MADISON, WIS. -- Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Justin Kohl, 31, Waupun, Wisconsin, was sentenced on July 2 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring and possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Kohl was convicted of three counts related to methamphetamine distribution after a court trial on April 9, 2018.
During sentencing, Judge Conley described Kohl as a low-level member of a larger conspiracy, though Kohl may have wanted a bigger role. Kohl recruited another member into the operation and attempted to oversee his methamphetamine distribution operation while serving a separate jail sentence. The larger operation was responsible for numerous pounds of methamphetamine shipped from California to Wisconsin.
Kohl and ten other individuals were charged between four indictments returned by federal grand juries for their roles in this methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. All eleven individuals charged in the indictments have been convicted; Kohl is the last to be sentenced.
The charges against Kohl were the result of an investigation conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation; Drug Enforcement Administration- Madison, Wisconsin and Los Angeles, California; Dane County Narcotics Task Force; Dane County Sheriff’s Department; Madison Police Department; UW-Madison Police Department; U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Sauk County Drug Task Force; Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force; Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office; State Line Area Narcotics Team; and Rock County Special Investigations Unit. The prosecution of the case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys David Reinhard and Diane Schlipper.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
