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Twenty-First Defendant Sentenced in St. Croix Tribal Drug Investigation

U.S. Attorney’s Office May 12, 2010
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin (414) 297-1700

MADISON, WI—Stephen P. Sinnott, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Broderick Swain, a/k/a “Whop,” 34, Detroit, MI, was sentenced yesterday to 54 months in prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb. Swain previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute crack cocaine on St. Croix tribal lands from approximately April 2006 to June 2008.

With yesterday’s sentencing, 21 defendants have now been sentenced as a result of this investigation into drug dealing on St. Croix tribal lands. The previous defendants sentenced are set forth below:

Name
Crime of Conviction
Sentence Imposed
Joseph Merrill Distribution of Crack Cocaine 4 years
Manley L. Williams Distribution of Crack Cocaine 8 years, 4 months
Christifer Sonnenberg Distribution of Crack Cocaine 5 years, 6 months
Jean Sonnenberg Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 19 years, 7 months
Bruce Sonnenberg Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 24 years, 4 months
Amanda Sonnenberg Distribution of Crack Cocaine 3 years, 10 months
George Rainey Distribution of Crack Cocaine 14 years
Bruce Rainey Distribution of Crack Cocaine 17 years, 6 months
Diana Martin Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 9 years
Margrette Cobb Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 13 years, 4 months
Andrew Sonnenberg Distribution of Crack Cocaine 17 years, 6 months
Ericka J. Reynolds Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 1 year, 6 months
Shaleah Reynolds Distribution of Crack Cocaine 2 years
Michael D. Hammond Distribution of Crack Cocaine 12 years, 7 months
Steven R. Lang Distribution of Methamphetamine 4 years
Shana Corbine Distribution of Crack Cocaine 4 years, 3 months
Linda Lightfeather Operating a Crack House 5 months
Buck Zehner Operating a Crack House 8 months
Janeen Mosay Operating a Crack House 6 months
Frankie Bildeau Distribution of Crack Cocaine 12 months, 1 day

United States Attorney Sinnott stated that yesterday’s sentencing was the result of a long-term investigation being conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the St. Croix Tribal Police Department; the Rice Lake Police Department; the Barron County Sheriff's Department; the Burnett County Sheriff's Department; the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Department; the Polk County Sheriff's Department; the Native American Drug & Gang Initiative; and the Wisconsin State Patrol.

As set out above, twenty-one defendants have now been convicted of federal drug offenses as a result of this investigation. Louis and Brandon Belisle pleaded guilty on April 14 and will be sentenced on July 12. John Carr, Derrick Rapley, and Broderick Swain were charged in a nine-count indictment returned by the grand jury on December 2, 2009. Rapley has also pleaded guilty and will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on May 24, 2010. Carr is set for a jury trial beginning on June 14, 2010.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John W. Vaudreuil is handling the prosecution of these cases.

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