It seems that the struggle is not over yet for former Hells Angel Norman Robitaille as he is not permitted to deal in real estate while his sentence, is ongoing for the conspiracy to murder rival gang members. It is set to expire in 2020.
Montereal Gazette reports that Robitaille ascended within the Hells Angels while the biker gang was at war with rival gangs like the Rock Machine, between 1994 and 2002, a rivalry that claimed more than 160 lives.
He started as a member of the Rockers, a small gang that was doing Hells Angels's dirty work until he became a full-pledged member of Hells Angels' Nomads chapter in 1998.
He was one of those arrested in a police raid in 2001, together with other Rockers and Nomads members, to curve the growing gang violence.
Montereal Gazette adds that the investigation, "dubbed Operation Springtime 2001, revealed the Nomads chapter generated $111 million in revenue from drug trafficking between March 30, 1999, to Dec. 19, 2000 - a period during which the police were able to secretly monitor the gang's accounting practices."
Robitaille pleaded guilty in 2003 for conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and gangsterism. He had 15 years left to serve but it was increased to 17 when he laundered money by investing in several buildings in Quebec.
He turned a new leaf while serving sentence by severing his ties with Hells Angels. Two years ago, he obtained permission to go on unescorted leave to attend courses at a Montreal business school. He was allowed to do so because he showed commitment to leave the world of organized crime.
When his statutory release date came, there was a job waiting for him and he resided in a halfway house for easy monitoring. However, Robitaille has been so busy with his business, which seems to have taken a toll on his parole officer to be able to continue monitoring him.
The last summary report stated that Robitaille has been transparent but there was a time that he contacted a son of a former Hells Angels member, something that is considered potential violation of the condition of his realese.
He was able to answer them with valid arguments but just the same, his business activities "represents an increase in the risk" of him reoffending, according to the parole board. Hence, the prohibition from doing "paid or not, that would lead you to participate in the acquisition of, or the management of," real estate, has been added in the condition of his release.