Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis’s office charged Andrew Allen Berg, 48, of Kenosha, on Sept. 16, 2026, with 22 new counts — 18 felonies and four misdemeanors — in case 2026CF1332. Berg is a former Kenosha County Board supervisor and former Democratic candidate for sheriff. He was already out on a $75,000 cash bond in a separate 2025 case that includes 13 felony charges tied to alleged drug trafficking and straw-purchasing firearms.
The new charges include delivery of 10 to 50 grams of methamphetamine; delivery of 1 to 5 grams of cocaine; two counts of delivering a prescription drug; possession with intent to deliver prescription drugs; maintaining a drug-trafficking place; felony possession of methamphetamine-related paraphernalia; possession of a hazardous substance with intent to abuse it; two counts of cocaine possession; possession of THC; and 11 counts of felony bail jumping.
“Mr. Berg was already out on a $75,000 cash bond and is facing 13 additional serious felony charges,” Solis said. “The new complaint describes continued drug activity despite those charges and court-ordered conditions. We will continue aggressively prosecuting drug-trafficking cases in Kenosha County.”
Solis’s office requested a $150,000 cash bond. Court Commissioner Daniel E. Kellum instead kept bond at $75,000. Berg appeared in court Sept. 17.
Traffic stop and house search
According to the criminal complaint, investigators conducted a Sept. 12 traffic stop after a confidential informant told Kenosha Drug Operations Group (KDOG) Detective Scott Becker that Berg was selling methamphetamine and cocaine and that people leaving his residence would have drugs. Surveillance showed Berg placing bags into a vehicle. A K-9 alerted and a search recovered about 34.6 grams of methamphetamine, 1.1 grams of cocaine, methamphetamine paraphernalia, packaging material, a scale, loaded syringes, and prescription medication.
On Sept. 15, KDOG executed a search warrant at Berg’s Kenosha residence. Investigators reported finding cocaine, THC, numerous glass pipes, used needles, prescription medications issued to another person, ammunition, a digital scale, and other drug-related evidence. Bond conditions in the earlier case barred Berg from possessing drug paraphernalia or committing another crime; prosecutors say the new activity produced the 11 felony bail-jumping counts.
Earlier case and political background
Berg was arrested in December 2025 after a months-long KDOG investigation that included controlled buys. Authorities said he sold marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and GHB — often called a “date rape drug” — to a confidential informant and transferred firearms to a prohibited person. A search of the same 31st Avenue area residence recovered large quantities of controlled substances, packaging materials, ledgers, nitrous oxide, and firearms, according to sheriff’s office and contemporaneous news reports. An 11-year-old child lived in the home; sensitive-crimes investigators responded. Girlfriend Laura Mercado was also arrested in that case. All original charges carried school-zone enhancers. Prosecutors initially sought $300,000 bond; the court set $75,000 cash.
Berg lost his county board seat in 2024 to Felix Garcia by one vote after a recount. He previously worked as a Wisconsin Department of Corrections sergeant. Local reporting has also tied him to earlier controversies including a charity-related theft referral and public disputes while he held office. He ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat for sheriff.
A co-defendant in the newest search, Samantha K. Miner, 35, of Kenosha, was charged with a misdemeanor possession-of-paraphernalia count as party to a crime and released on no-cash bail with a no-contact order, according to local court reporting. Berg’s preliminary hearing in the new case was set for late September.
Solis thanked KDOG and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office for the investigation. Both cases remain pending. The filing of a criminal charge is not proof of guilt. Andrew Berg is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
