Canada - Police seize biker clubhouse
Wed, July 23, 2008
Home owned by Robert Barletta, who police say is a Hells Angel
By JOE BELANGER, SUN MEDIA
A Hells Angels clubhouse in east London was seized by police this morning.
The single-storey, white and red-trimmed home at 14 Swinyard St., near the police reporting centre on Bridges Street at Egerton Street, was seized around 6 a.m. by members of the OPP-led Biker Enforcement Unit and Asset Forfeiture Unit, whose members come from police forces across the province, including London.
It's the third Hells Angels clubhouse seized by the unit over the last few years, the others being Thunder Bay and Oshawa. The home is owned by Robert Barletta, whom police describe as a full-patch member of the London chapter of the Hells Angels.
No one was inside the building when police arrived.
Barletta - whose family has owned the Beef Baron, which Barletta has managed - could not immediately be reached for comment.
"We're seizing it under the (act) for a hearing in August," said Police Chief Murray Faulkner. "The organization that owns it will have an opportunity to defend itself and argue why the property should be returned to them."
OPP Inspector Tom Marshall, who heads the Asset Forfeiture Unit out of the Orillia headquarters, said assets valued at millions of dollars have been seized since the act was passed in 2002.
"This property by itself is not worth a whole lot of money, but the community impact is huge," said Marshall.
"This (act allows us) to remove assets and that's an important part of dismantling a criminal organization. An important part of those types of organizations is profit motive and when you can remove that it becomes a deterrent."
By 9:30 a.m., a contractor hired by police was on the scene measuring windows for boarding while police officers took notes about the property, which is painted in club colours with the logo on a front porch railing. The home is equipped with security cameras on each side.
In a press release, police said the home was seized after a Superior Court judge granted a preservation order applied for by the Attorney General's office under the Civil Remedies Act.
A hearing is scheduled in Triage Court in Toronto for Aug. 1 where the ministry will apply for a motion to extend the order until it's determined whether the building will be permanently forfeited.
In 2002, London police seized the clubhouse of the Outlaws motorcycle club a few blocks north on Egerton Street between Florence and Dundas. That home was seized under a federal criminal law relating to property alleged to have been used for criminal activity. That seizure is still before the courts.
Marshall said the Thunder Bay clubhouse was eventually turned over to the municipality after a successful court battle.
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