When Ion Croitoru, also known as Johnny K 9 died, I made a blog post with a picture of some IRA members doing a gun salute to a fallen comrade. Locally K 9 is known for knocking out Michael Plante and kicking HA a*s at Brandis with Clay Roueche and a few other UN members. Later I posted that K-9 was in a new Documentary called Dark side of the ring. However, I hadn't watched it.
Recently, a few of his associates reached out to me and asked that I would set the record straight. The Vice documentary mentioned a bomb being planted outside a police station in Hamilton. I am told the other documentary called Dark Side of the Ring contained the obviously false allegation that he ratted out some of his brothers. Everyone from Metro Vancouver knows that is a ridiculous lie.
K 9 was arrested for numerous local shootings and he never ratted anyone out. The Dark Side of the Ring documentary based that false allegation on a claim made by a cop. Consider the source. Here in BC we have seen cops lie about gang members on many occasions to try and get them to cooperate with the police. So here's the deal: K 9 was not a rat. The cop lied.
Adding to the obvious, it's pretty clear if people who knew him and worked with him were concerned about setting the record straight, he was not a rat. If he was, they would make that very clear. K 9 was the president of the Hamilton's Satan's Choice. That was long before Harley Quinn back when Satan's Choice in Ontario had street cred.
Seemingly, the police in Hamilton were all in their grill. The Vice documentary mentioned a confrontation with the police at a bar because they wouldn't serve them in colors but I understand it went well beyond that. It also mentioned a bomb being placed in the alley beside the police station. When the bomb went off, it blew a hole in the side of the police station but no one was hurt.
The Dark Side of the Ring documentary claimed it was a Christmas miracle no one was injured. That's kind of ridiculous. The bomb was placed at the back of the building in the alley. It blew a hole in the side of the building. It didn't blow up inside the building. It's pretty obvious the intent was to send a message not to hurt anyone. It was a warning saying back off and leave us alone.
So the Dark Side of the Ring documentary misrepresented the bombing and straight up lied bout Johnny being a rat. That's pretty obvious. He even had True to the Crew tattooed on his stomach. Indeed he was. Locally K 9 plead guilty to conspiracy to kill the Bacon Brothers. He certainly didn't rat anyone out then.
I had thought K 9 plead guilty to the murder of Jonathan Barber but it turns out he just plead guilty to conspiracy to commit murder. Barber was killed by accident while driving Jamie Bacon's car to replace the stereo. Let's face it, shooting the Bacon brothers would have been a community service. Osu.








