Federal drug trafficking raids reported in Milwaukee including Hale Corners, West Allis and St. Francis on Wednesday that included the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the West Allis Police Department, including other state and federal agencies that also participated in the federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of 18 defendants in the Milwaukee metro area, including Samuel P. Stair, the owner of S2 Real Estate Group, according to the 176-page federal indictment.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
April 23, 2026
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, federal agents raided at least 12 properties in Milwaukee County that included 1 property in Hale Corners, 1 property in St. Francis, 1 property in West Allis, and 9 properties in Milwaukee, that also included the arrest of 18 defendants including Samuel P. Stair, 52, the owner of S2 Real Estate Group.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Milwaukee identified all of the defendants connected to the S2 Real Estate Group drug trafficking, drug distribution and money laundering scheme, which the federal indictment says, that the federal criminal investigation began in May 2024 to present. West Allis Police first initiated the drug trafficking investigation and requested assistance from the feds.
At least 152 properties most located in the Southside of Milwaukee were managed by S2 Real Estate Group, and 25 properties were connected with drug trafficking, which drug dealers were allowed to managed the properties and enforced rent collections, which they collected rent from addicts residing in the properties, and then Stair including Jeanette López, his assistant collected rent from the drug dealers and took a percentage of the drug proceeds.
According to the indictment, Stair money laundered the drug proceeds through dozens of his rental properties. Between 2024 to 2026, he made more than $1,684,000 in drug related proceeds from 25 drug trafficking associated properties connected to S2 Real Estate Group, according to the federal indictment.
The following defendants were indicted:
• Samuel P. Stair, 52, was indicted for Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance and Money Laundering all Felonies
• Jeanette López, 37, was indicted for Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Russell V. McDade Sr., 45, was indicted for Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Laura F. Knezic, 44, was indicted for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances
• Stacy L. Berry, 37, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Jarvarius J. Williams, aka, "G", 31, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Ottis Lockett, 41, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Martin L. Sinclair, 41, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies, and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking
• Ser Jimmy Shepherd, 36, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, and Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place
• Larry A. Shepherd, 39, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, and Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place
• Shaeerah J. McKay, 32, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, and Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place
• Victoria T. Allen, 49, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, and Use of Communications Facilitiesto Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies
• Walter J. Ringersma, 61, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies
• Cristal F. Nokes, 46, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, and Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place
• Abraham M. López, 42, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, and Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies
• Kerry Howell Sr., 72, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances
• Alberto L. Boffil Jr., 22, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, Conspiracy to Maintain a Drug Trafficking Place, and Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies
• Westly O. Bynum, 33, was indicted for Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Controlled Substances Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Substances, Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place, and Use of Communications Facilities to Facilitate Controlled Substance all Felonies
Federal criminal indictment complaint at following link: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28068927-federal-court-stair-complaint/
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