The B.C. Supreme Court sentenced Conor D’Monte to 15 years in prison on Wednesday for being connected to the killings of the Bacon brothers in 2009.
The verdict ends years of police work and court proceedings that included a global manhunt for D’Monte and an extradition from Puerto Rico.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO 1130 NEWSRADIO VANCOUVER LIVE!The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU), part of the RCMP’s E Division, says that D’Monte was first charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in 2011 in the killings of brothers Jonathan, Jarrod, and Jamie Bacon, as well as other gangsters.
He then slipped through the authorities’ hands, fleeing to Puerto Rico, where investigators were able to locate and arrest him in February 2022.
He was handed over to Canadian authorities in March 2024, who had been keeping him in custody ever since.
Between 2008 and 2009, D’Monte and the Bacon brothers were involved in a crime war between two opposing gangs that saw much public gunfire and deadly shootings.
While the Bacon brothers were members of the Red Scorpions Gang, D’Monte was a member of the United Nations (UN) Gang.
Mounties say that a coordinated investigation of multiple police units led to many arrests and convictions of gang members, among others, D’Monte.
Others included Dilun Heng for conspiracy to commit murder, Cory Vallee for first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, and Barzan Tilli-Choli for conspiracy to commit murder.
“This sentence reflects the serious and calculated nature of the violence that occurred during one of the most turbulent periods of gang conflict in British Columbia’s history,” said Sgt. Sarbjit K. Sangha.
“This outcome is the result of years of dedicated investigative work and strong collaboration between CFSEU-BC, IHIT, and our policing partners.”
The Crown has directed a stay of proceedings in relation to the remaining charges against him after being convicted of the conspiracy charge.