CHICAGO NEWS
October 16, 2013
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Six Defendants Federally Charged with Drug Conspiracy and Money Laundering
OCT 16 (MILWAUKEE)  - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago office of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, which includes Wisconsin, and James L. Santelle, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced today that a 13-count indictment was unsealed in federal court charging six defendants with various drug-trafficking offenses and money laundering. The defendants, who are alleged to distribute marijuana in and around the Milwaukee metropolitan area, are charged with, among other things, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) and 846, and money laundering, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956.
The defendants are identified as: Edward Patterson (38) of Whitefish Bay; Paul Heiniger (42) of Willits, California; Kevin Breitzman of Glendale (29); Paul Markiewicz (27) of Germantown; Andrea Marquardt (29) of New Berlin; and John Webler (39) of Milwaukee. The defendants are charged in the following counts.