Joliet Woman Part of Alleged Heroin Ring, Police Say

By Ron Kremer

A Joliet woman who accompanied a friend on a heroin sale was arrested by Bolingbrook police Thursday.

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Reports say the friend, Bonnie L. Larson, 43, of 63 Oak St., Minooka, was taken into custody after she sold heroin to an undercover agent conducting a sting operation, said John Arizzi, deputy director of the Will County Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad. She was charged with calculated criminal drug conspiracy.

Zoe Siron, 21, of 1006 Cottage, Joliet, who was driving in the vehicle with Larson was arrested and charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, Arizzi said.


Larson's arrest was the culimination of a two-month investigation that started when a citizen complaint was filed against her, Arizzi said.

"A person called the Will County Sheriff's Office," Arizzi said. "They forwarded the information to us, and one of our agents began building a case."

He said officers with the Will County MANS unit have tracked Larson's every move and have connected her with a suspected drug network in Chicago.

"We identified her as a known heroin dealer in the Joliet area and we were able to conduct several narcotics buys with her through our undercover agents," Arizzi said.

Larson was found to be delivering heroin in two different ways—cut heroin, which is ready for immediate use, and raw heroin, which has yet to be cut, he said.

"So, she's been fairly active—she goes into the city of Chicago and brings the drugs back to the Joliet, Bolingbrook and the Will County area," Arizzi said. "We were able to interact with her in several spots in the Will County area and able to build a strong case against her."

Arizzi said officers with the Will County MANS unit seized Larson's 2013 Cadillac SUV and several grams of raw heroin Thursday night. The investigation remains open, and the hope is it will lead to more arrests, he said.

Both women are being held in the Will County jail.