Hells associate gets 80-month sentence

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A Manitoba Hells Angels associate has been sentenced to 80 months in prison after getting caught setting up drug deals by a police sting operation.

Gerald Russell Frommelt, 25, pleaded guilty Thursday to trafficking cocaine, participating in a criminal organization and conspiracy to launder proceeds of crime.

He was one of 35 people arrested last December as part of “Project Divide,” in which police used the services of a gang member turned informant to secretly capture various drug and weapons deals on audio and video surveillance.

Frommelt is already the 23rd accused to plead guilty to his offences. All have received federal penitentiary sentences of various lengths.

Frommelt was observed by police meeting with the agent, Michael Satsatin, at a Main Street Shoppers Drug Mart in November 2009, court was told. The agent agreed to pay Frommelt $3,700 for two ounces of cocaine. Frommelt then used his cousin, Dustin Barker, to deliver the drugs the following day during a meeting outside the same store.

Barker pleaded guilty earlier this summer and was sentenced to three years behind bars.

Frommelt was a prospect of the Zig Zag Crew, the so-called “puppet club” of the Hells Angels. He participated in gang meetings and helped recruit other potential members, court was told.

Frommelt has already spent eight months in custody since his arrest, which was given single-time credit. That leaves him exactly six more years on his sentence.