The 30-year-old Saanich man was found dead inside his car
near the west side of the one-way bridge to Sayward, about 75 kilometres
northwest of Campbell River, on March 12, 2016.
Alexander, 63, applied to be released on bail during a
four-day hearing held in early December in B.C. Supreme Court. The judge
reserved her decision until Jan. 10. A two-week preliminary inquiry is set for September.
Brown, a father of four, was last seen alive on March 11,
2016, leaving a home in Campbell River in his 2009 Honda Accord. Alexander was arrested after a joint investigation by B.C.’s
anti-gang task force, the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of B.C. and
the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit.
The Special Enforcement Unit said the investigation involved
more than 200 police officers.
On Aug. 10, 2017, about 60 officers raided the Devils Army
clubhouse on Petersen Road in Campbell River in connection with Brown’s
killing. The Devils Army, active in Campbell River since 2009, is a
support club for the Haney Hells Angels chapter, with five full-patch members
and two prospective members, according to the Special Enforcement Unit.
At the time of the raid, Alexander told a Times Colonist
reporter: “I don’t know what’s up myself — no comment.” There is no information to suggest that Brown, a semi-pro
mixed martial arts fighter, was a member or associate of the Devils Army or the
Hells Angels, the Special Enforcement Unit said after the August 2017 search.
Alexander is one of the founding members of the Devils Army
Motorcycle Club, which the Special Enforcement Unit described as an outlaw
group.
SOURCE: Times Colonist