Four Pounds of Methamphetamine Seized in Washington County

GREENEVILLE, TN—A multi-agency investigation resulted in the arrest of six persons on January 31, 2012, after law enforcement agents found four pounds of methamphetamine at a rural Washington County, Tennessee home. All six were arrested on complaints relating to their immigration status, made their initial appearances on February 1, 2012, and detained pending their arraignment which is scheduled for February 15, 2012, at the James H. Quillen Federal Courthouse in Greeneville, Tennessee.

The six individuals were Jose Cruz Guevara-Cazarez, 55; Rosalva Guadalupe Robeldo, 48; Arnoldo Ayala Guevara,49; Habraham Enrique Guevara, 26; Emilio Beltran Sanchez, 31; and Enrique Rivas, 33. Guevara-Cazarez, Robledo, and Habraham Enrique Guevara lived in Limestone, Tennessee; Arnold Guevara, Sanchez, and Rivas lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. All except Rivas are natives of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

“This case falls within the wide range of transnational crimes that are tailor made to be dealt with using HSI’s numerous authorities,” said Raymond R. Parmer, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New Orleans. “This joint investigation demonstrates to individuals who think they can commit such acts without repercussions that HSI and our law enforcement partners are committed to ensuring the integrity of our governmental systems, and constant vigilance over our national security.”

United States Attorney William C. Killian noted, “The cooperative efforts of federal, state and local law enforcement were critical in effectuating these arrests.”

The agencies which participated in the arrests include the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the First Judicial District Drug Task Force, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the Johnson City Police Department, the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, and the Greeneville Police Department.

Members of the public are reminded that these are only charges and that every person is presumed innocent until their guilt has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

Stillwater Man Sentenced for Producing Child Pornography

A 41-year-old Stillwater man was sentenced earlier today in federal court in St. Paul for taking illicit photographs of a girl with his cell phone. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Shane Allen Werlein to 360 months in prison on one count of production of child pornography. Werlein was indicted on March 9, 2010, and pleaded guilty on September 27, 2010.

In his plea agreement, Werlein admitted that between November of 2009 and February 26, 2010, he used multiple fictitious Facebook profiles to befriend at least two minor females. Those profiles were created as part of a scheme to persuade the girls to engage in sexually explicit acts and provide Werlein with photos of those acts. Werlein also admitted having sexual contact with the girls and using his cell phone to take photos of them. He then downloaded the photos to his computer.

This case was the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Stillwater Police Department, the Washington County Sheriff's Office, and the Minneapolis Police Department. All four agencies are affiliates of the Minnesota Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney LeeAnn K. Bell.

The U.S. Department of Justice is committed to combating the sexual exploitation of children. For more information about these efforts, visit the Department's Project Safe Childhood website at www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

Small Towns, Big Cities and Officers at Risk

August 4, 2007 (San Dimas, CA) Police-Writers.com is a website that lists nearly 700 state and local police officers who have written books. The website added Warner Jack Berry, Scott Fielden and Dennis L. Conroy.

Warner Jack Berry served for twenty years in law enforcement in the cities of Memphis (Tennessee) Dallas (Texas) and West Helena (Arkansas). In 1982, he continued his law enforcement career for another 18 years when he became the chief of police of the Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas). After retiring from the Lakeview Police Department (Arkansas), he became the Justice of the Peace in Blake County (Arkansas). Jack Berry is the Author of When You are the Only Cop in Town: A writer's guide to small town law enforcement.

According to the book description of When you are the Only Cop in Town, it is “An indispensable guide to facts, procedures, and the how-to's of small town law enforcement from Debra Dixon, author of GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict. Jack Berry has over 30 years in law enforcement, the last 17 as Chief in a small town. He also happens to be Debra's dad. Crack the covers of this book and enjoy a writer's feast of the funny, the odd, and the mundane. Find out what you need to know and what it's really like on the mean streets of Smallville, U.S.A.”

Scott Fielden has been affiliated with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (Tennessee) since 1997, and is currently a reserve lieutenant. He holds a BA in marketing/management from East Tennessee State University, and is employed by Johnson & Johnson World Products as a senior pharmaceutical sales specialist. He is the author of Music City Blues: From the Training Academy to the Streets.

According to one reader/reviewer of Music City Blues: From the Training Academy to the Streets, “If you've ever wondered what it's really like to be a cop, "Music City Blues" provides the answer. From domestic disputes, DUI's, high-speed police pursuits and prostitution stings, the reader is introduced to a side of law enforcement not often seen by the public. Police can be both gruesome and glorious, and it's these moments of soul-wrenching tragedies and fist-pumping triumphs that bring the book to life.”

Dr. Dennis L. Conroy recently retired after over 30 years service with the Saint Paul Police Department (Minnesota). During his law enforcement career he worked a variety of assignments, including: Patrol Officer, Patrol Supervisor, Vice/Narcotics Investigator, Director of Professional Development Institute, Director of Field Training Program, Communications Center Supervisor, and Juvenile Officer, Director of Employee Assistance Program.

In addition to this law enforcement experience, Dennis Conroy has 25 years of clinical experience includes working with children, adolescents, and adults. As a psychologist, his specific areas of interest are stress management, trauma response, hypnosis and working with law enforcement officers. Dennis Conroy is the author of Officers at Risk.

According to one reader of Officers at Risk, it “should be required reading for anyone training for a career in law enforcement and also for department administrators. The last two chapters explain how individuals and then departments can identify and manage stress related problems. For the individual, it should speak for itself. For police departments and correctional institutions, it can deter many potential problems from poor performance to costly and embarrassing lawsuits to suicides. I thank God that I was part of a department that in many ways pioneered employee assistance in law enforcement, and in a state that recognizes the long-term effects that can occur.”

Police-Writers.com now hosts 689 police officers (representing 311 police departments) and their 1481 books in six categories, there are also listings of United States federal law enforcement employees turned authors, international police officers who have written books and civilian police personnel who have written books.