Madison Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Methamphetamine Trafficking

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Mario Johnson, 38, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 60 months in federal prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.  Johnson pleaded guilty to this charge on September 14, 2022.

From May 2021 to August 2021, law enforcement agents conducted four controlled buys of methamphetamine from Johnson.  The combined amount of methamphetamine from these controlled buys totaled over one pound. 

During the sentencing hearing, Judge Conley stated that Johnson had become involved in “serious drug dealing” for financial reasons and took note of Johnson’s prior criminal history, which included domestic abuse offenses.  Ultimately, Judge Conley imposed a 60-month prison term followed by a four-year term of supervised release.  He urged Johnson to use his time in prison to seek programming for his mental health, substance abuse, and anger management issues.

The charge against Johnson was the result of an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Dane County Narcotics Task Force, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Sun Prairie Police Department.  The investigation was conducted and funded by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a multi-agency task force that coordinates long-term narcotics trafficking investigations.  Assistant U.S. Attorneys Aaron Wegner and Anita Marie Boor prosecuted this case.