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

U.S. Attorney’s Office August 11, 2010
  • Eastern District of Wisconsin (414) 297-1700

MADISON, WI—John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that John Carr, 29, Detroit, was sentenced today to six years in federal prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb. Carr previously pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine from April 2006 to June 2008 on St. Croix tribal lands.

With today’s sentencing, 25 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
Broderick Swain Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 54 months
Derrick Rapley Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine 13 years
Louis Belisle Distribution of Crack Cocaine 21 months
Brandon Belisle Distribution of Crack Cocaine 21 months

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

United States Attorney Vaudreuil has handled the prosecution of these cases.

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