DIXON – The former Rock Falls detective accused of stealing money from an evidence vault now is entangled with at least three others in a purported 2-year, 2-county drug conspiracy.

Veronica Jaramillo, 43, of Sterling, Jody Canas, 44, of Sterling, Lynn Robinett, 45, of Dixon, and Rickey Richardson, 52, of Harmon, all have been indicted, the Illinois Attorney General’s office, which is prosecuting the case, said Friday.

Eileen Boyce, a spokeswoman for the office, said information on the charges against Jaramillo, Robinett and Richardson, and other details, would be released Monday.

But court records for Canas, made available Friday, show that Canas, whose live-in girlfriend is Jaramillo’s sister, Violeta “Violet” Jaramillo, 46, has been indicted by a state grand jury on charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver (more than 15 grams but less than 100 grams of cocaine), and delivery of a controlled substance (more than 15 grams but less than 100 grams of cocaine), each punishable by 6 to 30 years in prison.

Canas also is charged with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance (more than 5 grams but less than 15 grams of cocaine), each punishable by 4 to 15 years; possession of marijuana with intent to deliver (more than 500 grams but less than 2,000 grams), punishable by 3 to 7 years; and conspiracy (possession of marijuana with intent to deliver; more than 500 grams but less than 2,000 grams), punishable by 2 to 5 years.

He is being held at the Lee County Jail on $200,000 bond. His attorney, Allison B. Fagerman, is seeking a bond reduction; a hearing is scheduled for July 11.

If Canas bonds out, he must not have any contact with the co-defendants above, with Violet Jaramillo, or with Kathy Green, Roderick Coy, Oscar Canas, Austin Wheeler, Brandon Carter, Benjamin Franque, and Courtney Fritz (Carter), all also described as co-defendants, court records show.

Canas was indicted on June 10. Assistant Attorney General John Kezdy is prosecuting.

On May 17, members of a local drug task force seized drugs, three cars, and $17,248 in cash from his and Violeta Jaramillo’s home, court records show.

That same day, then-Detective Sgt. Veronica Jaramillo was arrested and charged with theft and official misconduct, both felonies, for stealing $1,741 from the Rock Falls Police Department’s evidence vault, according to Whiteside County Court records.

The State Police Blackhawk Area Task Force is investigating, and based much of its findings on monitored phone conversations and other surveillance.

Violeta Jaramillo and Canas are accused in court documents of selling cocaine and marijuana, and of using the proceeds to buy cars, real estate, drugs and The Grapevine Wine and Martini Bar, which she owns at 205 W. Second St. in Rock Falls.

Police confiscated more than 2 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $20,000, and 2 ounces of cocaine from their home on Timber Drive, which she also owns. The three vehicles seized were a black 2014 Corvette Stingray convertible, a black 2006 Chevrolet Impala, and a white 1991 Pontiac Firebird.

In May 2012, Richardson was sentenced to 4 years for aggravated battery of a peace officer, Lee County Court records show. Misdemeanor drug paraphernalia chrges were dismissed.