“We’re kind of here for the picking right now,” says
Peterborough police Insp. Larry Charmley, adding that the Outlaws, Hells
Angels, Rock Machine and other motorcycle groups are looking for opportunities here.
“They are worldwide and want to take over territory.”
He says biker activity and representation began to increase
in the fall of 2017 and will become more visible this spring.
“We do know that there has been Hell's Angels that have been
in town, and the Rock Machine has also been around town so we suspect that we
are going to see them here,” adds Charmley.
Peterborough Police say Outlaw Motorcycle gang activity is
expected to pick up in 2018. The Outlaws on Park and Perry streets burned to
the ground last March, but they have relocated to this clubhouse on Parkhill
Road East. - Todd Vandonk/Metroland
According to sources, a recent drug bust involving city and
Peterborough County OPP involved people associated with Hell's Angels.
Last March the former Outlaws clubhouse at the corner of
Perry and Park streets burned to the ground in a suspected arson.
Charmley says the investigation is ongoing.
“You don’t get a lot of people wanting to talk to the police
about what happened,” he says, adding he doesn't think the arson is a result of
bikers fighting for turf.
The Outlaws has since moved to a less visible clubhouse
located on Parkhill Road East.
There’s been little activity there accept at the end of last
year when the clubhouse held a memorial for one of its members. He says the
other criminal organizations haven’t officially set up shop in the city.
“Not a clubhouse but we are suspecting that can happen this
year and that there could be another motorcycle club in town,” Charmley
explains.
SOURCE: Peterborough This Week
Source: Biker Trash Network