MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for
the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael A. Terrell Jr., 33,
Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced on April 2 by U.S. District Judge William M.
Conley to 6 ½ years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin. Terrell pleaded guilty to this charge on
January 15, 2019.
At sentencing, Judge Conley found that from April 2015 to
July 2016, Terrell participated in a heroin trafficking conspiracy in the
Wausau, Wisconsin area. Terrell and his
co-conspirators used a cellular telephone facilitating and distributing heroin
to calling customers. Specifically, the
customers called a cellular telephone number given out by Terrell and his
co-conspirators, ordered heroin from the person on the other end of the phone,
and then conspiracy members delivered the heroin on behalf of the
organization. Terrell and his
co-conspirators were responsible for distributing at least 700 grams but less
than 1 kilogram of heroin during the conspiracy.
In sentencing Terrell to 6 ½ years, Judge Conley stressed
the large amount of heroin distributed by Terrell and his co-conspirators and
the negative impact the heroin distribution had on the community.
Co-conspirators Alfred Wilson, Kyle Anderson, and Daryl
Harris Jr. were sentenced to 7, 2 ½, and 11 years respectively.
The charge against Terrell was the result of an
investigation conducted by the Marathon County Special Investigations Unit,
Wausau Police Department, Marathon County Sheriff’s Office, and Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The prosecution of the
case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney David J. Reinhard.
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