Gang fears put the wraps on Montreal strip club

Gang fears put the wraps on Montreal strip club: "intended target in the shooting was the owner of the boutique, street gang leader Ducarme Joseph, 41, possibly as a response to the December killing of Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto Jr., the son of reputed Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Joseph slipped away from the shooting unharmed, but his close associate, Peter Christopoulos, 27, was one of the two fatalities.
A summons for the hearing detailed some of the thinking behind the police investigation of the boutique shooting. The Rizzuto murder is mentioned in passing, but police said that the slaying and the Aug. 21 killing of Frederico Del Peschio, 59, a close associate of Vito Rizzuto, are possibly related to the attempt on Joseph's life."

Ducarme Joseph, 41, was arrested Friday for violating his bail conditions related to an assault charge.

Ducarme Joseph, 41, was arrested Friday for violating his bail conditions related to an assault charge. He is alleged to have intimidated business owners in a bid to exert influence over drug territory.Joseph was picked up less than a day after four men were shot in broad daylight at his St-Jacques Street clothing shop.
Ducarme Joseph is scheduled to be arraigned Saturday for allegedly violating bail conditions. (CBC) Police have speculated that the professionally executed slaying was an act of retaliation connected to the criminal underworld.Masked shooters opened fire in the upscale clothing shop just after lunch hour. The victims range from 27 to 59 years of age, and three of them are known to police, including the youngest victim, identified as Joseph's bodyguard.Investigators believe Joseph was the intended target of the attack. There are reports he slipped out the back door of the Flawnego boutique during the shooting.Authorities have been searching for two suspects seen fleeing the scene of the shooting in the city's historic waterfront business district.According to court documents filed by police, Joseph is a reputed street gang leader and also acted as an enforcer for a Montreal real estate developer.