A Shawano man found guilty of cocaine charges received a time-served sentence April 15 in federal court due to his serious health issues and other pending criminal cases in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court.
According to court documents, Jerome D. Crowe, 39, was a passenger in a SUV involved in a Nov. 19, 2024, rollover accident on Go Around Road in Keshena. The vehicle’s driver was traveling at up to 87 mph trying to elude a tribal police officer but left the road and rolled over several times before landing on its roof. One of the four passengers was ejected through the sunroof and was uninjured. Crowe was belted in the backseat and had to be extracted from the SUV by police and EMS staff.
Police recovered eight ounces of cocaine from Crowe’s sweatpants. Crowe was indicted in December 2024 on one count of possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute.
The federal charge caused his probation to be revoked in a 2016 Marinette County conviction, and Crowe has been in state custody since April 30, 2025. He was re-sentenced to five years in prison and has a March 12, 2030, mandatory release date.
Crowe has four criminal cases pending in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court, all of which have pre-trial conferences set for April 21.
The rollover crash opened his abdominal wounds inflicted in a December 2022 shooting when he was shot several times in the pelvis, legs and abdomen. Crowe has had multiple surgeries including amputation of his right leg below the knee. He receives nourishment intravenously.
He is serving his state sentence in the infirmary unit at Waupun Correctional Institution.
Crowe’s attorney, Tom Phillip, described his client’s medical condition as “grim,” which factored into his and Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Maier both recommending Crowe receive a sentence for time already spent in custody.
“Were Crowe healthy, that (advisory guideline sentencing range of 21-27 months) might be reasonable, but he is not healthy and likely never will be,” Phillip wrote in a memo to U.S. District Court Judge William Griesbach.
The five years Crowe is currently serving on state charges “sufficiently addressed the seriousness of the (federal) offense,” Phillip wrote.
Crowe’s pending Shawano County cases for felon in possession of a firearm, disorderly conduct and bail jumping could increase his time in prison, Phillip added.
Maier did not file a sentencing memo with the court.
