Club owner may yield to police: "Montreal police contend the club is actually controlled by Richard Goodridge, 41, a convicted criminal with strong ties to street gangs. Police investigators have already testified they have concerns the bar could be the site of an 'imminent reply' to a March 18 shooting that is believed to have been an attempt on the life of Ducarme Joseph, a former street gang leader. Last month, the liquor board agreed to temporarily revoke the club's permit and police are seeking to have it revoked permanently.
Goodridge and Joseph are believed to be enemies. Two people were killed inside Flawnego, Joseph's clothing boutique in Old Montreal, in the March 18 incident.
Courtecuisse informed Daniel Lord and Jean Robert, the two RACJ registrars hearing the case, that Vallera might make a decision that could end the hearing today. This was just as Det.-Sgt. James Paixao, a Montreal police expert on street gangs, was about to testify regarding Goodridge's past. Paixao is considered the key witness in the hearing.
A witness who testified before Paixao told the board that Goodridge was tied to the Hells Angels more than a decade ago, during the biker gang war, a conflict that stretched from 1994 to 2002 and resulted in the deaths of more than 150 people."
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