Marshfield Man Sentenced for Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Thursday, October 31st, 2024 -- 11:00 AM

Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jaison L. Coleman, 42, Marshfield, Wisconsin, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 102 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm as a felon.

The prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Coleman pleaded guilty to this charge on August 13, 2024. On April 20, 2023, Marshfield Police Department officers responded to Coleman’s residence in Marshfield, Wisconsin, for a reported domestic violence incident.

After additional investigation, officers obtained a search warrant for the home and located three handguns. Coleman’s DNA was later determined to be present on all three handguns.

Coleman is legally prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition due to prior felony convictions. At the time of this incident, Coleman was on state probation for a felony battery offense. The state court judge revoked Coleman’s probation and sentenced him to 11 months in county jail on that case.

At sentencing, Judge Conley highlighted that this firearm incident was the latest in a long line of violence committed by Coleman, particularly against women, and Coleman’s criminal history was replete with assault and battery convictions.

Judge Conley found Coleman’s possession of a firearm in connection with the recent domestic violence incident to be particularly egregious. The charge against Coleman was the result of an investigation conducted by the Marshfield Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force.

The task force is comprised of investigators from the FBI, Wisconsin State Patrol, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Marathon County Sheriff's Office, Portage County Sheriff's Office, Everest Metro Police Department, Wausau Police Department and Wisconsin National Guard Counter Drug Program.

The Marathon County District Attorney’s Office also assisted with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven P. Anderson prosecuted this case. This case has been brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), the U.S. Justice Department’s program to reduce violent crime.

The PSN approach emphasizes coordination between state and federal prosecutors and all levels of law enforcement to address gun crime, especially felons illegally possessing firearms and ammunition and violent and drug crimes that involve the use of firearms.

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.

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