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Date: 06-12-2013

Case Style: United State of America v. Mark Balcerowski

Case Number: 3:12-cr-00133-bbc

Judge: Barbara B. Crabb

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (Dane County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Paul W. Connell

Defendant's Attorney: David A. Geier

Description: Mark Balcerowski, 54, Mayville, Wis., was sentenced today for his role in a long-term investigation into cocaine trafficking in Jefferson County.

Balcerowski was sentenced to three years of probation by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, who noted that Sobrolske avoided a prison term because his conduct was driven by his own addiction and because he did not financially profit from his involvement in the case.

Twenty-three individuals were previously sentenced to prison as a result of this long-term drug investigation that began in November 2007 in Jefferson County. In addition to the individuals sentenced above, two individuals who have been indicted for their role in the conspiracy remain fugitives: Celestino Velazquez-Rodriguez and Emmanuel Pineda-Gonzalez.

Beginning in February 2008, the United States received authority from Judge Crabb to conduct wiretaps on several of the telephones being used by Maximo and Efrain Pineda-Buenaventura to conduct a drug operation run out of multiple dwellings in Watertown and a residence in Janesville. Approximately 8,000 calls were monitored by law enforcement officers between February and June 2008 in which members of the conspiracy were overheard conducting drug transactions and making arrangements to facilitate the sale of large amounts of cocaine in the Western District of Wisconsin.

On June 19, 2008, law enforcement officers executed 11 search warrants in the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin, resulting in the arrest of several defendants in Watertown, the seizure of over $100,000 in United States currency, several automobiles, and multiple kilograms of cocaine.

Outcome: Balcerowski was sentenced to three years of probation

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