According to the MJS, three more individuals have been charged in Federal court as part of a heroin ring whose drugs killed at least four people in Ozaukee County. This has been an ongoing story here in the Milwaukee area, as the drugs that killed the people in Ozaukee County were purchased on our streets. Benjamin Stibbe, the main dealer in Ozaukee County, is already serving time in state prisons for his role in the deaths of the four people, and he’s plead guilty to Federal charges as well, so he won’t be seeing the light of day any time soon. What’s most disturbing about this whole story is the fact that Benjamin Stibbe’s mother apparently played a role in his drug dealing enterprise. If I’m not mistaken, Benjamin Stibbe’s mother drove him into Milwaukee to pick up heroin from his source.

Timothy Milton, Stibbe’s source in Milwaukee, got his heroin from a childhood friend in Chicago, and apparently Milton was making forty thousand dollars profit on every 100 grams of heroin he sold. Now I don’t condone drug dealing one bit, but with those kinds of profit margins, I can start to see why some folks in Milwaukee’s inner city are willing to take the risk and sell drugs. Mr. Milton’s also serving some time in the Wisconsin State Prison system, but unfortunately I’m sure someone has stepped in to take his place, because there always seems to be no shortage of demand for illegal drugs.

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