Five charged in Whitby Hells Angels raid after Waterloo robbery

Five people face charges after a robbery led to a raid on the Whitby-based Hells Angels chapter.

According to the OPP, a robbery took place in Cambridge on Sept. 21. Cambridge is the third piece of the Tri-City area, sitting just east of Kitchener-Waterloo. This in turn is about 150 kilometres west of Whitby.

The OPP did not specify the robbery’s location or circumstances. They did say it led the local Waterloo Police Service and the OPP to launch an investigation.

This investigation culminated on Oct. 21 with raids in Whitby and Seaforth, a small community some 250 kilometres west. Again, the OPP did not share where in the town these raids occurred.

During the raids, investigators say they found:

• 17 long guns (rifles and shotguns)
• A prohibited device (a length of braided leather that attaches to a motorcycle handlebars known as a “get back whip”)
• Ammunition
• Nine magazines
• Multiple cell phones
• The firearm Possession and Acquisition Licences (PAL) of two Hells Angels Motorcycle Club members
• Three Hells Angels vests
• A quantity of unknown pills, and
• assorted stolen property

Five people were charged with 14 total charges during these raids including four believed Hells Angels members and a suspected Red Devils Motorcycle Club member. The Red Devils serve as the Hells Angels’ primary support club.

Four of these suspects have been arrested and released on bail. However, a fifth remains at large. They include:

• Brandon Marostega, 39 of Kitchener
  • Robbery
  • Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
• Mathew Indewey, 38 of Cambridge
  • Robbery
  • Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
  • Theft under $5,000
• Brandon Anderson-Groves, 29 of Northumberland County (Anderson-Groves remains at large)
  • Robbery
• Jason McGown, 36 of Seaforth
  • Robbery
  • Committing an offence while disguised
• Bradley McLaughlin, 34 of Whitby
  • Robbery
  • Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
  • Theft under $5,000
  • Contravention of firearm storage regulations
  • Unauthorized possession of a weapon

“While the majority of motorcycle enthusiasts are law-abiding, outlaw motorcycle gangs are criminal organizations whose activities cause harm and victimization in communities across Ontario. Outlaw motorcycle gangs have been known to participate in illegal, profit-driven activities such as fraud, drug trafficking, extortion, intimidation, and murder,” the OPP wrote.