Gregory Woolley
Gregory Woolley is a Canadian criminal associated with the Hells Angels motorcycle club.[1][2] Woolley was the protege and bodyguard of Maurice Boucher, a controversial senior Hell Angels leader, who lead his chapter in a long and extremely violent gang war against the Rock Machine, in Quebec, from 1994-2002.[3]
In November 2015 ,Woolley and 47 suspected underworld leaders were arrested in sweep.[4] Police claim the sweep revealed Woolley was part of a conspiracy to murder another underworld figure.[5][6]
Although the Hells Angels official policies are not racist, experts say many Hells Angels members are racist and it is rare for individuals of African ethnic heritage to join Hells Angels chapters.[1][3] Woolley, whose ethnic background is Haitian, is described as a rare instance of an individual with African ethnic heritage to rise to a senior position in the Hells Angels. Prior to joining the Hells Angels Woolley's mentor was in a smaller motorcycle gang called the "SS", which had an explicit white supremicist ideology. Boucher's mentorship of Woolley is seen as demonstrating that, in spite of his membership in the SS, he was not himself a racist.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eric Thibault (2012-08-16). "Sun News : Dead gang leader rebuffed top biker prior to assassination: Source". Montreal: Sunnewsnetwork.ca. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2012/08/20120816-121421.html. Retrieved 2013-06-18. "The summit meeting was organized by Gregory Wooley, a protege of jailed Hells boss Maurice "Mom" Boucher. Wooley, one of the few Hells Angels of African descent, is the reputed leader of the Syndicates, a street gang formed by the Hells at the height of its bloody 1990s biker war with the Rock Machine."
- ↑ "A who's who of the Montreal underworld: The mafiosi, bikers and gangsters swept up in police raids". National Post. 2015-11-20. https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/a-whos-who-of-the-montreal-underworld-the-top-mafiosos-bikers-and-gangsters-swept-up-in-police-raids. Retrieved 2020-07-18. "Once a protegé of Hells Angels kingpin Maurice (Mom) Boucher, the Haitian-born Woolley founded the Syndicate gang in 1998."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 RJ Parker (2015). Peter Vronsky. ed. Hell's Angels Biker Wars: The Rock Machine Massacres. Rj Parker Publishing, Inc.. ISBN 9781517198718. https://books.google.ca/books?id=u6vKCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=%22hell%27s+angels+biker+wars%22. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ↑ Andy Riga (2016-11-05). "Montreal Mafia: After brief lull, blood is being spilled again". Montreal Gazette. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-mafia-after-brief-lull-blood-is-being-spilled-again/wcm/4d3952e2-6dfc-48d3-ab7e-f6cfe557cdbe/. Retrieved 2020-07-18. "In a major operation, police arrest the alleged heads of Montreal’s most powerful criminal organizations and declare the Mafia, the Hells Angels and street gangs were working together. Among the 48 people arrested are Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito, described as the heads of the Montreal Mafia. Others charged included: Maurice (Mom) Boucher, the former Hells Angels leader currently serving a life sentence; Salvatore Cazzetta, alleged leader of the Hells Angels; and street-gang leaders Dany Cadet Sprinces and Grégory Woolley."
- ↑ Paul Cherry (2015-11-20). "The alleged crimes behind the Montreal underworld raids". Montreal Gazette. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/the-alleged-crimes-behind-the-montreals-underworld-raids. Retrieved 2020-07-18. "According to the indictment filed in connection with the murder plot, Boucher used his pregnant daughter, Alexandra Mongeau, 25, to relay messages Gregory Woolley, 43, a former underling in the Hells Angels who acted as Boucher’s bodyguard during the 1990s. Woolley is alleged to have since risen among organized crime circles to the point where he was the key man in the alliance of organized crime groups uncovered by Project Magot and Mastiff. The alleged conspiracy to murder Desjardins began in July and ended on Nov. 9."
- ↑ Paul Cherry (2015-11-20). "Mafia busts: Sweeping raids, 48 arrests, and a murder plot". Montreal Gazette. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-drug-raids-target-organized-crime-suspected-mafia-players. Retrieved 2020-07-18. "Boucher, 62, is alleged to have used his daughter, Alexandra Mongeau, 25, to relay messages to his former bodyguard, Gregory Woolley, 43, as part of a plan to kill Raynald Desjardins, a former right-hand man of Vito Rizzuto, who is currently awaiting his sentence for his role in the murder of a Mafioso."
