Yves Trudeau (biker) - Lennoxville Massacre

Lennoxville Massacre

Trudeau claimed that Ryan's successor, Allan "The Weasel" Ross, had offered to pay him $200,000 to eliminate Ryan’s killers, but Ross later told Trudeau to collect from the Halifax Chapter instead. When Trudeau approached the Halifax Chapter about payment, they refused.

This only added to the resentment many Hells Angels already felt towards members of the North Chapter. Other Hells Angels felt that the North Chapter bikers were too wild and uncontrollable. They often used drugs they were supposed to sell and were suspected of cheating other chapters out of drug profits. A decision was made to liquidate the North Chapter, in what would be known in biker history as the Lennoxville massacre.

A meeting was set up at the Sherbrooke Chapter’s clubhouse in Lennoxville on March 24, 1985. At that gathering, five members of the North Chapter were shot to death, wrapped in sleeping bags, and dumped in the St. Lawrence River. The others were allowed to live and were absorbed into the Montreal Chapter.

Trudeau was supposed to be at that meeting, but had enrolled in a detoxification program the week before. He later said he wanted to clean himself up, because he knew what happened to members who were always high. News of the North Chapter slaughter soon reached Trudeau at the detox center in Oka, and Trudeau received a visit from a Montreal Chapter representative. Trudeau was told that he was out of the gang and would have to have his gang tattoos removed.