Juan Wilson is a detective for the City of St. Charles Police Department and has been with the department since 2006. He has been assigned to numerous specialty positions to include an undercover detective for the St. Charles County Regional Drug Task Force. As a Task Force Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division since 2012, Juan has spearheaded an effort to investigate deaths that resulted from the distribution and use of narcotics, more specifically heroin. In May of 2015, The Eastern District of Missouri reviewed several of Juan’s cases and indicted 4 defendants for their roles in the distribution of heroin that caused a death. Juan’s efforts have afforded him opportunities to participate in two ABC Nightline documentaries about the heroin epidemic in St. Louis and the surrounding area, local news airings on Fox 2 News and KPLR 11, as well as awareness videos on YouTube. Juan works closely with families, local treatment centers, school districts, non-profit organizations, and community outreach groups by providing drug awareness and education. Juan has training in various areas of law enforcement including Advanced Undercover Training by the Memphis Police Department’s Organized Crime Unit and Medicolegal Death Investigator Training by the St. Louis University’s Medical Examiner’s Office.
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