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B.C. gang member who fled to Puerto Rico sentenced to 15 years for conspiracy
Police said investigators pursued D'Monte for 11 years before his arrest in Puerto Rico, and prosecutors linked the case to a Bacon brothers murder plot.
- On Wednesday, a British Columbia court sentenced Conor D'Monte to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, following his 2024 extradition to Canada.
- Prosecutors linked the conspiracy to a violent 2008–2009 conflict between the United Nations and Red Scorpions gangs, with D'Monte allegedly plotting to murder the Bacon brothers who led the rival gang.
- Investigators "relentlessly pursued" D'Monte for 11 years after he fled Canada in 2011, apprehending him in Puerto Rico in February 2022 before his extradition.
- Following the sentencing, the B.C. Prosecution Service stayed the first-degree murder charge against D'Monte, which related to the 2009 killing of Red Scorpions member Kevin Leclair.
- Sarbjit Sangha, spokesperson for the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, stated the sentence reflects the "serious and calculated nature" of violence during "one of the most turbulent periods of gang conflict in British Columbia's history.
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B.C. gang member who fled to Puerto Rico sentenced to 15 years for conspiracy
VANCOUVER - Police say a man involved in British Columbia's deadly gang conflict who fled to Puerto Rico to dodge murder and conspiracy charges has been sentenced to 15 years
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VANCOUVER — Police say a man involved in British Columbia’s deadly gang conflict who fled to Puerto Rico to dodge murder and conspiracy charges has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says Conor D’Monte has been in custody since he was extradited back to Canada in March 2024. The unit, which investigates gangs and organized crime, says D’Monte conspired to murder the Bacon brothers and their associa…
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