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Agencies Involved• Evansville Vanderburgh Joint Task Force• ATF• DEA• FBI• IRS• USPS• Evansville Police Department• US Attorney’s Office• Warrick County Sheriff’s Office• Indiana State Police• Illinois State Police• Vincennes Police Department
• Vanderburgh Co. Sheriff’s Office
• Knox County Sheriff’s Office• United States Marshal’s Service• Dubois County Sheriff’s Office• Posey County Narcotics Task
Force• Martin County Sheriff’s Office• Daviess County Sheriff’s Office• Indiana Parole Department• Posey County Sheriff’s Office
Beginning • Beginning in early-mid 2013• Tips lead to investigation of drug trafficking ring
• Suspects resided in Vanderburgh County
• Dealing large quantities of Methamphetamine, specifically crystal methamphetamine
First Arrests• April 28 – May 28• Seven (7) arrested• A Felony & B Felony – Conspiracy to Commit Dealing in
Methamphetamine• All charged by State of Indiana• All arrested in VANDERBURGH Co.• Key individuals involved in the ongoing conspiracy
Eva Buck Montrako BradleyJames Earl Ling
Joseph WagnerEdward Nance
Robert Robertson Jr
A FELONY – CONSP. DEALING IN METHAMPHETAMINE
BonnieKay WanglerB-Felony – Consp. Dealing in Methamphetamine
Second Arrests• Three Men Arrested• ~13 lbs. of Crystal Meth• Estimated $627,000 street value
• Attempted to evade Police• Men arrested in GIBSON Co.• All three (3) cases taken Federally
Gerardo Mendoza Sanchez Leonal Misael Quintana Beltran
Eriberto Hernandez Ortega
FEDERALLY CHARGED
String of Arrests• September 26, 2014 – December 26, 2014• 5 men arrested in this period• 4 new suspects, 1 repeat (LING)
• Two in Federal Custody (LING / COSBY)• Two in State Custody (SELBY / DARNELL)• One in Joint Custody (TANKSLEY
• Tanksley / Cosby– Arrested in Vanderburgh Co.• Selby – Arrested in Dubois Co.• Ling– Arrested in Illinois• Darnell – Arrested in Knox Co.
James Ling
Terrence Cosby
Eric TanksleyFederally Charged
Attempted Murder Arrests• Multiple sources indicated this ring had involvement in a
kidnapping and attempted murder• On January 6, 2015 a decision was made to arrest all involved.• State/Federal agencies combined to serve warrants.• Six arrested on Attempted Murder; of those six (6), three (3)
were also indicted federally on methamphetamine related charges
• One arrested on Consp. Dealing in Meth• Two arrested in Dealing in a Synthetics• One arrested on Possession of a Firearm by a SVF• One arrested on Possession of Firearm by a Felon / Assisting a
criminal
January 6, 2015 – Charged with Attempted Murder
Robert Robertson JR.
Jamar Hooser
Amy Robertson
Royce Calvin Jason GreenleeTavon Clark
Eva BuckConsp. Dealing in Meth
Meko Levels Jr.Dealing in Synthetics
Joshua BrownDealing in Synthetics
Freddie Wiggins-Poss. of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon-Poss. of a sawed off shotgun
Additional Arrests• Sean McClain – 11/07/1969 – Arizona (Arrested in Flagstaff AZ
1.12.2015)• Brian Tucker – 12/09/1981 – Evansville (Arrested in Las Vegas
1.12.2015)• Allen Fox – (arrested in Daviess Co. 1.19.2015)• Sean Killion – 04/03/1972 – Vincennes, IN (arrested in
Sebastian, FL – 1.25.2015)
Sean Killion• Killion currently has an
outstanding warrant for his arrest on conspiracy to deal over 500 grams of Meth.
• Killion is from Vincennes and has ties to Evansville area.
• He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.
End of January, 2015 arrests• 9 members of the organization were arrested between
January 28 and January 31 on both Federal and State Conspiracy to Deal in Methamphetamine charges.
• Roger Streete – Martin Co.• Michael Kline – Martin Co.• Sheila Taylor – Martin Co.• Stephen Hart - Bloomington
Michelle Pippen
Patrick Pate Lyron MillerEric Stinson
Stephen BarnettFederal Indictment
2/5/2015 Raid
• Melanie Martin
Richard Catt Jr
Tony Sikes
David Cobb
Cory Simpson
Nathan Robertson
Anthony Donald Crawley
Caroline Sapp
STILL ON THE RUN
Roy Durham Sr.
Troy Durham Sr.
Chad Pate
Gerald Clark
Aaron Ray
Kevin Blackston• Picture to follow via
Total Amounts Seized• 74 pounds of
Methamphetamine • Approx. $400,000• Approx. 20 firearms• 2 vehicles
Breakdown• 74 pounds seized• 454 Grams / Pound• Typical single use of meth is .25 gram• 74 pounds seized = 134,384 single uses of
methamphetamine • (This estimate includes gross product, but does
not include cutting agents typically added at each step in the drug making process.)
Agencies Involved• Evansville Vanderburgh Joint Task Force• ATF• DEA• FBI• IRS• USPS• Evansville Police Department• US Attorney’s Office• Warrick County Sheriff’s Office• Indiana State Police• Illinois State Police• Vincennes Police Department
• Vanderburgh Co. Sheriff’s Office
• Knox County Sheriff’s Office• United States Marshal’s Service• Dubois County Sheriff’s Office• Posey County Narcotics Task
Force• Martin County Sheriff’s Office• Daviess County Sheriff’s Office• Indiana Parole Department• Posey County Sheriff’s Office