Milwaukee Man Convicted of Heroin Trafficking Offenses
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Bell, Drug Enforcement Administration - Chicago Division and Acting United States Attorney Richard Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, 31, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, as well as 12 counts of attempting to possess with intent to deliver heroin.
This case was part of a long-term federal drug investigation based out of Milwaukee. Page was one of 12 defendants charged in federal court with conspiracy related to the distribution of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl. In September 2017, law enforcement officers executed 14 federal search warrants in Milwaukee targeting members of this organization. Law enforcement recovered approximately 25 ounces of heroin, some of which was mixed with fentanyl, cocaine, five firearms, in excess of $150,000 in United States currency, and two kilo presses. Approximately 250 federal, state and local officers participated in these arrests and search warrants.