Joliet Cocaine Dealer Bennye Brown Reveals 'Whatever You Find Was Mine' During Latest Brush With Law:' Police

JOLIET, IL — You never know when the police are going to raid your house. Last week, authorities from the Will County Sheriff's Office barged into the Joliet residence of 45-year-old Bennye Brown and took him away in handcuffs. Brown stands charged with two crimes of possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Brown is a cocaine and Fentanyl dealer, his criminal complaint outlined.

According to the prosecution's successful petition to deny pretrial release against Brown, one week ago, Oct. 14, officers executed a search warrant at 1001 Barber Lane in Joliet, the residence of the defendant and Idrena Mann.

• Prosecutors revealed that a Kia was parked inside the garage and from inside the gas cap door, officers recovered the following:
  6 baggies containing 22 grams of substance that tested positive for cocaine
  3 bags containing 86 grams of cocaine
  12 bags containing 24 grams of substance that a portion of tested positive for fentanyl

"The defendant stated whatever you find was mine," prosecutors noted. Brown was already on mandatory supervised release under a 2024 case for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance.

Brown is not getting out of the Will County Jail. Jail logs show he remains in county detention an entire week after his latest arrest. He also spent time in the jail in 2025, 2024 and way back in 2016.