Jean-Damien Perron
Hells Angels Trois-Rivieres Chapter
    Jean-Damien Perron was born in the 1950s. He was  a member of the Satan's Guard, a Hells puppet club, before  moving up to become  a  full-patch member of the Hells Angels Trois-Rivieres chapter. Over the years, Perron's name would be connected  to some of  the biggest drug busts in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean area.

     Perron  was  arrested  by  Surete du Quebec  officers on October 15, 1992. Perron, who was still  a member of  the Satan's Guard  at the time, was charged with trafficking and being in possession of narcotics.

     He was next charged in December, 1994, when the Surete du Quebec busted  an  important drug  network that reportedly shipped  hundreds of kilograms of hashish and cocaine from Montreal to Toronto.

     Charged with Perron, the alleged leader of the drug ring, was Richard Nantel, Yves Gauthier, Denis Toutant, Charles Bourassa, Henri  Bourque, Mario  Brochu, Guillaume  Favron, Gérald  Leblanc, André Lesage, Daniel  Richer, Francois Richer, Alain Rocheleau, Stéphane Rocheleau, Manon Rocheleau  and Robert "Bob" Savard. Savard, a  major loanshark who has since been  murdered  allegedly financed the network.

     They were  charged  with  drug trafficking. Another woman, Nadine Proulx, was  picked up  in the raids and charged with being in possession of several grams of cocaine.

     Perron  and  Gilles Robidoux  were pulled over  as they drove  down  Highway 40, near Louiseville, on September 11, 1995. Inside, officers found  two loaded .38 caliber revolvers. A  news  article about the  incident  described both men as Hells Angel "recruits".

     France Garon, an  employee  at the Societe de l'assurance  automobile du Quebec (SAAQ), pleaded guilty to selling confidential information to members of  the rival  Rock Machine biker gang. According to police, Garon looked up information for ten to twenty license plate numbers, including that of  Jean-Damien Perron. She received $50 for each plate number, using the profits to work down a video poker debt she had accumulated.

     The  Surete du Quebec kept Perron in their sights. On June 19, 2002, a  squad of officers broke up a drug  network in  the  Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean area  and  charged 17 people with  accusations  ranging from  conspiracy to  drug  trafficking. The leader of  the organization, investigators contend, was none other than Jean-Damien Perron.

     The bust was the third  major blow  against drug  networks operating in the  Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean area. Within the last few months, police arrested a total of 90 people. There was one problem however: Perron was nowhere to be found.

     Police finally arrested Perron on November 15, 2002, as he exited a building on Maisonneuve Street in Montreal. He was charged with drug trafficking, conspiracy, and gangsterism.