Notorious B.C. gangster Jonathan Bacon, 30, was quietly laid to rest earlier this week, according to police sources.

Officers watched from the sidelines Monday to ensure the private funeral was peaceful. No larger memorial service is expected.

Bacon, a member of the violent Red Scorpions gang, was gunned down in the middle of the afternoon on Aug. 14 outside the Delta Grand Okanagan hotel and casino in Kelowna, B.C.

Two other gangsters, Hells Angel Larry Amero and Independent Soldier James Riach, were wounded in the brazen attack, along with two women — Lyndsey Black and Leah Hadden-Watts — all of whom were in a white Porsche Cayenne that was strafed in broad daylight in the popular tourist area.

Hadden-Watts was paralyzed as a result of the shooting. Riach fled the scene and hasn't been found.

Hadden-Watts, 21, is the niece of Michael James (Spike) Hadden, a full-patch member of the Hells Angels Haney chapter.

Police have not yet made any arrests in the assassination and fear reprisal killings will be carried out.

Bacon and his younger brother Jamie survived several earlier attempts on their lives.

The Red Scorpions have had a high-profile dispute over the last five years with the rival United Nations gang that has resulted in several shootings, including some fatalities.

In just 10 years, the Bacon brothers of suburban Abbotsford moved to the pinnacle of the violent B.C. gang scene that is underpinned by vast amounts of drug money.

Jarrod Bacon, 28, is scheduled in court next month on charges of conspiracy to traffic cocaine. Jamie, 26, is currently in jail for weapons and drug charges and is awaiting trial for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the infamous Surrey Six slayings, one of the worst incidents of gangland violence in B.C.

Among the dead in the 2005 incident in a high-rise apartment were two people who were simply at the wrong place at the wrong time when a gang hit went down.

Mohammed Sarwar, 30, taught at Burnage Media Arts College in Manchester. Mr Sarwar is alleged to have been ‘managing director’ of an organised crime group

"A teacher allegedly led a double life as the mastermind behind a major drugs gang.

Mohammed Sarwar, 30, taught at Burnage Media Arts College in Manchester. Mr Sarwar is alleged to have been ‘managing director’ of an organised crime group involved in the large scale commercial supply of cocaine across the city.

A jury was told that he conspired with a prison officer to supply inmates at Forest Bank prison in Salford with cannabis.

The secondary school teacher denies all the charges. He was arrested in 2009. It followed a 2008 police operation which bugged his car and kept his movements under surveillance, providing ‘limited but telling’ evidence.

Benjamin Davidson, one of the men alleged to be his employees, later agreed to give evidence against Mr Sarwar and others.

Richard Vardon, prosecuting at Manchester Crown Court, said that before Mr Davidson, 24, came forward, police knew just the ‘tip of the iceberg’.

Mr Davidson – formerly of Stocks Lane, Stalybridge – has admitted drug offences and claims he was employed by Mr Sarwar to be a drugs courier in 2008.

He claimed he ferried up to a kilo of pure cocaine at a time around Manchester, supplying dealers in Levenshulme, Longsight, Moss Side and Wythenshawe."

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Cops bust gangsters in Northern B.C. | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

Cops bust gangsters in Northern B.C. | Canada | News | Toronto Sun: "Game Tight Soldiers' stranglehold on organized crime in Prince George has been loosened during a recent police sting.
Mounties say that 'Original Gangster' Eric James Fike, 30, is facing 25 charges after a three-day investigation into the northern B.C. gang.
Fike and a woman were arrested after allegedly retrieving a bag containing two loaded handguns, a sub-machine gun and eight ounces of cocaine from a wooded area.
Police also raided a home on Gauthier Road and seized cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drug trafficking paraphernalia.
Investigators matched fingerprints at the scene to another member of the Game Tight Soldiers, who is also linked to the Prince George Renegades motorcycle gang."

MS13 Gang Leader To Be Deported | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street

MS13 Gang Leader To Be Deported | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Salvadoran national suspected of being a high-ranking member of a violent street gang was arrested Friday by Santa Cruz police and federal authorities, and likely will be deported, officials announced Wednesday.
Jose Abrego-Galdamez, 30, is due in federal court Thursday to face a charge he re-entered the United States after being deported. He has been deported three times in the past eight years, most recently in August 2005 after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Santa Cruz County, according to the affidavit filed in federal court."

