Bacon Brothers (gangsters)

The Bacon Brothers, Jonathan, Jarrod, and Jamie, are a trio of gangsters from Abbotsford, British Columbia^[1] who are suspected of multiple firearms and drug trafficking charges and implicated in a rash of homicides that took place in the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver area. Jonathan, the oldest brother, was murdered in Kelowna on August 14, 2011.

Current status[]

• Jamie Bacon, pleaded guilty to conspiracy for Surrey Six murders in September 2020; serving five years and seven months after factoring nearly 12 years in pre-trial detention.
• Jarrod Bacon, parole revoked, returned to prison in September 2017; paroled in August 2020.^[2]
• Jonathan Bacon, the oldest of the trio, murdered in Kelowna in 2011.^[3]

In 2005, an attempted murder charge against Jarrod was stayed after the victim refused to testify at trial. In 2005, the police seized more than 700 marijuana plants and various pieces of pot-growing equipment and charged Jarrod and a friend with possession for the purpose of trafficking.

Jamie pleaded guilty to robbery in 2007 in connection with a 2005 home invasion where a man was confined in his Abbotsford home and robbed of marijuana plants and growing-operation equipment. He was sentenced to time served.^[4]

Association with the Red Scorpions[]

In 2006, the brothers partnered with the Red Scorpions gang to help them compete with the United Nations gang. The authorities believed that the brothers took leadership control of the Red Scorpions shortly thereafter.^[5]

Arrests of Jamie and Jarrod Bacon[]

The Balmoral Tower Highrise building

On April 3, 2009, Jamie was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Emergency response team for his alleged involvement in the October 19, 2007 shootings of the 'Surrey Six' which included two innocent victims: Chris Mohan and Ed Schellenberg at the Balmoral Tower Highrise building in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.^[6] This development occurred after an associate of the Bacon brothers, Dennis Karbovanec, pleaded guilty to his role in the shootings.

Jarrod was arrested in May 2009 on weapons charges, and found guilty on February 2, 2012 of several charges relating to cocaine trafficking. On May 4, 2012, Jarrod was sentenced to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to traffic cocaine. The sentence was then reduced to seven years and two months after time served was taken into consideration.^[7][8]

In September 2009, the Integrated Gang Task Force reported that eight associates were murdered since the public warning by the police that those associated with Jon, Jarrod, and Jamie avoid the trio or be potentially killed by rival criminals.^[9]

While awaiting trial, Jamie and his co-accused were being held in isolation. B.C. Corrections Service said this measure was for their own protection because other rivals are also in custody awaiting several trials. In what legal observers said was an unusual request, Jamie appealed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to end his solitary confinement as a violation of his rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.^{[10][full citation needed]} The Court found that Jamie was subjected to cruel and unusual treatment while in custody, contrary to section 12 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that he was subjected to such treatment for the purpose of furthering the police investigation. His conditions of confinement were also found to constitute a deprivation of liberty and security of person that was not in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice, contrary to section 7 of the Charter. During the course of the hearing, the court learned that Jamie's privileged telephone calls with his counsel were unlawfully recorded. This matter remains before the Court. Jamie was released into the general prison population and the restrictions on his visits and telephone communications were removed.^{[needs update][11][12]}

In May 2010, Jamie was convicted of all 11 charges related to the April 2007 discovery of a gun cache but Jarrod was acquitted.^[13]

Death of Jonathan Bacon[]

On August 14, 2011, Jonathan was murdered via gunfire outside the Delta Grand Hotel in Kelowna, BC. Larry Amero, a full-patch member of the Hells Angels, was also critically injured in the attack.^[14] Jason McBride, Jujhar Khun-Khun, and Michael Kerry Hunter Jones were charged with the shooting. Superintendent Pat Fogarty of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit stated that the oldest Bacon's death and the incarceration of the other two brothers will create such turmoil among the leadership of the gang that the popularity and influence of the Red Scorpions will decrease within the British Columbia gang world.^[5]

Publications[]

• The Notorious Bacon Brothers: Inside Gang Warfare on Vancouver Streets, By Jerry Langton. Published March 2013. ISBN 978-1118388679

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