their plan is. He once told a Province reporter that the record Western Wind shipment was done for the benefit of some B.C. mapleridgenews.com - When the body of Sooke man and Hells Angels prospect Michael Widner was discovered in March 2017, his family was left with a jumble of questions – … Estate of deceased Vancouver Island Hells Angels prospect to be divided between wife and secret spouse - Maple Ridge News - Flipboard She also contested the claim that their two properties were purchased with drug money. The last person slain here was Shirley Ann Taylor-Seydel, who was bludgeoned to death on the docks on July 6, 1991, by fisherman Steven Hillairet, a stranger with mental health issues. Wilson, who was murdered last November, was on Vancouver Island at the time that … Its address is listed as a Richmond lawyer’s office. “While there may be some concerns with respect to the idea of a convicted drug importer operating a business that is based primarily in cash and therefore would be a good front for drug trafficking or money laundering, there is no reliable and persuasive information indicating you are involved in any illegal activity,” the board’s written decision said. Email [email protected]. They don’t believe that any suspects are in their midst. This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. More than 150 motorcyclists — including members of Hells Angels — flouted police authority Saturday when the group refused to stop at a roadside check … Sometimes he was “tight for money,” the friend said, adding that he did not know Daley, a 43-year-old former Squamish resident. Hells Angels ride Malahat in memory of Michael Widner, Middle-class gang violence in B.C. Their plan was to dump it at the last minute if they saw anything suspicious as they approached Ucluelet, the sources said. They were also aware of his involvement with the Hells Angels, but neither felt it was their place to tell Widner’s wife. Perhaps the most confused was his wife, Sabrina Widner, who was shocked to discover her husband had been leading a double-life with another woman and two children for the last eight years. They told her that Chad was assigned to take care of it meaning the club assigned him with the debt and killed him for it. No copying of the Death Heads or any content here is permitted. Is there more to this story? Hells Angels. RELATED: Middle-class gang violence in B.C. The largest bust came in February 2001 when U.S. agents intercepted the Western Wind in the Strait of Juan de Fuca off southern Vancouver Island. Missing since April 17, 2009. Page 1 of 3 - Hells Angels activities - posted in Urban Issues: Hey all, new freelance project: I'm following up on unconfirmed reports about Hell's Angels-controlled businesses operating on the South Island and in the CRD. 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4. A brokerage company has been contacted and the boat, estimated to be worth about $100,000, will soon be sold. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. He said he and Archbald had talked for years about running a charter business on the west coast. When he was a senior member of the RCMP’s Vancouver Island drug squad, he investigated similar cases along the coast here where drugs were smuggled aboard sailboats and fishing vessels. Both have since been released. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. But a Postmedia investigation has found that the two men were likely casualties of a botched cocaine-smuggling job that they were recruited to do by a Lower Mainland biker. Both Widner’s parents, who are separated, said they were aware of their son’s double-life and spent time with both partners and both sets of grandkids. Caleb Cameron, who was born and raised in Ucluelet, is down on the docks every day operating his whale-watching and sports-fishing company — Cameron Ocean Adventures. She also decided because Boughton and Widner weren’t actually married, that relationship could not be considered polygamous under criminal law. “I am also a sailor and if I had the opportunity to do some trips, it would have been great,” he said. Decades later, the infamous biker gang still makes regular headlines for its counterculture lifestyle and criminal activities.. We are still hoping for that,” he said. tap here to see other videos from our team. “I know my guys are still hoping that people in the public are able to come forward and that something triggers their memory and they come and talk to us. The white and blue sailboat, built in Taiwan in 1979, was registered with Transport Canada on July 25, 2016, listing its home port as Vancouver, despite then never having landed in Canada. In July 1983, Buteau established the first Angel chapters outside of Quebec when he persuaded the 3-chapter strong Satan's Angels biker gang, based in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and on Vancouver island, to "patch over" to join the Hells Angels. As for Hernandez, he continued to deny knowledge of the tonne of cocaine he sailed into B.C. (January 16, 2019) BTN – A key government witness at the trial of Mexican Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman testified in New York this week that he met with Canadian Hells Angels on behalf of the cartel to arrange the hit of a drug dealer.
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