Shequalah Hatchett,conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine

Shequalah Hatchett, 21, of Madison, was convicted by a Monroe jury of one count of felony conspiracy to deliver crack cocaine and one count of felony maintaining a drug trafficking place for activity that took place from March 2005 through June 2006.This was the fifth jury trial resulting from a lengthy, multi-jurisdictional drug investigation that culminated in several arrests on June 29, 2006, said Monroe County District Attorney Dan Cary.“The extraordinary efforts of all law enforcement agencies involved in this investigation resulted in Hatchett being successfully prosecuted for her criminal conduct,” Cary said.Cary also noted that the investigation involved a cooperation effort between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.Presiding Judge Michael McAlpine ordered that a pre-sentence investigation report be prepared, and will schedule sentencing for a later date. As a result of her convictions, Hatchett faces a potential maximum sentence of over $100,000 in fines and imprisonment of more than 43 years.
Hatchett had previously been appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle as a youth representative to the Governor’s Juvenile Justice Commission in 2004.