Police say gang violence will cool with Bacon brother gone from B.C.
He’s living in halfway house after serving time for conspiracy to traffic cocaine
VANCOUVER — B.C.’s anti-gang police think the climate of gang violence in the Lower Mainland will be cooler with one of the notorious Bacon brothers living in a halfway house in another part of the country.
Postmedia revealed Thursday that Jarrod Bacon, 34, received his statutory release from prison after serving two-thirds of his sentence for conspiracy to traffic cocaine. But the Parole Board of Canada ordered him to remain in a community correctional facility in another province.
Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton said the fact that Bacon is not in B.C. is good news for the gang situation here.
“I think it could be argued that him not physically being here may help to keep conflicts he may currently or used to have in a calmed state,” Houghton said.
“I would, however, reiterate that the importance of being somewhere has been significantly diminished with the growth of social media, phones, etc.”
Bacon, his brothers and their Red Scorpion gang were involved in a deadly gang conflict with the United Nations gang that raged across the Lower Mainland for several years.
Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said that if Bacon really wants to change his life and “completely disassociates himself from gangs and organized crime, he can live pretty much anywhere.”
“That said, just like anyone, his past choices and lifestyle may come back to haunt him. Those are the ramifications of the choices he made,” Houghton said.
Bacon was arrested in November 2009 and charged in a massive drug conspiracy after an undercover investigation that used a police agent. The agent got Bacon involved in a fake deal to purchase 100 kilograms of cocaine.
Bacon’s younger brother Jamie remains in pre-trial custody after being arrested in April 2009 and charged with conspiracy and first-degree murder in the Surrey Six slayings.