Source: Office of United States Attorneys
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Michael Wilson, 46, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 57 months in federal prison for possessing fentanyl intended for distribution. Wilson pleaded guilty to this charge on September 11, 2024.
On July 21, 2022, Wilson sold fentanyl to an individual in La Crosse, Wisconsin during a controlled delivery monitored by law enforcement. One week later, La Crosse police executed a search warrant at Wilson’s home in Onalaska. In one room of the home, police found drug packaging materials and a blender coated with white powder residue, near a digital scale used to weigh drugs. Concealed in the ceiling of the room, police located 96 grams of fentanyl and 83 grams of cocaine.
At the sentencing, Judge Conley stated that his decision on the appropriate sentence was influenced by Wilson’s long, repeated history of returning to drug trafficking after multiple state court convictions reaching back to the age of 17. Judge Conley stated that the 57-month sentence plus four years of supervision following that sentence was necessary to protect the public and allow Wilson the opportunity to earnestly address addiction problems that triggered the drug trafficking.
The charge against Wilson was the result of an investigation conducted by the La Crosse Police Department and the Dubuque County Drug Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Anderson prosecuted this case.