Motorcycle gang members, including Hells Angels, attend biker's memorial

Around 80 bikers gathered in Fredericton Saturday morning at a memorial service for Ronald Richard, a former Bacchus motorcycle clubmemberwho was killed in July.

Patches for various outlaw motorcycle gangswere visible as peoplerolled into the the Kinsmen Club, located nearDevonMiddle School on the city'snorthside.

About 10 of thebikers' jackets had Hells Angels New Brunswick patches. Others displayed the logos ofGate Keepers, Elm City Fredericton, Miramachines, as well as some fromNova Scotia and Quebec.

Fredericton's Gate Keepers chapter organized the event. A slogan on the poster for the celebration of life was "Raising a little hell even behind heavens gate."

As people arrived, they exchanged handshakes and brief hugs. One manwearing a Hells Angels New Brunswick jacket was greeted by everyone in attendance.

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Police drove by several times before and during the 11 a.m event. Sgt. Scott MacKenzie said they had no reason to believe the event was anything but a simple gathering.

RCMPdiscovered Richard's body on July 23 in Hardwood Ridge, a community about 10 kilometres north of Minto. They ruled the 50 year old's death was a homicide and said it wasn't random. Therehave been no arrests in the case.

Richard was charged in December 2014 on several drugs, firearms and prohibited weapons charges, where he was described in court as a Bacchus member.

He was convicted of possession ofbenzylpiperazine, a drug known as BZP, and possession of marijuana over 30 grams.

Richard's lawyer RodneyMacDonaldpreviously said he left the motorcycle gang more than a year before his death.

In recent weeks,10 suspected Hells Angels members were arrested in P.E.I. and New Brunswick.

On Friday, Robin Moulton, 48, of Fredericton was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a restricted firearm a 9 mm Beretta without a licence.

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Moulton is described as a full-patch Hells Angels member and is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 31.

Moulton was friends with Richard on Facebook and in a post described him as a "fallen president" of the capital city Gate Keepers New Brunswick.