11 people accused of conspiring to deliver methamphetamine from Arizona to Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Eleven individuals, 10 of that are from Wisconsin, are accused in a drug conspiracy investigation between Arizona and Wisconsin.

The Walworth County Sheriff’s Workplace revealed Thursday that it filed complaints for 11 individuals who allegedly conspired to ship over 500 grams of methamphetamine over the course of 11 months, ending in August of 2021.

The suspects had been concerned in crimes starting from promoting medicine on the streets to transporting massive quantities of methamphetamine from Arizona to southeastern Wisconsin, the sheriff’s workplace alleges. This contains Walworth County.

Officers organized managed buys, carried out surveillance and obtained statements from recognized associates and coconspirators, amongst different techniques, over the course of the investigation.

Walworth Co. Sheriff Kurt Picknell praised the authorities that investigated these crimes.

“This investigation is an instance of what’s achieved when devoted investigators from many regulation enforcement companies work collectively throughout jurisdictions with a typical purpose to maintain our communities secure,” Picknell mentioned.

Walworth Co. authorities listed the individuals suspected of being concerned:

• Kenneth W. Chadwick, age 54 (Phoenix, AZ)
• Krystal D. Gehrke, age 36 (Racine, WI)
• Shauna M. Gonzalez Garza, age 35 (Burlington, WI)
• Jillian R. Leighton, age 38 (Burlington, WI)
• Michelle A. Lyons, age 43 (Lake Geneva, WI)
• Sean M. Mason, age 44 (Elkhorn, WI)
• Christopher F. McFadden, age 35 (Waterford, WI)
• Joshua C. Potter, age 33 (Whitewater, WI)
• Thomas D. Schultz, age 33 (Elkhorn, WI)
• Frederick M. Taylor, age 46 (Burlington, WI)
• Brian N. Tidwell, age 37 (Elkhorn, WI)

The sheriff’s workplace filed the complaints on behalf of the Walworth County Drug Enforcement Unit and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives-ATF Milwaukee Workplace.

Over a dozen federal, state and native companies had been concerned throughout the course of the investigation, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration- Milwaukee Workplace, United States Postal Inspectors and Rock County Sheriff’s Workplace.

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