Madison Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Homeland Security Task Force Case Involving Methamphetamine and Fentanyl

MADISON, WIS. - Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Andre B. Morriss, 49, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced on July 1, 2026 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 7 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. The prison term will be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Morriss pleaded guilty to this charge on April 15, 2026.

On March 12, 2024, investigators purchased 28 grams of methamphetamine and 15 grams of fentanyl from Morriss at his residence in Madison, Wisconsin. The next day, Morriss was arrested during a traffic stop in Sauk Prairie based on an active Wisconsin Department of Corrections warrant.

After his arrest, Morriss remained in custody, but he continued to communicate with an associate via jail video visit calls, often discussing their drug trafficking business. Over the following weeks, Morriss and the associate discussed their drug trafficking customers, specific drug sales that were to take place, and Morriss gave the associate advice on drug trafficking, including prices, how to keep customers happy while making money, and to have the associate tell customers that Morriss was still in charge. During the period of these calls, investigators purchased hundreds of grams of methamphetamine and smaller quantities of fentanyl from the associate.

At sentencing, Judge Conley highlighted Morriss' lengthy criminal record and said the number of times he had previously been revoked from supervision was concerning. Judge Conley felt Morriss should be outgrowing his criminal behavior at his age, but instead, his conduct was escalating.

The charge against Morriss was the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, ATF Madison Crime Gun Task Force, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Dane County Narcotics Task Force, Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, Wisconsin State Patrol, and Madison Police Department. The ATF Madison Crime Gun Task Force consists of federal agents from ATF and Task Force Officers from state and local agencies throughout the Western District of Wisconsin. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Steven P. Anderson and Kathryn Ginsberg prosecuted this case.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice's Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Program initiative established by Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of federal law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.