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Article content It was another interesting day at the Jarrod Bacon-Wayne Scott cocaine conspiracy trial where Bacon spent about an hour wrangling with federal prosecutor Peter LaPrairie before finishing on the stand. Bacon again admitted that he chose to be a “gangster” when he was still a teen and has lived the life ever since. He clearly didn’t like LaPrairie’s suggestion that his parents were part of the discussions about the 100-kilogram cocaine deal back in the summer of 200Article contentAdvertisement 2Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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Vancouver Sun Thu Jan 12 2012 Page: A9 Section: Westcoast News Byline: Kim Bolan Source: Vancouver Sun

A Crown prosecutor said in B that Jarrod Bacon’s parents, Susan and David, knew about the cocaine deal he was involved in and even helped make the final plans. C. Supreme Court Wednesday.

Under cross-examination, Peter LaPrairie asked Bacon about how his parents drove him to one of the last meetings to talk about the drug deal at the home of co-defendant Wayne Scott.

LaPrairie showed surveillance video of Bacon’s parents dropping him off at Scott’s house on the evening of August 8. 27, 2009 and then his dad returning twice more within an hour.

“I’m going to guess that both your dad and mom knew exactly what was going on because they were there the night before when you and Wayne wrote the instructions on the green board at their dining room table,” LaPrairie said.

The gangster, who is 28 years old, yelled at LaPrairie again, saying that his parents didn’t know that he was working with a police officer and Scott to get up to 100 kg of cocaine.

“That is completely false. “Pull my bail and send me back to jail if they thought I was doing something wrong!” Bacon yelled. “They were shocked and in tears when I got arrested for this. ”.

After a covert investigation by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit in November 2009, Bacon and Scott, both 55, were charged with planning to sell cocaine.

The trial had already heard wiretaps of Scott telling the agent that both of Bacon’s parents had made money off of their sons’ criminal activities and were there when he and Bacon planned how to get the cocaine.

Bacon did something very unusual: he chose to defend himself in court. He admitted that he was a “gangster” and worked as a violent enforcer and debt collector.

But he also said that his parents didn’t know about his criminal life, even though they saw him put on body armor every day and use the green eraser board to talk to his friends at their house.

“I am not 10 years old any more. I am an adult. They don’t walk around all day holding my hand,” he said.

“They had no knowledge of my criminal lifestyle whatsoever.”

LaPrairie suggested a Bacon family trip to the PNE on Aug. the deal to trade cocaine for cash was set to happen later that same day. 27 was just “a good cover.”

“It was not a cover,” Bacon told Justice Austin Cullen. “My family comes first.”

Bacon said the PNE trip was an annual event with his mom, dad, and big brother Jon. LaPrairie asked him if his parents bought him rides tickets or if the whole family went to see the Super Dogs. He laughed then.

“My family life and my other life, I kept separate,” Bacon said.

Though Bacon earlier claimed his dad drove him to Scott’s home on Aug. July 27: The elder Bacon wanted to talk to Scott about possible job opportunities. LaPrairie showed Scott the video that showed David Bacon never got out of the car.

“Picking you up and taking you to Wayne’s house so you could talk about a drug deal, right?” LaPrairie asked.

Again, Bacon said his dad didn’t know about the drug deal and that he talked about it with hand signals outside the car so his dad wouldn’t hear him.

Bacon said, “If he thought something was wrong, he would have taken away my bail and sent me back to jail.”

LaPrairie thought Bacon was lying during his whole testimony when he said he was only going to rob the police officer, who was only known as GL because of a ban, and never planned to make the big cocaine purchase.

“You and Wayne Scott agreed to get 100 kg of cocaine from GL so that you could make money off of it, right?” LaPrairie asked.

“No … this case is an attempted robbery. There never was any money at any point in time. My intention the whole time was to rob him. You should save that little speech,” Bacon said.

LaPrairie didn’t back down.

