David "Wolf" Carroll |
David Carroll, who would earn the nickname "Wolf", was born in Halifax in 1952. He joined up with the 13th Tribe biker club, an organization that controlled much of the drug market in Halifax and installed fear into the locals. In the early 1980s, the 13th Tribe came to the attention of the Hells Angels. The Angels were impressed how the Tribe took care of business and on December 5, 1984, after a year long prospecting period, the club officially became the Hells Angels Halifax chapter. According to law enforcement, the Halifax chapter played a part in the 1985 slaughter of five members of the Hells Angels North Chapter in Lennoxville. Police arrest Carroll, along with |
Halifax members Randall "Blondie" Mersereau, Patrick "Frenchy" Guernier, and John Christansen, are brought to Sherbrooke to stand trail on charges of first-degree murder. The bikers were later acquitted. Altough Carroll was exonerated of murder he, Randall Mersereau, and Patrick Guernier were convicted of living off the proceeds of prostitution on May 30, 1986. All received one-year prison sentences. "The Wolf" is intelligent and knows the benefits of maintained a low profile. He spent the late 1980s and early 1990s expanding his activities and rising in influence. On June 24, 1995, he left the Halifax chapter for the Nomads, a crew that consisted the club's elite members, and took over much of the drug trafficking in the Laurentians. Carroll was among the over one hundred members and associates and indicted in Operation: Printemps 2001. He avoided arrest however and remains in hiding. He faces 13 counts of murder and gangsterism charges. |