Lennoxville massacre

The Lennoxville massacre (or Lennoxville purge) refers to a mass murder which took place at the Hells Angels clubhouse in Lennoxville, Quebec on March 24, 1985.

The killings were used to liquidate the Hells Angels North Chapter, founded by Yves "Apache" Trudeau. 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 skimming drug profits that were meant for other Hells Angels chapters.

North Chapter members were invited to a meeting at the Sherbrooke Chapter's Lennoxville clubhouse on March 24, 1985. The president of the North Chapter, Laurent "L'Anglais" Viau, and four of his members - Jean-Guy "Brutus" Geoffrion, Jean-Pierre "Matt le Crosseur" Mathieu, Michel "Willie" Mayrand, and Guy-Louis "Chop" Adam - were shot to death as they entered the clubhouse bunker. Their bodies were wrapped in sleeping bags, weighted down with concrete blocks and dumped in the St. Lawrence River.

Several members of the Hells Angels were present and played a role in the slaughter, but only four - Robert "Tiny" Richard, Jacques Pelletier, Luc "Sam" Michaud, and Réjean "Zig-Zag" Lessard - were convicted of first-degree murder. The others were convicted of lesser related crimes.

Richard was eventually acquitted of all charges and died of a heart attack at his home in 1996. Pelletier, Michaud, and Lessard are currently serving life sentences for the murders.

• Quebec Hells Angel doing life for murder gets closer to parole, Montreal Gazette, October 17, 2007
• Luc "Sam" Michaud
• {http://www.geocities.com/wiseguywally/RobertRichard.html Robert "Tiny" Richard]