Police target organized crime in morning raids(2)

Winnipeg police arrested 11
people in a major raid on organized crime across Winnipeg,
including the current president of the Manitoba Hells Angels Dale Sweeney. 

150 officers have been
working on “Project Flatlined” since May 2011 after the Redlined support Crew, a
Hells Angels puppet club, became involved in a violent street gang war with
rival members from the Rock Machine. 

The biggest raid was at
an upscale home in Waverley West, a brand new development in the city’s south
end. 

Police were seen
removing a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a VW car from Sweeney’s garage on Autumnview Drive. 

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Officers raided 6
locations including a business on Redonda
Street in Transcona. 

Police wouldn’t say if
informants were used as they were in previous Hells Angels raids, but say this
operation was a success. 

Arrested are:  

41-year-old Dale Sweeney (president, Manitoba Hells Angels) 

43-year-old Rodney
Sweeney (Patch member of Hells Angels) 

24-year-old Brendin Wall
(Patch member of Redlined) 

40-year-old Kurtis Scott
(Hells Angels associate) 

31-year-old Thomas
Barnecki (Redlined associate) 

31-year-old Jonathon
Stewart (Redlined associate) 

34-year-old Christopher
Gerula (Hells Angels associate) 

27-year-old Donovan
LaFrance (Redlined prospect member) 

39-year-old Carmine
Puteri (Patch member of Hells Angels) 

Police say more arrests
are expected and plan on targeting the Rock Machine gang next.