Largest Heroin Seizure Results In One Conviction

The investigation and subsequent arrests back in February of 2020 resulted in Fond du Lac’s largest heroin seizure. On Monday, one of the two suspects arrested in the seizure plead no contest to charges of heroin delivery and possession with intent to deliver.

Torry Howard, 28, will return to court for sentencing August 13. The other suspect, Demetri Howard, will appear in court May 13 for a plea hearing.

Back on February 5, 2020, officers in Fond du Lac and Lake Winnebago’s drug unit received information that a large supply of heroin was heading to the area from Detroit. The two men were arrested following a 30-day investigation. into trafficking of heroin and cocaine.

The drugs, which included marijuana, heroin and cocaine, were located in the 200 block of Linden Street and had a street value of over $70,000