Steve Duquette |
Steve Duquette was born around 1967 and was a member of the Evil Ones biker gang, before being promoted to the Hells Angels Sherbrooke Chapter. In 1994, Duquette, then a member of the Evil Ones, a Hells Angels puppet club, and Michel Delisle, also an Evil One, were arrested, allegedly for being in possession of two onces of cocaine. Duquette and Delisle pleaded guilty on February 24, 1994, and were sentenced to 16 and 17 months in prison, respectively. Duquette became a member of the Hells Angels Sherbrooke Chapter in the late 1990s. When the Evil Ones Granby Chapter was created on August 17, 2000, he and Hells Ghislain Vallerand became the group's godfathers. |
In 1999, according to an article published in the Montreal Gazette, police arrested Duquette and five other members of the Sherbrooke Chapter. In August, police had tried to pull over some Hells members for having noisy mufflers, but the latter reportedly refused to pull over. Police followed the bikers to the gang's Lennoxville property, where they alleged that Steve Duquette and Sylvain Vachon threatened them. Duquette and Vachon, according to that same news article, were charged with assaulting a police officer. Duquette was also charged with threatening police, and the two men, along with fellow Hells Angels Yvon Tanguay, Gaetan David, Michel Vallieres, and Ghislain Vallerand, were charged with obstructing police. On January 16, 2001, about 200 police officers wrapped a 15 month investigation into the Evil Ones biker gang's activities, by arresting ten people, including five members of the gang in question and one Hells Angel. Evil Ones members Marion Dion, Steven Larivée, Mario Daigneault, and Mario Godue, as well as Hells Angel Ghislain Vallerand, were reportedly charged with conspiracy and drug trafficking. Police, who said they saw more than $1 million worth of cocaine sold during their investigation, seized 550 grams of cocaine, four firearms, five vehicles, and some marijuana. While not charged in the investigation, police raided Duquette's Saint-Élie-d'Orford house, where they said they found a pistol. Duquette was not home at the time so police issued a warrant for his arrest. |