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Jean Paul Beaumont, Rock Machine enforcer, dead at Brandon Correctional Center By Tamara King ,Winnipeg Sun

A longtime Manitoba gang associate who had shifted allegiances away from the Hells Angels to the rival Rock Machine was stabbed and died behind bars in Brandon, sources say. Jean Paul Beaumont, 39, who was nicknamed “JP”, had been stabbed, a source said. He was found early Sunday at the Brandon Correctional Center in what police are only officially calling a “suspicious” death. Beaumont was a former Hells Angels associate and member of its one-time puppet club, the Zig Zag Crew. In recent years, he had joined the Rock Machine, which emerged in Winnipeg several years ago after a re-branded Rock Machine — with the same eagle-head logo but different colours — launched in 2008. It was nearly a decade after its predecessor clashed with the Angels in a drug-trade feud in Quebec during the 1990s that left about 160 people dead. In Winnipeg during the summer of 2011, Beaumont was identified as the sergeant-at-arms for the Rock Machine as the gang was embroiled in a war with the rival Hells Angels and its “friend” gang, the Redlined Support Crew. Beaumont was a central figure, sources say, as the two gangs clashed in a series of firebombings and shootings in a battle over turf. An innocent 14-year-old was wounded in one shooting. He survived. Beaumont’s lengthy history with the justice system dates back to the 1990s. He was convicted in a 1995 shooting during a robbery at a Little Caesar’s Pizza in St. Vital and handed a 13-year prison sentence. Beaumont’s parole was revoked after police said he was present during the 2005 shooting of ex Hells Angel William (Billy) Bowden in March,2005 at a Corydon Avenue lounge. In 2010, Beaumont managed to dodge a conviction in a gun case in which a judge declared the DNA discovered on the gun could have ended up on the weapon incidentally, pointing out Beaumont may have sneezed on the bullets. A trial was slated to start Thursday in Winnipeg on his latest round of charges, including dangerous driving, flight from police and several other offenses. He was also accused of missing court dates back in December, according to court records. Last month, Beaumont was caught in Toronto. He was turned over to cops in Thunder Bay, where he was wanted on a warrant, and ultimately handed over to police in Manitoba.