Court documents link alleged drug dealing by Olympian from Ont. murder

TORONTO. New details are emerging linking a suspected transnational drug-trafficking ring allegedly run by a wanted Olympian to a murder in Ontario in April.

An affidavit filed by Toronto police officers assigned to the fugitive group says evidence collected from a suspected group member’s cell phone shows how the group orchestrated the man’s death.

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Documents on file in a Toronto court allege the gang’s second-in-command, Andrew Clarke, hired Malik Damion Cunningham to kill a list of targets, including one known in court records as RF.

The documents say the pair communicated via the Threema encrypted messaging service before RF was shot dead outside his Niagara Falls home on April 1.

Niagara Regional Police announced last week that the United States Department of Justice and the FBI have arrested several people in connection with the April 1 killing of 29-year-old Randy Fader.

Clark, Cunningham and former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding were named in a California indictment against 16 suspects who allegedly transported large shipments of cocaine across North America and orchestrated several murders.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published on October 26, 2024.

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