MADISON, WIS. -- Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that James Mizener,
49, Palmyra, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M.
Conley to 11 years in federal prison for the armed robbery of a Jefferson, Wis.
business. The prison term will be followed by three years of supervised
release. Mizener was also ordered to pay $958 in restitution. He pleaded guilty
to this charge on February 9, 2017.
Seven years of the 11-year sentence were attributed to
Mizener’s act of brandishing a handgun during the armed robbery of the Pitz
Stop Liquor store in Jefferson, on February 5, 2016. In sentencing Mizener,
Judge Conley said that the significant prison sentence was necessary based on
Mizener’s accumulation of 44 past criminal convictions and his failure to
comply with past supervision by the state, demonstrating defiant behavior and
disregard for the law.
Nicholas Wosinski, 28, of Whitewater, was sentenced by Judge
Conley last week to 42 months in prison for his role as the getaway driver
during the armed robbery. Acting United States Attorney Anderson praised the
coordinated police work by the Jefferson Police Department and Jefferson County
Sheriff’s Office in tracking Mizener and Wosinski’s direction of travel after
the robbery, resulting in their arrest about an hour after the robbery.
The charges against Nicholas Wosinski and James Mizener were
the result of an investigation conducted by the Jefferson Police Department,
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives. The prosecution of the case has been handled by Assistant U.S.
Attorney Robert A. Anderson.
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