Identified the three ringleaders as Jesus Martinez-Orosco, 35; Nahum Sanchez-Villagomez, 27; and Geronimo Gonzalez, 29. Drug agents seized 1.77 kilograms of cocaine and $20,876 in cash from Gonzalez's Velp Avenue apartment in Howard on Wednesday, just a day after a confidential informant bought a half–kilogram of cocaine from Sanchez-Villagomez at a Grove Street home in Green Bay, Lemkuil said.When agents arrested Sanches-Villagomez they found an additional half-kilo of cocaine in a car and $7,000 in cash.A kilogram of cocaine has a street price of about $30,000.Agents, working with informants, purchased ounces and half-ounces of cocaine from several of the players in the conspiracy in recent months, Lemkuil said. The cocaine was selling for about $900 an ounce.None of the people in court Thursday were formally charged. Lemkuil made probable cause statements to the court explaining the prosecution's case against them and asked for more time to complete the investigation and draft formal charging documents.Brown County Court Commissioner Lawrence Gazeley found there was enough evidence to hold all 11 defendants Thursday. He ordered Martinez-Orosco and Sanchez-Villagomez held in lieu of $500,000 bail and Gonzalez held on $250,000.Mario Cerpa-Ruiz, 25, and Ivan Madrigal-Munoz, 27, were ordered held on $250,000 bail; Jose Morales-Ayala, 24, was ordered held on $200,000; and bails for Marcos Martinez, 33, was set at $100,000.Four others connected to the case — Nancy Vasquez, 23; Katie Wendricks, 25; Juan Gaytan, 28, and Neil Stiles, 49 — appeared in intake court Thursday and were held on bail set ranging from $25,000 to $2,500 based on their level of involvement.
A 12th suspect, a 40-year-old Bellevue man, remains jailed on a probation hold from an unrelated case.'
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