That was the case Thursday in Windsor where cops laid out the grim details of Project Bay<\/a> that scooped a staggering $139 million in cocaine, meth and other goodies off our streets, along with deadly weapons.<\/p>\n Accused of Vaughan double murder<\/p>\n And then there was the charge sheet listing the accused and their charges. Like an old lady who still does\u00a0 Wishing Well, I always run these names. Is there a pattern of difficulties with the police? Time in the clink? How long?<\/p>\n Citizenship?<\/p>\n On Thursday, it didn\u2019t take long to hit pay dirt in the form of one\u00a0Michele Moscone, 27, of the Toronto and Windsor Moscones. When cops announced the results of the big bust, he was already behind bars.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n But why, oh why?<\/p>\n On May 13, just before 5:30 p.m., the late afternoon quiet of a suburban neighbourhood in Vaughan was shattered by gunfire. The bullets did their job and officers found two men lying on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced deceased. Dead as fried chicken.<\/p>\n Murders were a \u2018targeted\u2019 hit<\/p>\n And even as cops locked down the neighbourhood officers received a call for service in a nearby area. Seems there was a blue SUV, abandoned and set ablaze. The vehicle \u2014 stolen in Toronto \u2014 was used by the kill team before and after the rubout.<\/p>\n Cops called the double murder of 49-year-old Satan\u2019s Choice member Pasquale Casciato and 34-year-old Christian Belsito, a \u201ctargeted\u201d hit.<\/p>\n More than two dozen bullets were fired at the pair.<\/p>\n The first domino to fall was Gerard Murray, 48, of Windsor, who was arrested in the old hometown. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and arson causing property damage.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Next up to bat was another Windsor boy, Glen Mousseau, 55, who \u2014 again, the world of crime can be small \u2014 was famously busted for his harebrained scheme of running marijuana in a mini-submarine under the Detroit River. He pleaded guilty in 2021 and was sentenced to 71 months imprisonment.<\/p>\n Finally, there is the star of the show, Moscone. He is now facing two counts of first-degree murder, arson causing property damage and firearm-related offences, while Mousseau was charged with accessory to murder after the fact, arson causing property damage and other firearm offences.<\/p>\n In the Project Bay charges, Moscone was hit with a slew of weapons offences, conspiracy to possess cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, trafficking cocaine, possession, etc., etc., etc.<\/p>\n Were Vaughan murders tied to bust?<\/p>\n And now we\u2019ll circle back to the fleet of transport trucks controlled by Punjabi underworld figures and jammed to the rafters with blow and meth, gliding across the border.<\/p>\n A fistful of those named on the charge sheet had been pinched at Sarnia\u2019s Blue Water Bridge, accused of trying one drug offence or another<\/a>.<\/p>\n As for the double murder in Vaughan, it isn\u2019t clear what sort of underworld machinations led to the demise of Casciato and Belsito. Was it connected to the blitzkrieg that hammered gangland Thursday?<\/p>\n Or was it a freelance piece of work?<\/p>\n In the criminal milieu it\u2019s always a six-degrees of separation affair. No doubt it\u2019s all tied together, one way or another.<\/p>\n None of the charges have been proven in court.<\/p>\n![\"Ontario](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/projectbay2_304416654.jpg\")
Ontario Provincial Police Detective Superintendent Andy Bradford speaks during a press conference on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at Windsor City Hall regarding a massive drug bust. Photo by Dan Janisse<\/p>\n![\"Satan\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-124405-e1784911490601.png\")
Satan\u2019s Choice member Pasquale Casciato.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/border-trade-files-july22.jpg\")
A truck with vehicles crosses the Blue Water Bridge border crossing into the United States from Sarnia, Ont., on April 3, 2025. Photo by GEOFF ROBINS \/ AFP \/ Files \/Getty Images<\/p>\n