Salvatore Brunetti
Hells Angels Nomads Chapter
    Salvatore Brunetti was born on  December 8, 1951. He  is  reputed to be  a  millionaire, and  rumored to  have  contacts with  members of  the Montreal Mafia as well as in legitimate business.

     Brunetti joined the Montreal-based Devil's Disciples biker gang  in the 1960s or 70s. The group would disappear after  a war with the Popeyes, a  motorcycle gang who would  later become the  Hells Angels  Montreal Chapter in 1977.

     According  to  a  December 8, 1998  La Presse article, Brunetti  was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1972 for having killed a doorman  at  a Montreal night spot.
    As the years passed, Brunetti grew in stature  in the  Montreal underworld. In the  early 90s, when the Hells Angels tried to take over the city's drug market, Brunetti  allegedly became one of the leaders of  the opposition. He was named to be one of  the  chiefs of  the  Dark Circle, often described  as the  Rock Machine''s hit squad.

     The Wolverine Squad  arrested over 20 people in November, 1995. Brunetti  and other Dark Circle members were  sought for  allegedly conspiring to murder  Hells Angels  Normand "Billy" Labelle  and Denis "Pas Fiable" Houle, who were fired upon at Leclerc penitentiary in Laval.

     But Brunetti managed to slipped  away  and went into  hiding. He  turned  himself  in  a  couple  of months later  and  was  sentenced  to four years in  prison on  May 13, 1996. He was paroled in early 1999, after having served two-thirds of his sentence.

     In December 2000, in  a shocking  move, Brunetti  and  seven others linked  to the  Rock Machine jumped ship  and  shifted their allegiances to the Hells Angels. Joining Brunetti was Nelson Fernandes, Stéphane Trudel, and  Daniel Leclerc, all  full-patch members of  the  Rock Machine, Éric Leclerc, a prospect, and associates Jimmy Larivée, Gaétan Coe, and Stéphane Veilleux.

     Brunetti  and  Fernandes were  permitted to skip  the  hangaround and  prospect stages, and were immediately welcomed as full-patch members of the Hells Angels Nomads Chapter.

     On  March 28, 2001, after  about  four  months  as  a  member of  the  Hells Angels, Brunetti was among the over 100 Hells Angels members  and  associates  arrested  as part of Opération: Printemps 2001. When police  arrested  him  at his Pierrefonds home, they reportedly found  a loaded firearm  as well as $15,000 in cash.

     Brunetti was charged with conspiring to kill members of his former gang, as well  as gangsterism, and drug trafficking.

     On  November 18, 2002, Brunetti  and five  others  pleaded guilty to  a variety of charges. Brunetti was sentenced to three  years  in  prison. The  others  were  not  so  lucky. Francis  Boucher, "Mom" Boucher's son, got 10 years, Stéphane Jarry  and Pierre Toupin  received 11 year terms, while  Kenny Bédard  and  Vincent  Lamer both got 10  and  a  half years behind bars. The sentences came with the condition that the men serve at least half of their terms before becoming eligible for parole.