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| Gilles Lambert |
| Lambert, Vrouvaikis, Plescio, and Traynor were convicted of attempting to break Hardy out of prison about a year later. Lambert was reportedly sentenced to three months in prison and one year of probation. On May 16, 1997, in the middle of Canada's most brutal gang war ever, police arrested Lambert and ten others on allegations of conspiring to murder Hells Angels leader Maurice "Mom" Boucher. Arrested with Lambert was reportedly Yvon Roy, Tony Jalbert, Martin Simard, Serge Boutin, Martin Pellerin, Bruno Lévesque, Jean-René Dufresne, Richard Lariviere, René Pelletier, and Hubert Lanteigne. Pascal Couture, described as one of Lambert's bodyguards, was arrested with Jose Lapierre and Christian Soucy in Edmonton, Alberta in early May 1998, allegedly in possession of a kilogram of cocaine. That same month, Lambert, Giovanni Cazzetta, Giovanni's sister Maria, and Suzanne Poudrier, Renaud Jomphe's widow, were charged with a total of 28 counts of possessing property obtained through illegal activities between January 19, 1989 and May 22, 1997. After a trial that lasted nearly five months, a jury took 17 days before announcing their verdict on June 17, 1999. Lambert was found guilty on six counts, Giovanni Cazzetta on nine counts, Maria Cazzetta on two counts, and Suzanne Poudrier on five counts. On August 12, 1999, Lambert was sentenced to three years in prison. Giovanni Cazzetta got five years, while Maria Cazzetta and Suzanne Poudrier received one year conditional sentences. More than $2 million worth of goods was reportedly seized, including Lambert's La Plaine home and his 300 boxes of collector cards. The gang's clubhouse, located at 2025 Huron Street, was also seized. |
| Gilles Lambert, born in the mid 1950s, is a founding member of the Rock Machine biker gang. He has been described as being one of the group's leaders and is reportedly closely associated with the Cazzetta brothers. Late on the night of August 26, 1996, guards at the Donnaona penitentiary noticed that Roger Hardy, a reputed Rock Machine associate and explosives expert, was missing from his cell. Authorities immediately began searching the surroundings and found Hardy hiding outside. Police then stopped two vans who were allegedly circulating the prison. Inside was Lambert, and Andreas Vrouvaikis, Tony Plescio, and Sean Traynor. The four Rock Machine members were placed under arrest. |