Loners Motorcycle Club

The Loners Motorcycle Club is an international outlaw motorcycle club.

Loners MC
Founded1979
FoundersGennaro Raso and Frank Lenti
Founding locationOntario, Canada
Years active1979–Present
TerritoryCanada, Portugal, Italy, Spain, France, England, and the United States
Notable members

History

The Loners Motorcycle Club was founded in 1979 by Gennaro Raso and Frank Lenti.[5] Since the gang's initial establishment in Ontario, the Loners President Jimmy Raso would eventually expand overseas, establishing chapters in the United States as well as parts of Europe.[6]

Lenti would later be expelled from the group in 1994 – which is said to either be due to allegations of him stealing from the club[1] or the fact that his temper was apparently getting out of control.[7] Upon being kicked out of the Loners, Lenti would go on to found a new outlaw motorcycle club with permission from the Loners , the Diablos, which would later go to war with the Loners in the summer of 1995.[1]

During the 1990s, Hells Angels from Quebec would frequently visit the Loners Motorcycle Club.[8]

In June 1999, the Annihilators Motorcycle Club was absorbed by the Loners.[9]

Criminal allegations and incidents

The Loners clubhouse near Vaughan, Ontario was raided by law enforcement in 1998 where authorities uncovered a pet African lion being kept in a tidy 25-metre by 25-metre pen. As a result, the club was charged with violating a King Township bylaw against keeping exotic pets.[10]

Co-founder of the Loners MC, Gennaro "Jim" Raso was charged with threatening death and discharging a firearm recklessly in 2016. The charges were dropped in 2017.[11]

From early 2018 until 2020, a Canadian chapter of the Loners MC had been operating an unmarked clubhouse in the Cornwall, Ontario just off of Montreal Road. It is alleged here that the group was involved in drug trafficking.[12] As a result of Jim's action, almost all groups converted to nd HA81 or withdrew to Gremium. The vice is himself HA81.

References
  1. Langton, Jerry (2010), Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets, John Wiley & Sons, p. 118, ISBN 978-0470678787
  2. Langton, Jerry (2010), Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets, John Wiley & Sons, p. 166, ISBN 978-0470678787
  3. Edwards, Peter (2010), The Bandido Massacre; A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, p. 83, ISBN 978-0307372765
  4. Edwards, Peter (2010), The Bandido Massacre; A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, p. 94, ISBN 978-0307372765
  5. "Biker gangs in Canada | CBC News". Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. "About Us". Loners MC England Nomads. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. Lavinge, Yves (1999). Hells Angels at War. Toronto: HarperCollins. p. 209. ISBN 0002000245.
  8. "Loners Motorcycle Club establishes chapter in Stratford | Toronto Sun". Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  9. Edwards, Peter (2010), The Bandido Massacre; A True Story of Bikers, Brotherhood and Betrayal, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, pp. 61, 81, ISBN 978-0307372765
  10. "Loners bikers hit in pre-dawn raids | The Star". Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  11. Grimaldi, Jeremy (13 July 2017). "Charges against Loners founder Gennaro (Jim) Raso withdrawn by Crown". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. Zajac, Ronald (13 January 2020). "Biker gangs nothing new: Chief". Brockville Recorder & Times. Retrieved 23 November 2020.


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