Twenty-Fifth Defendant Sentenced in St. Croix Tribal Drug Investigation
U.S. Attorney’s Office August 11, 2010 |
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.