A founding member of the Niagara chapter of Hells Angels remains behind bars in connection with a police investigation into threats and extortion in Port Colborne.

Kenneth Wagner appeared in an Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines on Monday via a video link from Niagara Detention Centre.

The 53-year-old was arrested March 2 and faces a slew of charges including extortion using a firearm, uttering threats, possession of proceeds of crime and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

In court Monday, a justice of the peace adjourned the case until March 25 for a bail hearing.

Niagara Regional Police, including members of the emergency task unit, were called to a Port Colborne residence March 1 after receiving reports of a threat being made.

During the course of the investigation, a surveillance video was seized which led police to believe there was an "immediate concern for public safety," the NRP said in a news release.

Two people were taken into custody without incident the following day.

Liette Arbour, 46, is also facing a number of charges stemming from the investigation.

Wagner in 2008 was sentenced to the equivalent of 11 years in prison for trafficking four kilograms of cocaine to a Hells Angel from the Oshawa chapter who was acting as a police agent.

Wagner, who had no prior convictions at the time, also forfeited $150,000 in cash, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and his truck.

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