“Mr. “Bacon, your testimony that you planned to rob (GL) is nothing but a lie from a known liar,” he said.

Bacon did say that he has lied to the court before, like when he swore in 2008 that he would follow the rules of his bail in another case. He broke the conditions within 24 hours.

“Being stuck for 41 days made me want to leave, so I lied,” Bacon said.

Being kicked out of high school for fighting made Bacon decide to become a gangster, he said in court.

His criminal role, he said, was “more of a professional street fighter.”

After Bacon finished testifying on Wednesday, his lawyer Jeffrey Ray started putting the case to rest. He said Bacon shouldn’t be found guilty of conspiracy because he never planned to carry it out.

The trial, which began in October, is expected to wrap up this week. Advertisement 3Story continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Content of the article: I have to say that Bacon said a lot of wise things about the choices he has made when you got past his hostility and clear dislike of the process. He said in court that he started using cocaine when he was 15 and became hooked on other drugs, especially Oxycontin, which made him not care about his life. He got kicked out of grade 12 for fighting, so naturally migrated to the criminal world. Two young men went to jail, and a third was killed when he was 30. The Bacon story should teach us a lesson. Some of what he said about Oxycontin addiction reminded me of this feature I wrote in 2010. Also, just so you know, yesterday it sounded like he said he quit Oxy just over five months ago, but the sound in court isn’t always great. He said it was 25 months ago today, which suggests he hasn’t taken Oxy while he’s been in jail:

Kim Bolan

Vancouver Sun

In October 2007, gangster Dennis Karbovanec walked into a high-rise building in Surrey and shot three people in the head. He was hooked on the strong prescription painkiller OxyContin.

Anton Hooites-Meursing, a former Red Scorpion gang member who was involved in the same Surrey Six murder plot, was also addicted to a pill that police say is like “prescription heroin.” ”.

The alleged leader of Red Scorpions, Jamie Bacon, is also hooked on the drug, according to a Surrey pre-trial memo that was brought up in a recent B C. Supreme Court ruling condemning Bacon’s jail conditions.

Police say an increasing number of mid-level B. C. gangsters are popping Oxys to relieve the stress and pain of their volatile life in the criminal underworld.

One former gangster says the main issue with the synthetic opioid used to treat severe pain is that it makes people less likely to stop doing bad things like violence and brutality.

In the last two months alone, Abbotsford police have arrested two gang-linked men with sizable stashes of OxyContin.

On June 16, Dave Chubb was caught after the Gang Suppression Unit of Abbotsford searched an apartment and discovered drugs, pills, and cash. Also taken were two handguns, a silencer, and ammunition. Chubb was then charged with several gun and drug crimes.

Six weeks before, the same gang unit arrested Lance Wust, a longtime member of the Fraser Valley gang and friend of Chubb. He was found with 200 Oxy pills, a loaded handgun, ammunition, two bulletproof vests, and $3,000 cash.

Recently, Jamie Bacon was found guilty of possessing 108 Oxycodone pills with the intent to traffic them. The pills were taken from him by police in May 2008 when they arrested him on a number of gun charges.

Abbotsford police Det. Andrew Wooding is an expert on gangs and says that more and more middle-level criminals are using OxyContin.

“OxyContin is on the rise in a huge way,” he said. “I can’t speak about every single gang or gangster, but in my experience, Oxy use crosses all boundaries. ”.

Hells Angels, United Nations, Red Scorpions, and Independent Soldiers are just a few of the gangs whose members use the drug that changes your mind.

“It is very stressful to live in that world. In the last five years, everybody has to look over their shoulder. The stakes are very high. It has had a huge effect on the stress level of these guys,” Wooding said. “We’ve seen a rise in Oxy use in a short amount of time as things have become more unstable.” ”.

So why would B.C. gang members misuse such an addictive medication? What does it do for them?

Like heroin, it creates a sense of euphoria.

