A Winnipeg man caught selling drugs to undercover police in Red Deer has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail.
William George Sinclair, 18, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday to trafficking crack cocaine from the parking lot of Red Deer’s Collicutt Centre recreation complex.
Sinclair was arrested by members of the Red Deer RCMP street team after selling 2.7 grams of crack to an undercover officer on Feb. 21.
Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis cited the drug itself, Sinclair’s participation in a “dial-a-doper” drug scheme and the fact that his actions took place at a location where children congregate as particularly aggravating in terms of sentencing.
Those factors were balanced against Sinclair’s early guilty plea on the charge.
In accepting a joint submission from Inglis and defence counsel Paul Morigeau, Judge Darrell Riemer allowed Sinclair four months of credit for the time he has served in custody since his arrest.
And additional charge of possessing crack for trafficking was stayed with Sinclair’s consent to forfeit all goods seized during the investigation.