'Stupid Gangster' pleads guilty to dealing heroin, faces federal prison | - NOLA.com

'Stupid Gangster' pleads guilty to dealing heroin, faces federal prison | - NOLA.com: "Michael Pinkney, 30, of New Orleans, whose aliases include 'Stupid Gangster' and 'Goofy Gangster,' Wednesday pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to dealing at least 3kilograms of heroin and 500 grams of cocaine around the B.W. Cooper public housing development last year.
Pinkney faces a federal sentence of 10 years to life. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval scheduled a sentencing hearing for Aug. 4"

Scott William Schneider, 30, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to driving while impaired and possession of a prohibited firearm.

Scott William Schneider, 30, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to driving while impaired and possession of a prohibited firearm.He was handed a two-year and nine-month sentence, a 10-year firearm ban and a two-year driving ban.
Schneider was carrying a loaded handgun when he was arrested early Christmas Day after a hit-and-run in the 800-block Parker Street in White Rock.His passenger, a 27-year-old White Rock man, is scheduled to appear in Feb. 18 in Surrey Provincial Court, where he will face charges of uttering threats and failing to remain at the scene of an accident.In 2008, Schneider was acquitted, alongside White Rock Angel Villy Roy Lynnerrup and chapter president Douglas Falconer Riddoch, for assault charges stemming from a home invasion and assault in 2007.

Danielle Bardsley, 30, wept as she was imprisoned after ignoring a court order

Danielle Bardsley, 30, wept as she was imprisoned after ignoring a court order demanding she pay back some of the money stolen by her boyfriend Peter Anderson.
Last year the M.E.N. revealed how Bardsley, of Barrow Street, Salford, enjoyed a footballer's ‘WAG’ lifestyle thanks to Anderson’s life of crime.
A court ruled she had benefited to the tune of £112,000 but a VW Golf car and a few pounds in a bank account were the only assets of hers police could find.
She was handed a suspended prison sentence and given four months to hand over £5,036 of ‘realisable assets’, mainly the VW Golf.In December, she flouted her suspended prison sentence by failing to keep appointments with her probation worker as required.But judge Anthony Gee gave her another chance after hearing she had become ‘depressed’ because her boyfriend was locked away.She was allowed to walk free although she was handed a curfew to prevent her partying over the Christmas period.But she still couldn’t stay out of trouble.Bardsley was arrested on Monday after snubbing six police letters and a court summons.Yesterday Bardsley sobbed as magistrates in Bolton invoked the jail term handed down last year in the event she failed to pay up.The court heard she had paid £2,000 on November 27 after selling the Golf but she later ignored two letters and a court summons about the outstanding amount.
She claimed she had again been ‘depressed’ and that the value of the Golf had been slashed due to damage.Giving her 72 days behind bars, chairman of the bench Dr Derek Tate told her: “We believe there’s no evidence that you have made a concerted effort to discharge this order.”He added there was ‘no merit’ in her bid to adjourn the hearing to, as her solicitor Vic Wozny said, ‘beg or borrow’ the money from her family.Bardsley’s boyfriend Anderson was jailed for six years in 2006 for a terrifying armed bank raid in Preston.At the previous hearing, a court was told how she had enjoyed a luxury lifestyle while claiming benefits.She wore Prada designer clothes and jewellery, went to a private gym and lived behind wrought iron gates in a comfortable semi-detached house equipped with the latest mod cons, including a Bang & Olufsen flat-screen TV.Bardsley boasted a permanent tan thanks to holidays in Mexico, Florida and Tenerife and had access to a fleet of cars including a Porsche Cayenne, Range Rover Sport and Audi A4.Despite all that, for nearly 10 years the mum-of-two claimed she was unemployed and sponged £30,000 from the state in income support as a ‘single mother’.
She also claimed free school meals for her two children.She admitted money laundering but escaped jail at the first hearing because of concerns over the care of the two children she has with Anderson.