By Vicky Wedig
Correspondent
An East Troy woman was sentenced to two years in prison and four years extended supervision for selling cocaine at the Vegas Club in the Town of Darien.
April A. Esquivel, 37, pleaded guilty Oct. 2 to three counts of manufacturing or delivering cocaine. Three additional counts of manufacturing or delivering cocaine against her were dismissed as were charges of possession with intent to deliver cocaine, two counts of possession of marijuana, possession of cocaine and possession of amphetamine, LSD or psilocin.
She was sentenced Dec. 14 to two years in prison and four years extended supervision on each of the three counts to which she pleaded guilty. The sentences are to run concurrently, according to online court records.
Her husband, Armando Esquivel, 35, is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 18. He pleaded guilty Nov. 21 to three counts of manufacturing or delivering cocaine. Four additional counts of manufacturing or delivering cocaine against him were dismissed as was a charge of possession with intent to deliver cocaine.
Two other women – Alicia M. Limones, 26, and Rosa E. Ibarra Camberos, 25, of Janesville – are each charged with one count of delivering cocaine.
A status conference is scheduled for Feb. 7 for Limones, and Camberos is scheduled for a plea and sentencing hearing Jan. 28.
Each count of delivering more than 1 gram of cocaine is a Class F felony punishable by up to 12 ½ years in prison and $25,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint, police conducted controlled buys of cocaine from April Esquivel three times in September and December 2017 at the Vegas Gentleman’s Club. On another occasion in December 2017, police conducted a controlled buy of .67 grams of cocaine from Ibarra Camberos at the Vegas Club, according to the complaint. April Esquivel provided Ibarra Camberos, a dancer at the club, with the cocaine she sold, the complaint contends.
On another occasion in January 2018, an informant bought 13.89 grams of cocaine from Armando Esquivel, and his wife, April Esquivel, assisted in the transaction by driving Armando Esquivel to the buy, according to the complaint.
In October 2017, an informant bought 1.34 grams of cocaine from Armando Esquivel in the Town of Darien, and April Esquivel assisted by directing the informant to her husband, according to the complaint.
On six occasions in October, November and December 2017, and January 2018, police conducted controlled buys of 1.34 to 15 grams of cocaine each time from Armando Esquivel at the Vegas Club, the complaint reads.
Armando Esquivel was also present during a controlled buy of cocaine from April Esquivel the week of Sept. 17, 2017, according to the complaint.
During a traffic stop in Delavan on Feb. 22, Armando Esquivel was arrested for selling cocaine and was found with 8.7 grams of cocaine, according to the complaint.
Limones sold 1.4 grams of cocaine to an informant at the club Oct. 2, 2017, according to the criminal complaint.
