July 7, 2009
Contact: Thomas E. Murphy
(314) 538-4660
St. Louis Man and Woman Convicted on Conspiracy to Distribute and Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
JUL 07  -- (EAST ST. LOUIS, IL) - A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on July 2, 2009, a federal jury in East St. Louis, Illinois, convicted 
Gregory HOGAN  , age 34, and 
Jennifer WILKINS  , age 28, both of St. Louis, Missouri, of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine.
Evidence presented at trial proved that 
HOGAN  and 
WILKINS  were members of an organization which was responsible for transporting multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into the 
region and distributing it to customers in the St. Louis region, including customers in the Metro-East. A portion of the cocaine was converted and distributed in the form of crack cocaine.
Both 
WILKINS  and 
HOGAN  face sentences of 10 years to life imprisonment; a fine of up to $4 million, and at least 5 years mandatory supervised release.
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, as part of their participation in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Daniel T. Kapsak and Andrew Simonson.