El Forastero Motorcycle Club members Eric Burkitt and Robert Stewart get five years for meth distribution

Earlier this week, El Forastero Motorcycle Club members Eric G. “Little Eric” Burkitt and Robert E. Stewart were sentenced to five years in federal prison without parole for conspiracy to distribute meth to fellow bikers between January

1, 2002, and July 31, 2007.

Burkitt and Stewart pleaded guilty in November, admitting as El Forastero members they paid dues to

the club — money they knew could be used to buy meth, cocaine and

marijuana for parties called

“runs.” El Forastero members were required to go on

three runs a year (although they could go on more) in which the pooled

money to pay for a party site, food, drinks, entertainment, and, yes, drugs.