Accused in Hells Angel slaying linked to Montreal gang with HA ties
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Two Montrealers with lengthy criminal records and gang ties are among three suspects implicated in this week’s gangland execution of an Ontario-based Hells Angel member in Mississauga.
Michael “Diaz” Deabaitua-Schulde, 32, a “well-entrenched member” of the Niagara chapter of Hells Angels, was gunned down in a targeted strike Monday at 11:20 a.m. in the parking lot at HUF Boxing Gym on Dundas St. E. near Cawthra Rd.
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Two suspects arrested in Montreal were transported to the GTA on Friday. A third suspect is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.
Marckens Vilme, 28, is charged with first-degree in the brazen daytime killing.
According to La Presse in Montreal, Vilme has had ties with the Ruffriders, a street gang based in the West Island that has worked under the Hells Angels.
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Vilme pleaded guilty in Montreal in June 2011 to several charges, including cocaine trafficking and firearms offences, landing him a 21-month prison term.
He was out on parole from those crimes when he was pulled over on Nov. 23, 2012, by Montreal-area police who noticed the car he was in was driving erratically in St-Zotique.
While cops dealt with the two other occupants, Vilme drove off and crashed the vehicle after a police chase.
Vilme pleaded guilty again and was tagged with a 40-month prison term. He has also been on probation since November for threatening a man in Montreal last July.
Brandon Reyes, 24, is charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
He was initially misidentified as Jonathan Martinez Reyes, 26, based on the name and age he provided at the time of his arrest, but Peel Regional Police corrected that information Friday.
A Brandon Reyes, 24, was busted last June on human trafficking charges in Brampton while still serving the last few months of a six-year sentence for a slew of armed robberies in the Montreal area imposed in June 2017.
Reyes, who received credit for time already served and had only 14 months remaining in his sentence, is scheduled to appear in Brampton court on April 16 for the human trafficking and gun charges.
Peel cops refused to confirm he is the same Brandon Reyes now charged in connection with the outlaw biker’s murder.
The third suspect — Joseph Pallotta, 38, also from the Montreal area — is wanted for first-degree murder and is considered armed and dangerous.
Police have refused to say if all three suspects were at the murder scene Monday.
But cops have said both Vilme and Reyes “are believed to be members of organized crime.”
A GoFundMe page set up in an effort to help Deabaitua-Schulde’s grief-stricken spouse and two young kids has so far raised more than $17,000.
“Diaz was taken from us suddenly and tragically,” the GoFundMe states. “We would like to try and raise some money for his children. Any help would be appreciated.”
Hells Angels’ symbols adorn the page with the victim’s photo.
— With files by Montreal Gazette
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