to turn Crown's evidence and testify against his former employers. While Croitoru was awaiting trial for the bombing, the Hamilton branch of Satan's Choice was shut down after an informant gave the police information about the gang's involvement with drug dealing and extortion. On April 16, 1998, the police raided the Satan's Choice Hamilton clubhouse. The gang's clubhouse was confiscated and the club's national leadership decided to disband the Hamilton chapter. Croitoru's attempt to transfer over to the Toronto chapter was rejected as it was felt that he was a loose cannon who was a liability for Satan's Choice. Croitoru got in a fight in Hamilton with another former Satan's Choice member, "Jimmy Rich", on January 13, 1998. A police officer saw Croitoru punch Rich in the face and arrested Croitoru for assault. In addition to the assault charge, Croitoru was charged with extortion from an unrelated incident as well as carrying a concealed weapon and breaking the conditions of his release following the police station bombing. In September 1998, Croitoru was brought to trial for his role in the bombing. He was convicted and sentenced to 33 months in prison. Croitoru pleaded guilty to his role in having the bomb built. Besides for his role in the bombing, Croitoru was also convicted of illegally selling steroids, largely on the basis of the testimony of his former friend "Jimmy Rich". Dubé, who was facing two counts of murder plus charges relating to the bombing, hanged himself in jail on September 22, 1998. Isnor explained Dubé's suicide as: "Johnny K-9 was the only friend he had left in the world, and he knew that we had him, and he was going away forever." The Gravelle family The police maintained that Croitoru worked as an enforcer and a debt collector for the Gravelle family of Hamilton after he was expelled from Satan's Choice. Croitoru maintained that he rarely had to strike anyone as a debt collector because he was sufficiently intimidating to make people pay up. A couple named Smith who stated that they worked as drug smugglers for Denis and Paul Gravelle describe Croitoru as a regular visitor to Paul's house. According to Bill Smith, when one of the "runners" for the Gravelle family "mouthed off" to Paul Gravelle, Croitoru beat him bloody in the basement of Paul Gravelle's house. Smith stated he saw pieces of the runner's face "smeared all