Ion "K9" Croitoru The True Story

This is my first guest post written by someone else. 

Ion William Croitoru, wrestled by the handle Bruiser Bedlam and Johnny K9. His friends called him K9. K9 has always been known as controversial figure, however the episode of Dark Side of The Ring that came out years back did him a real disservice, in fact it made many people sick to their stomachs because there's people from Hamilton that know the true story.

His ex Tracy spoke in the episode but it was a selective interview and not done in such a way as to show the true facts of the story and what really happened. It is true that at that time when K9 was already in prison someone had made a comment to Tracy about K9 allegedly saying something, but he wasn't on the street to defend himself. Not to mention it was more of a question than a known fact. Now the man has passed away and once again he can't defend himself therefore the truth and the facts are the best way to defend him.

The rumour first started after the Satan's Choice club raid. Ironically it was the cops that started the rumour, not the streets. The cops made those accusations as they went around and pulled up on people associated with Satan's Choice. After word started to circulate some people started to think that the story might be true. Some added fuel to the fire by asking why he got released after he was arrested. The argument was that he shouldn't have been released from jail and because he got out he must be no good.

When the police have an informant working with them they make sure they provide their source with some degree of protections. So the question is if K9 was some type of informant why would they try to out him to his club associates unless they had a different motive. It's important to note that many member's stood with him through all this and they didn't believe any of the nonsense going around. This is where it all started and this was all it was based on.

On December 16, 1996 the Sudbury, Ontario police station was bombed, the bomb also damaged a near by bank. As stated by available records the original plan was to bomb the Solid Gold strip club. This was planned because of a previous incident that happened at Solid Gold strip club over an issue regarding the strip club not wanting them to wear their colours. This incident made the Sudbury chapter president Michel Dube furious.

At the time Michel Dube was the Satan's Choice president of the Sudbury chapter and K9 was the President of the Hamilton chapter. After the bombing of the Sudbury police station there was a large scale investigation. Based on cooperating witnesses the Sudbury Police learned that the original target was the strip club and that the target was changed to the police station.

They also learned that allegedly K9 had knowledge of the plan to bomb the strip club. They didn't have any evidence pointing towards the Sudbury chapter president because the cooperating witnesses were associated with Jure "Jerry" Juretta who was under K9 at the Hamilton chapter. This led to a warrant being administered for the Hamilton chapter of Satan's Choice.

When the clubhouse was raided K9 was under duress because his ear drums were severely damaged from the tear gas bombs were used that went off right next to him. Later after K9 was arrested the cops stated that they knew he didn't do it. He responded angrily, if not in so many words, if you know I didn't do it why are you messing with me? They said they knew it was Michel Dube behind it and that it was a Sudbury chapter issue not a Hamilton chapter issue.

He later said exactly what the cops said to him to all the guys he was close with. K9 had no knowledge of the change in locations until after it happened and he was very pissed about it but the damage was done. K9 denied having knowledge about the Police Station bombing, and what he said was true, he really didn't know about it. Denial is not cooperation. He was not willing to give a statement against Michel Dube or testify against anyone in court.

It was known that the police had been messing with the club and it's members in Sudbury. According to record it was Dube that ordered Juretta to place the bomb at the Sudbury police station. By the police giving the impression that K9 flipped they were hoping to get other associates to cooperate. Is it a known technique that police use to turn people in the same organization against each other. K9 and others were actually telling people that this was what the cops were trying to do. It's understandable that these types of rumours are to be taken seriously and hard to over look. None the less I think it is important to know all the variables before forming judgement. The story about K9 getting his patch pulled is also not accurate. They seized all kinds of Satan's Choice items when they did the Hamilton club house raid, this included colours. Naturally after this happened everyone was on high alert and moving very cautiously. K9 was very angry after the bombing of the Sudbury police station and their was tension between Michel Dube and K9 because of it, this is true. It is also true that at the time Michel Dube was one of the most feared outlaw bikers of his era. K9 also had a reputation as a guy that handled his business and everyone respected him for it. Both Dube and K9 were feared and respected bikers at that time.

K9 had a loyal crew of guys and no one would beable to overpower him and take his patch, even if he still had it after the raid. One key point should be mentioned, K9 never left Hamilton and they were all arrested in late 1997. With both Michel Dube and K9 in jail, many of the other members of Satan's Choice got picked up by other clubs and patched over.

