MADISON, WIS. -- John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney
for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcus Payton, 30,
Beloit, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge William M.
Conley to 84 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of
supervised release, for distributing heroin. Payton pleaded guilty to this
crime on December 30, 2014, and has remained in custody since his guilty plea.
On October 9, 2014, a federal grand jury returned a
three-count indictment against Payton, charging him with distribution of heroin
and cocaine on three occasions in 2014, after a confidential informant
purchased the drugs from Payton at several locations in Beloit, Wis. Payton’s
sentence of 84 months was due in part to his lengthy and violent criminal
history.
The charges against Payton were the result of an investigation
conducted by GROC (pronounced gee-rock), a task force formed through the
Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Violent Crime Initiative, to
address gang and drug-related violence in Rock County through the coordination
of investigations among local and federal law enforcement agencies. Its members
include the FBI; Rock County Sheriff’s Department; Beloit Police Department;
and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The prosecution of the
case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie S. Pfluger.
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