Thursday, November 4, 2010

Rockford man arrested on drug distribution charges (Rockford Register Star)

Rockford man arrested on drug distribution charges
By Anonymous
Posted Nov 03, 2010 @ 11:45 PM

ROCKFORD — State Line Area Narcotics Team officers arrested a Rockford man Tuesday in an ongoing cocaine distribution investigation.

Ernesto Martinez, 54, of the 2800 block of Bildahl Street in Rockford was charged while in custody at the McHenry County Jail where he is being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending deportation proceedings.

Martinez was arrested on a Winnebago County warrant for seven counts of delivery of a controlled substance. Martinez distributed a quarter kilo of cocaine to an Illinois State Police informant for five months in 2009. The Winnebago County arrest warrant is a no bond warrant.

The investigation is continuing and more arrests are anticipated.

The State Line Area Narcotics Team is made up of officers from the Freeport, Loves Park, Rockford, and Monroe, Wis. police departments, the Stephenson County and Green County, Wis., sheriff’s departments and the Illinois State Police.

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