This is documented in a number of biker books. Michel Dube ended up committing suicide in prison in September 22, 1998. Someone spread a rumour about five years after Dube's death that he committed suicide because he was heart broken that K9 flipped on him. But the real reason he committed suicide was because while in prison he got indicted for two counts of first degree murder along with the bombing related charges.

The informant that told on him was an associate of his named Todd Petahtegoose, this was the informant that caused him to write in his suicide note that the witness accounts were fabricated. After K9 was sentenced and transferred to prison he walked the line, he was no check in or in protective custody case. In fact during that bid he had a lot of respect in the east coast prison system and he earned it through his actions.

When he got out of prison he went right back to Hamilton. Not only did he go back there but he hung out with respected people in Hamilton. He was liked and respected by many out there. He dealt with whatever issue came his way, and he didn't duck anyone. His ex-wife Tracy lived in Vancouver with his son that's why he went out to visit B.C.

Later he hung out with the U.N. guys on the west coast. They did a background check on him to make sure he was clean. They had heard some of the rumours as well. He mentioned that they did a back ground check on him and that he told them he had nothing to hide.

They found out information from two different schools of thought. They read some information and there was nothing indicating he told on anyone, the only person he talked about was himself. But most importantly there is no records of him writing a statement or testifying on anyone. He never testified in any court, and never wrote a statement against anyone. This was verified through paid lawyers. All he did was give an angry outburst when he was discombobulated after tear gas bombs went off in the clubhouse which badly damaged his earn drums. This is the truth. In the mist of all this K9 was back and forth between Hamilton and B.C. Then he got picked up on two first degree murder charges with his friend Jack Howard and Andre Joseph Graville. The case was trumped up and the evidence was weak. K9 was arrested in 2005 and did about 20 months in custody.

If someone cooperates with the police they don't fight cases, they make deals to save their own ass. He did what he was supposed to do and fought to prove his innocence. K9 actually had to hire an medical expert and took a DNA test to disprove and discredit the so called expert government witness.

Most importantly he stood with his codefendants and together they were vindicated. People in Hamilton often said that the Hamilton Police had it out for K9 and they were willing to do whatever it took to keep him behind bars. In 2006 all the charges were stayed/withdrawn, the reason being that there was "no reasonable prospect for a conviction". Does this sound like someone who would testify or write a statement on someone? Then on the west coast he got picked up on another 2009 murder conspiracy case. Some of his codefendants accepted large amounts of money to turn government witnesses. K9 was also offered a large amount of money to flip and he did not. If someone was an informant before and now they were offered hundreds of thousands of dollars potentially a million dollars to flip don't you think they would take the offer?

The B.C government allegedly spend 50 million dollars on that particular case. Eventually after three years the Crown prosecutors offered all the codefendants a plea deal. The Crown prosecutors said the case would drag another 7 years or they could accept a plea and be released much sooner. It was straight extortion.

At that time the laws in B.C allowed them to drag on a trial without any protections in place for the defendants. After careful counseling with their lawyers they all agreed to sign a plea deal. In 2011 K9 was sentenced to 13 years, in the plea the murder charges were stayed. He got the pretrial credits and which allowed him to be released to a halfway house in Toronto in 2016. He was not allowed to have contact with any bikers or organized crime figures. When he finally finished his bid and went to a halfway house K9 had told his ex-wife Tracy that he was dying. At one point in time he used to put five plates on each side of the bar, then break it, drop the bar to his chest, take a bite out of a candy bar and press all 500 pounds of the bar back up and then rack it with a smile while eating the chocolate bar. In truth all the heavy steroid use had caught up with him and he had heart issues.

There's all kinds of stories about him in many different books, most of them are pretty entertaining to read. He was quite the character but there was a line he wouldn't cross. As K9 predicted he died at the halfway house at 53 years old. This is what really happened. He was involved in a lot of things over the years and he wasn't perfect, but he wasn't no snitch, he never testified against anyone. That's the truth. 1%er

Jupiter beside the Moon

This morning as I was leaving for work there was a break in the clouds and you could see a bright star beside the moon. Only is wasn't a star, it was a planet. Usually this time of year you can see some of the planets line up along an imaginary axis between the moon and Venus. 

Up close to the moon it can be Jupiter, Saturn or Mars. I assumed it was Jupiter becuase it was so bright. A coworker has a cool planetary app on his phone. You hold the phone up to the sky and it tells you where the planets are at that moment. He conformed it was Jupiter.

