2. 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

3. 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

4. First Arrest s 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

5. A FELONY – CONSP. DEALING IN METHAMPHETAMINE
Eva Buck
James Earl Ling
Montrako Bradley
A FELONY – CONSP. DEALING IN METHAMPHETAMINE
Robert Robertson Jr
Joseph Wagner
Edward Nance

6. B-Felony – Consp. Dealing in Methamphetamine
BonnieKay Wangler
B-Felony – Consp. Dealing in Methamphetamine

7. 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

8. FEDERALLY CHARGED
Eriberto Hernandez Ortega
Gerardo Mendoza Sanchez
Leonal Misael Quintana Beltran

9. 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.

10. Terrence Cosby
Eric Tanksley
Federally Charged
James Ling

11. 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

12. Amy Robertson
Robert Robertson JR.
Jamar Hooser
January 6, 2015 – Charged with Attempted Murder
Royce Calvin
Tavon Clark
Jason Greenlee

13. Eva Buck
Consp. Dealing in Meth
Meko Levels Jr.
Dealing in Synthetics
Freddie Wiggins
-Poss. of a Firearm by a
Serious Violent Felon
-Poss. of a sawed off
shotgun
Joshua Brown
Dealing in Synthetics

14. Additional Arrests
Sean McClain – 11/07/1969 – Arizona (Arrested in Flagstaff AZ )
Brian Tucker – 12/09/1981 – Evansville (Arrested in Las Vegas )
Allen Fox – (arrested in Daviess Co )
Sean Killion – 04/03/1972 – Vincennes, IN (arrested in Sebastian, FL – )

15. 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.

16. 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

17. Eric Stinson
Patrick Pate
Lyron Miller
Federal Indictment
Stephen Barnett
Michelle Pippen

18. 2/5/2015 Raid
Melanie Martin

19. Richard Catt Jr

20. Tony Sikes

21. David Cobb

22. Cory Simpson

23. Nathan Robertson

24. Anthony Donald Crawley

25. Caroline Sapp

26. STILL ON THE RUN

27. Roy Durham Sr.

28. Troy Durham Sr.

29. Chad Pate

30. Gerald Clark

31. Aaron Ray

32. Kevin Blackston
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33. Total Amounts Seized 74 pounds of Methamphetamine Approx. $400,000
Approx. 20 firearms
2 vehicles

34. 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.)

35. 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