Once a member of the United Nations gang, James Coulter now helps addicts get clean. He said that many people in gangs start using OxyContin to ease the pain of hard gym workouts. The drug numbs them, making it easier to do longer stretches and more intense exercise.

Oxy also takes the edge off before gangsters go for tattoos, Coulter said.

Those taking it don’t realize how addictive it is. Nor do they understand it also dulls them emotionally, he said.

“Your emotions are feeling that way, too. It numbs you physically and numbs you mentally,” Coulter said. “People who use it don’t have the normal emotional response, so they should not hit someone or treat women badly.” They don’t care. ”.

OxyContin is the brand name of a pill containing oxycodone that was first sold in 1996. Percocets also contain oxycodone, but in a lower dosage — usually 5 mg.

Many U. S. cities have documented OxyContin problems over the last decade. Oxy has become so common and cheap south of the border that it has been dubbed “Hillbilly Heroin. ”.

People from the middle class were drawn to Oxy in the U.S., where soccer moms met their dealers in parking lots to score, said Sgt. Pete Sadler, of Vancouver’s drug squad.

Right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who is the most well-known Oxy addict, said in 2003 that he had been taking up to 30 pills a day before he went to rehab.

Sadler said that most street addicts in Vancouver don’t use Oxy; instead, they prefer “traditional” B— C. drugs like heroin and cocaine.

Here Oxy is “a prestige” street drug, he said, that can cost up to $80 a pill.

“It is different among your gangster types. They have more access to it and more inclination to use it,” Sadler said.

“It is not something some amateur chemist is making in his room at Main and Hastings. It is not cut with rat poison because they are using it personally. ”.

In fact, police believe B. C. ’s entire Oxy supply is coming from prescriptions filled at local pharmacies. Gangsters buy the pills or take them off addict customers in exchange for other drugs.

“People who have legal prescriptions for Oxy are now being targeted. Gangsters are buying up their legitimate prescriptions,” Wooding said. “Finding the supply is always the trickiest. ”.

Both Wooding and Sadler think entrepreneurial local gangs will undoubtedly begin manufacturing Oxy, given its potential resale profit. But because it is a drug they also use, quality control will be essential.

“Because the supply is pretty low, it’s only a matter of time before they start making the pills,” Wooding said.

More and more prescription Oxy is being provided every year to those covered by B. C. ’s Pharmacare program, according to B. C. government statistics. The program aids low-income British Columbians and those with high prescription costs.

Almost three million more Oxy pills were dispensed to program recipients in 2009 than two years earlier.

In 2006-2007, those on Pharmacare were prescribed 12. 89 million pills containing oxycodone. Between 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, 15 million Oxycodone pills were legally given out. In 2007-2008, 14 million pills were given out. 8 million.

Sadler said that addicts on the Downtown Eastside who have real medical problems will go to doctors they know will give them Oxycodone instead of other painkillers that aren’t as valuable.

A lucky addict will feel like “he just won the lottery,” Sadler said.

“He’ll take the pills down to Carnegie and he’ll sell them down there.”

Oxys go for $1 per milligram of oxycodone on the street, Sadler said. Five milligrams of Percocet cost $5, forty dollars for Oxy 40s, and eighty dollars for Oxy 80s.

“Will people pay it? Yes. They can trust it will do what it’s supposed to do,” he said.

Some of the Oxy illicitly sold in B. C. also comes from pharmacy break-ins. Some Metro Vancouver pharmacies post signs saying they don’t stock OxyContin any more, hoping to deter thieves.

The registrar of the College of Pharmacists, Marshall Moleschi, said that his group is always working with members to solve the issue.

“We participated in the break-in task force,” he said. “We are looking for ways to deal with this issue. ”.

And the B. C. Health Ministry has programs in place to curb abuse of Oxy prescriptions, ministry spokesman Ryan Jabs said.

Jabs said that the Restricted Claimant Review program has found 3,200 patients who “may only get prescriptions from a single doctor and may only fill their prescriptions at a single pharmacy” because they have been abused in the past.

