SIOUX COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARRESTED SIX PEOPLE MONDAY AS A RESULT OF A JOINT INVESTIGATION BETWEEN THE SIOUX CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
THE ARRESTS STEMMED FROM A MONTHS LONG INVESTIGATION INTO DRUG AND WEAPON TRAFFICKING.
SEVERAL SEARCH WARRANTS WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY EXECUTED AT AREA RESIDENCES AND A DAIRY AND ILLEGAL DRUGS AND WEAPONS WERE RECOVERED.
48-YEAR-OLD EFRAIN RAMIREZ OF SIOUX CENTER WAS CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ONE COUNT OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
43-YEAR-OLD ALBERTO HERNANDEZ OF ROCK VALLEY WAS CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND THREE COUNTS OF CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
23-YEAR-OLD JUAN MARQUES OF ORANGE CITY WAS CHARGED WITH DELIVERY OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
45-YEAR-OLD GARY STALLINGS OF BATTLE CREEK WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING STOLEN WEAPONS, SECOND DEGREE THEFT AND FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
33-YEAR-OLD KANDI SENSKI OF BATTLE CREEK WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING STOLEN FIREARMS.
29-YEAR-OLD JEHSI BOREN, ALSO OF BATTLE CREEK, WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING STOLEN WEAPONS, SECOND DEGREE THEFT, FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND POSSESSION OF BURGLARY TOOLS.
ALL SIX SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN TO THE SIOUX COUNTY JAIL.
THE TRI-COUNTY CERT TEAM, WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S S.W.A.T TEAM, THE IOWA STATE PATROL TACTICAL TEAM, ORANGE CITY POLICE AND FBI TOOK PART IN THE INVESTIGATION AND ARRESTS.