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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/Supermathie on 2024-10-11 19:16:07+00:00.

The Turkish landowner story reminded me of this story from my hometown:

In a report from The CBC, the building that is now the club house was once a machine shop, until it was purchased by Ward, his brother Richard, Tim Panetta, and Randy Beres in 2001.

There’s a terrible MC story behind this sale.

The original owner had a garage with a machine shop tucked away, surrounded by trees. He was a car enthusiast and he would frequently work in his shop and invite his friends with their cars to work on them as well.

The neighbours weren’t happy with the occasional noise and complained to the city he was running an unlicensed business in a residential area. By the most strict interpretation of the law, he may have been, so he endured a lot of harassment from his neighbours and the city until he got fed up and sold his property (which, IIRC, was one of the remedies suggested by the court).

He sold to the Hell’s Angels. Who, shortly thereafter, tore down his house, trees, and paved a huge concrete pad (a good aerial picture is in this article).

The clubhouse became a massive centre of drug manufacturing and distribution in the area.

The neighbours, as far as I know, didn’t complain to the new owners. Go figure.