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A man who is alleged to have supplied an AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle used to shoot up the exterior of an east-end car dealership run by alleged Montreal Mafia member Marco Pizzi was recently denied bail while the cases against him and five other men are pending.
In a decision delivered on Friday, Quebec Court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos ordered that Mathieu Scott-Dumont, 27, remain behind bars while he faces charges related to the Sept. 4, 2023 shooting of the exterior of Gestion Automobile Plus on Notre-Dame St. E. in Montréal-Est.
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“During a relentless and violent war between two rival organized crime clans, there is no question that the court should release individuals who organize drive-by shootings that place the public in danger. Such a decision would discredit the administration of justice,” Galiatsatos wrote in a 42-page decision.
Four other men arrested following the shooting have renounced their right to a bail hearing while a fifth man has yet to have his bail hearing scheduled.
The same car dealership was targeted by arson fires several times in 2022 and 2023 and, during the bail hearing, Pizzi was described as an “influential member of the Montreal Mafia.”
Galiatsatos was also presented with evidence that someone involved in the shooting filmed what transpired so they could offer it as proof the job was carried out by the people who ordered it. The video was later seized by the Montreal police. Scott-Dumont is alleged to have been one of the two people who gave the order. The decision notes he is alleged to have ties to the Hells Angels.
He also faces charges related to how, two days after the shooting, he is alleged to have intimidated some of the men involved after they were informed they wouldn’t be paid money they were promised. He is also charged with using a fake firearm to carry out an armed assault during the dispute.
According to the decision, the four men who took part in the shooting were supposed to split $15,000 between them but only the person alleged to have discharged the AR-15 received $1,000. The other three men did not receive a dime.
The four men were arrested early on in the investigation while Sott-Dumont was arrested in an apartment in Lachine on Feb. 8. A bullet-proof vest and a loaded 9 mm pistol were found in one of the rooms of the apartment.
The judge also decided to revoke Scott-Dumont’s release in a different case where he was charged with possessing 18 methamphetamine pills.
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