The BBC is reporting that Mars, Jupiter and Regulus are lining up beside the moon in the mornings before sunrise. Other years Saturn and Mercury joined in the alignment. Only Mercury is hard to see because it's between Venus and the horizon. Saturn is cool because as Galileo discovered, you can see the moons orbiting Saturn through a telescope. Very cool.

Surrey Jewelry store robbed at Guildford town Centre

Two Surrey Jacks hit a jewelry store in Guildford. They were wearing safety vests. Definitely not your brightest criminals. Trailer trash smash and grab. 

Daylight Saving's Time in BC

Update: OK my computer has a setting for Pacific Time (British Colombia) 

Yesterday we were supposed to switch to daylight savings time but BC decided to stop switching. Only someone forgot to tell Google so all the computers have the wrong time. Imagine that. A small glitch.

Another glitch is the fact that it's no longer Pacific Standard time. Washington, Oregon and California didn't switch so now when you cross the border you're entering a new time zone. Normally, areas that share the same longitude share the same time zone. That's something that has to be corrected now so our computers will have the corect time on them.

Halloween Night

Getting to know the neighbors in the crib. This was the house that had the body bags out front. He had a giant cardboard box decorated with a black curtain covering the front. I asked him what that was for. He said that's where I hide then I jump out and scare the kids with the chainsaw. Priceless. He had a friend with him to tell him when the older kids were coming so he wouldn't traumatize any young kids. That's really thinking outside the box. 

Well, we had a blast. Tons of kids. We don't have many traditions here but Halloween is one of them and for that reason I think it's important we keep that tradition alive. Surrey is very multicultural and Halloween is something everyone can enjoy. Some kids came to the door in total excitement saying I love Canada. I assume they are new to Canada. 

I remember our Syrian neighbors first Halloween. They were somewhat hesitant at first but when they found out what was going on they loved it and the next year they kept asking when's Halloween? The excitement started to erupt.

It's nice seeing kids have fun. Especially kids from war torn countries. Two young kids came to the door and the older brother was quite excited and assertive. He said I'm a Power Ranger. Cool I said. Then he pointed to the other and said my brother's a dinosaur. Then his younger brother turned around and with a grin slowly wagged his tail. He was dripping in swag. It was adorable. 

Two older girls came to the door. One of them had green skin and I was puzzled wondering how she did that because it looked really green but it didn't look like make up. Then she said I'm so and so from Guardians of the Galaxy. I wasn't sure who that was but then it dawned on me. Thanos' step daughter from Avengers end game. Yeah I said. She totally looked like that character. 

I know a lot of people from here hate on Canada now but I think it's important to remember how good we have it. Yes, times are tough. The cost of housing and the cost of living is very challenging but a lot of people come here for a reason and often the ones that come here are more appreciative than the ones born here. We had a spook on here that kept saying multiculturalism doesn't work. I was like f*ck off. It works here. That's what the Canadian Mosaic means. 

No extortion-related shootings in Surrey since July

The Indo Canadian Voice is reporting that "Police Service (SPS) says there have been no extortion-related shootings in Surrey since July, and reported extortion threats have declined significantly, from 55 in the second quarter of 2026 to 18 since July."

That's because CSIS and the Surrey RCMP have abandoned that operation. They were behind it along with India's Intelligence agency. That's what my free Ebook was about which was released May 13th 2026. Defund CSIS.

Remember that ridiculous fake letterer dropped off to the police in Abbotsford pretending to be from the Bishnoi gang? It claimed, in very poor grammar, that they had 1,000 foot soldiers in Canada and were willing to take on the Hells Angels. It was a ridiculous lie from the Intelligence community. 

India contracted the Hells Angels through the Brothers Keepers to murder Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Surrey Temple President and Ripudamin Singh Malik. All those hitters were from Edmonton where BK is run just like the shooters who killed Ali were. They were behind the extortions as well.

Terminal List Season One

I just watched the Terminal List Season one and wow, that was horrible. It was very well done but the plot and story like was like a toxic revenge K drama. It came highly recommended by a coworker so I figured before I watch the new Season two I should watch Season one first. 

The whole concept of extrajudicial killings for the sake of natural justice is taken way too far. The same with Reacher and Neagley. They're all very well done but they're all fiction like James Bond. There's a scene in Season one of the Terminal List where he can kill the bad guy by sniping him but said no, it had to be in person to make him suffer. That was unwise and unhealthy. 

