MINNEAPOLIS — The feds believe they’ve closed the books on a huge drug gang that wholesaled meth to dealers throughout southeast Minnesota. Ten gang members, all of whom had pleaded guilty, have been sentenced:
> Jerry Lee Milliken , age 41, 20 years. .
> Aaron Raymond Dombovy, 30, 15 years.
> Marshall Michael Galbreath, 44, 15 years.
> Scott Christopher Dobbelaere, 42, 12-1/2 years.
> James Lee Nelson, 45, 12 years.
> Samuel Orlo Schafer, 35, 10 years.
>Lisa Christine Phillips, 42, 7-1/2 years.
> Edward Gary Kearns, 50, 7 years.
> Mercedes Kay Milliken, 28, 3-1/2 years
> Lisa Marie Musolf, 61, 3-1/2 years.
All were taken from the courtroom in cuffs to federal prisons. The U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Andrew Luger, said Jerry Lee Milliken was the ringleader of the distribution network out of Rochester. The meth came from a supplier in Kansas City, Missouri. Between the fall of 2021 and the winter of 2022, authorities seized 80 pounds of meth from the conspiracy in a series if raid, Luger said The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration coordinated the arrests with the Southeast Minnesota Violent Crime Enforcement Team of which Winona County sheriff’s officers were a part.
Luger. Federal prosecutor for Minnesota frim 2014 to 3017 under President Barrack Obama and again since 2021 under President Joe Biden.
Southeast Minnesota Violent Crime Enforcement Team.