OxyContin is also part of a special program called Duplicate Prescription Program. This means that doctors have to write prescriptions on a special pad.

“These prescription forms are personalized for each physician, numerically recorded and cannot be exchanged between prescribers,” Jabs said.

While police say they don’t believe Oxy is being manufactured by gangs in B. C. someone with ties to the criminal world told The Vancouver Sun that it is made here in the same labs that make ecstasy.

Gangsters seem to be willing to take the pills because they are produced legally, Wooding said.

“It seems that when they put things in pill form, it removes the street-level stigma,” he said.

Popping a neat little pill is “better than people using street drugs.”

But the gangster addicts don’t use OxyContin as prescribed.

The pills have binders in them that make the drug slowly release after being swallowed. This way, the pain relief lasts for 12 or 24 hours straight.

Gangsters chew the pill for an instant rush, Wooding said. He has also seen Oxys ground into powder and snorted. He knows other users liquefy the pill and inject them.

He said, “When you chew them, you get a stronger high, and then it wears off and it’s just a mellow thing.”

When Wooding was sent to work with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit five years ago on a project to go after the East End Hells Angels chapter, that’s when he first saw gangsters using Oxy.

Some of those being watched “were chewing on these things all day,” Wooding said.

Some of the bikers drove all the way to Chilliwack and back for hours to get Oxy. Police watched as they did it.

“We didn’t understand why they were going to such lengths to get what looked like a few pills.” They were really addicted,” he said.

Since then, he has seen more and more of the pills being used by gang members who become addicted but keep saying they don’t have a problem.

When police arrest them and find OxyContin on them, they always say, “I’m not addicted,” Wooding said.

But once they are in jail, they are struggling.

“After 45 minutes, they are begging us to get out. In our business, we see Oxy as our best friend. Oxy turns these guys into our best friends. They are almost desperate,” Wooding said.

He said Oxy addiction makes some of the gang members willing to cooperate.

“They’ll say ‘What do you need to know?’ They want to get out so badly. It is true,” Wooding said.

Wooding said he hopes “that message might just deter some people from getting into it.”

Brittney Lee Irving was killed in Kelowna in April while on her way to sell a lot of pot. She was an OxyContin addict and had ties to the Independent Soldiers gang. A former Soldier is now charged with her murder. And when they were caught last year, several members of the UN gang accused of planning to kill rival Red Scorpions had Oxy and other drugs on them, police said at the time.

No one will say for sure if OxyContin has directly caused the gang war in Metro Vancouver to be more violent.

When Karbovanec admitted to killing three of the Surrey Six in April 2009, a short note about his drug use was read in B C. Supreme Court as “general background. “There was no sign that the drug had anything to do with the deadliest gangland killing in B.” C. history.

The only thing the statement said was that “he was addicted to OxyContin at the time of these crimes.”

Hooites-Meursing pleaded guilty in April 2010 to two murders that happened in 2001 and 2003. He will be a key witness for the Crown when four other people connected to the Red Scorpions are put on trial in 2011.

Hooites-Meursing told The Sun in a series of e-mails that he had also struggled with an Oxy addiction.

“Going back to pills, and OxyContin in particular, was very expensive, but it helped me numb the pain of being alone, the pain of memories, the nightmares and night terrors that I had every night,” Hooites-Meursing wrote in an email in March 2010.

Even some jailed gangsters have access to OxyContin. A 2007 B. C. When the Supreme Court decided Steve Porsch’s sentence for setting several fires, they said that Porsch “has had access to marijuana and OxyContin while imprisoned.” ”.

Wooding said it is understandable that those caught in gang life would need some form of stress relief.

But, he said, the addiction “really is the beginning of the end for many.”

“These are the guys who are in the tough spot,” Wooding said.

“When you want to kill someone or kidnap someone, you need something to calm you down.” ” Article contentShare this article in your social networkTrending.

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