Waupun Man Convicted On Meth Distribution Charges

(Waupun) A Waupun man has been found guilty by the U.S. District Court in Madison on charges related to a methamphetamine conspiracy. Justin Kohl was convicted of conspiring with Christopher Dutton and Brandon Frank, along with others not named in the indictment, to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The evidence presented at a one-day court trial established that Kohl was fronted large quantities of meth to distribute from November of 2016 to March 2017. Kohl also was found guilty of two counts of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute in an indictment that was returned by a grand jury last June. The 31-year-old also conspired to find someone to take over for him when he went to jail in February of 2017. Dutton was sentenced last October to 15 years in a federal prison and Frank was sentenced to just over 12 years in federal prison last November. District Judge William Conley scheduled sentencing for July 3. Kohl faces a maximum of 40 years in federal prison on the conspiracy charge and 20 years on each of the possession charges.