Then the wife of his friend in Mexico said he and his wife were like family but after this mission don't come back. You put the life of your friends at risk just to get your own vengeance. She was totally right. He could have snipped the guy. Instead he put his whole crew at risk unnecessarily. 

Then he kills his own brother despite everything his brother helped him with. That was toxic. In families there's a place for forgiveness. I can't watch season two after that and no longer have an interest in the prequel. It's just too much.

Just for the record, the US did perform biological experiments on soldiers in the Ukraine and in Georgia. We need to expose that and denounce that. You can't kill everyone. We don't even know what kind of chemicals troops were exposed to in Iraq during the Gulf War. We just know soldiers came back severely affected not from combat but from chemicals. 

Satan's Choice member gunned down in Maple Ridge

Gunfire strikes business linked to Satan’s Choice

Three people arrested after shots fired in Bancroft

Satan's Choice member wanted on arrest warrant

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "The fatal Maple Ridge shooting of a member of the newly formed Satan's Choice had nothing to do with his role in the motorcycle club, its national president says. On Aug. 18, Jamey Anger, 56, was gunned down just after 10 p.m. in his white Jeep in the 11400-block of 236 Street. He was transported to hospital in critical condition and died on Aug. 31. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team did not release details of the victim's identity or mention his role in Satan's Choice, but Postmedia confirmed both through sources and online posts."

AYFKM? IHITit didn't mention he was a member of SC. What absolute POS. Now all of a sudden they mention it to the Vancouver Sun and no one else. Par for the course. Now that we've got rid of the RCMP in Surrey, IHITit is next. This is the Second SC recent remix member shot dead. Nothing to see here folks. 

"But Harley Guindon, a former Hells Angel who revived the Satan's Choice last year, which now has chapters across Canada, told Postmedia that any speculation that the murder was linked to tensions between his group and the Hells Angels would be inaccurate." That's becuase Harley Quinn is in bed with the Wolf Pack and isn't a HA rival. That means his own peeps did him in.

September 2nd 2026 City News reported that "The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has taken over a shooting investigation in Maple Ridge after the victim died from his injuries nearly two weeks after the incident."

"The shooting happened on Aug. 18 in the Cottonwood neighbourhood. Maple Ridge RCMP were called to the area of 236 Street and 114A Avenue at about 10 p.m. When officers arrived, they found a 56-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle parked outside a residence. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. The victim remained in hospital until Aug. 31, when he died from his injuries. Police believe the shooting was targeted and say the victim was known to police. His name has not been released." God damn you.

Halloween Fun Surrey Style

After seeing that one house in Surrey all done up for Halloween I mentioned that normally when one house starts putting decorations up, other houses start. Then I said I'm not seeing that this year. Well I stand corrected. 

Today, one of my neighbors put up a bunch of Halloween decorations with a Surrey twist. Garbage bags wrapped up like dead bodies behind caution tape. I love it. I've never seen that before and it's a great idea. 

Current view of the Lions from Sky Chair

 

Snow at the top -  web cam. It won't last. This winter is an El Niño. Warm winter on the west coast and cold winter on the east coast. La Niña is a cold winter on the west coast and a warm winter on the east coast. However, the El Niño in Vancouver doesn't normally hit until December so we might get some snowshoeing days before that. After that it'll be hit and miss.

As I was on the Surrey on ramp to the freeway on the way to Langley today a hawk flew across my path as though is was going to land then turned around mid air and continued flying. As it turned I saw bright red on it's lower back. I guess that's what they mean by a red tail hawk but I thought it was just above the tail on his back. It happened fast so I could be mistaken. I just remember seeing red. We see hawks sitting on lamp posts all the time. It's not often you see them in flight. It reminds me of the Bob Seger song roll me away. 

"Stood alone on a mountain top Starin' out at the Great Divide I could go east, I could go west It was all up to me to decide Just then I saw a young hawk flyin' And my soul began to rise And pretty soon My heart was singin' Roll, roll me away I'm gonna roll me away tonight Gotta keep rollin', gotta keep ridin' Keep searchin' 'til I find what's right And as the sunset faded I spoke to the faintest first starlight And I said next time Next time We'll get it right."

Seeing the hawk in flight was for him an omen. Likewise for me, after being at a crossroads in life I now know which way to go. So roll me away. From the mountain to the sea. A rider on a western highway who thanks God he is free.