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

email

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