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Date: 11-04-2021
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00101-WCG
Judge: William C. Griesbach
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
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Description: Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with drug trafficking in Indian Country.
John D. Negani, age 37, and Scott J. Mielkie, age 50, were charged with possesson with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
Negani pleaded guilty on July 21, 2021, to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C). Mielkie entered a guilty plea to the same charge on August 3, 2021.
The investigation revealed that in the evening hours of February 24, 2021, Negani and Mielkie were in a vehicle on the Menominee Indian Reservation. A tribal patrol officer stopped the vehicle for an equipment violation, and a subsequent alert by a drug detection police dog led to the discovery of just under 30 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. A search of the vehicle also revealed a Dan Wesson Arms .357 Magnum revolver in the vehicle.
According to court records, tribal investigators learned that Negani and Mielkie traveled to the Menominee Indian Reservation from the Lac du Flambeau area, purchased the methamphetamine from a source of Negani’s, and were traveling back “up north” for further distribution.
At their sentencing hearings, Judge Griesbach noted the destruction caused by methamphetamine in Northeastern Wisconsin and on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Judge Griesbach explained that there was a need to send a message, not just to the defendants, but to the entire community that committing crimes while armed would not be accepted.
The Menominee Tribal Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the case. It was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Andrew J. Maier.
Outcome: Nagani was sentenced to 36 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release and was assessed $100.00.
Mielkie was sentenced to 22 months which shall run concurrent with the state sentences defendant is serving in Oneida County Case Nos. 21CT5 and 21CF261; SR: 3 years; SA: $100.
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