On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at approximately 5:00 p.m., KAMEG Agents located and arrested Deric Wren Jr., age 37, in the 500 block of East Cypress Street in Kankakee, Illinois. Wren Jr. was arrested on two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and for unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. KAMEG Agents also seized approximately 3.9 grams of suspected ecstasy. Wren Jr. was transported to the Jerome Combs Detention Center.
On Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at approximately 11:19 a.m., KAMEG Agents executed a search warrant at 718 South Elm Avenue in Kankakee, Illinois. During the search, Agents seized approximately 2 firearms, ammunition, suspected heroin, and suspected drug paraphernalia. A resident, Jalen M. Lane, age 23, was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon by a felon and for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. Lane was transported to the Jerome Combs Detention Center.