Judgment in a Criminal Case — United States v. Romaine Hawthorne, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Dkt. 553)

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An AO 245B judgment in a criminal case against Romaine Hawthorne, Case Number 23-CR-77-13-JPS, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, filed September 20, 2024 as Document 553 in Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS. Hawthorne pled guilty to Count Thirty-Seven, possession of a machine gun with a conversion device under 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o) and 924(a)(2), concluded August 3, 2022, and Count Twenty-Nine is dismissed as to the defendant. U.S. District Judge J. P. Stadtmueller imposed Thirty (30) months of imprisonment and Three (3) years of supervised release. The judgment orders a $100.00 special assessment, waives the fine, and lists no restitution.

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AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 1 – Judgment in a Criminal Case

United States District Court
Eastern District of Wisconsin

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
JUDGMENT IN A CRIMINAL CASE
V. Case Number: 23-CR-77-13-JPS
Marshal Number: 79096-510
ROMAINE HAWTHORNE

Timothy Baldwin Laura Kwaterski
Defendant’s Attorney Assistant United States Attorney

THE DEFENDANT:
Pled guilty to Count Thirty-Seven of the Indictment.

Title & Section Nature of Offense Date Concluded Count
Possession of a
18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o) and
Machine Gun with a August 3, 2022 Thirty-Seven
924(a)(2)
Conversion Device

The defendant is sentenced as provided in sheets 2 through 6 of this judgment. The sentence is
imposed pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.

IT IS ORDERED that Count Twenty-Nine of the Indictment be and the same is hereby
DISMISSED as to the defendant.

IT IS ORDERED that the defendant shall notify the United States Attorney for this district within
30 days of any change of name, residence, or mailing address until all fines, restitution, costs, and
special assessments imposed by this judgment are fully paid.

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 1 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 1 – Judgment in a Criminal Case

Date Sentence Imposed: September 20, 2024

______________________________

J. P. Stadtmueller
U.S. District Judge

Date Judgment Signed: September 20, 2024

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 2 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 2 – Imprisonment Judgment Page 3 of 7
Defendant: Romaine Hawthorne
Case Number: 23-CR-77-13

IMPRISONMENT

The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for
a total term of Thirty (30) months as to Count Thirty-Seven of the Indictment.

The Court makes the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:

(1) that the defendant be considered for incarceration at the federal facility in Milan,
Michigan.

The defendant is remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.

RETURN

I have executed this judgment as follows:

Defendant delivered on _____________ to ______________ at ______________, with a certified
copy of this judgment.

____________________
United States Marshal

By: ____________________
Deputy U.S. Marshal

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 3 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 3 – Supervised Release Judgment Page 4 of 7
Defendant: Romaine Hawthorne
Case Number: 23-CR-77-13

SUPERVISED RELEASE

Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a total term
of Three (3) years as to Count Thirty-Seven of the Indictment. The defendant shall comply with the
following special conditions:

1. Within 72 hours of release from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, the defendant shall report
in person to his supervising probation officer in the district to which the defendant has been
released.
2. The defendant shall not commit another federal, state, or local crime.
3. The defendant shall not possess any firearms or other dangerous weapons.
4. Pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1996, the defendant shall
not illegally possess or unlawfully use any controlled substance.
5. The defendant is to participate in a program of testing to include not more than six urinalysis
screens per month together with residential or outpatient treatment for drug and/or alcohol
abuse, as approved by his supervising probation officer, until such time as he is released from
such program. The defendant shall pay the cost of this program under the direction of his
supervising probation officer. The defendant is to refrain from the excessive use of alcohol,
defined as having a blood alcohol concentration of greater than .08, throughout the supervised
release term.
6. The defendant must reside at a residence approved by his supervising probation officer.
7. The defendant shall use his best efforts to secure lawful full-time employment and support his
dependents.
8. The defendant shall notify his supervising probation officer at least ten days prior to any change
in the place of his residence or employment. When such notification is not possible, the
defendant shall notify his supervising probation officer within 72 hours of the change.
9. The defendant shall notify his supervising probation officer within 72 hours of being arrested or
questioned by a law enforcement officer.
10. The defendant shall follow the reasonable instructions of his supervising probation officer and
answer all inquiries of such officer subject to the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right against
self-incrimination.
11. The defendant shall permit his supervising probation officer to visit him at reasonable times at
home, or such other location as may be mutually agreed upon and shall permit confiscation of
any contraband observed in plain view by his supervising probation officer.
12. The defendant shall not associate with any persons known by him to be engaged or planning to
be engaged in criminal activity. “Associate” as used here means to communicate, meet, reside,
socialize, or otherwise interact with such person.
13. The defendant shall not knowingly leave the judicial district to which he has been released
without the permission of the Court or his supervising probation officer.

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 4 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 3 – Supervised Release Judgment Page 5 of 7
Defendant: Romaine Hawthorne
Case Number: 23-CR-77-13
14. The defendant shall not enter into any agreement to act as an informer or special agent of a law
enforcement agency without the prior approval of the Court.
15. The defendant shall participate in a Cognitive Intervention Program as may become available
under the direction of his supervising probation officer. Subject to the defendant’s ability to pay,
he shall pay the cost of such program under the direction of his supervising probation officer.

In accordance with the recent decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh

Circuit in United States v. Siegel, 753 F.3d 705 (7th Cir. 2014), United States v. Thompson, 777 F.3d 368

(7th Cir. 2015), United States v. Kappes, 782 F.3d 828 (7th Cir. 2015), United States v. Downs, 784 F.3d

1180 (7th Cir. 2015), United States v. Poulin, 809 F.3d 924 (7th Cir. 2016), United States v. Ortiz, 817

F.3d 1180 (7th Cir. 2016), United States v. Hill, 818 F.3d 342 (7th Cir. 2016), and their progeny, the

Court withheld imposition of any additional conditions of supervised release. The Court concluded

that such additional conditions, if any, are best left for further consideration at such time as the

defendant may become eligible for release from the custodial portion of the Court’s sentence.

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 5 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 5 – Criminal Monetary Penalties Judgment Page 6 of 7
Defendant: Romaine Hawthorne
Case Number: 23-CR-77-13

CRIMINAL MONETARY PENALTIES

The defendant shall pay the following total criminal monetary penalties in accordance with the
schedule of payments set forth on Sheet 6.

Special Assessment Fine Restitution

Totals: $100.00 Waived None

FINE

Based upon the defendant’s limited financial resources, the Court determines that the defendant
does not have the financial ability to pay a fine within the guidelines range. The Court determines that
the defendant does not have the financial ability to pay the interest on the fine, costs of incarceration,
costs of community confinement, and supervision, and therefore waives the interest on the fine, costs
of incarceration, costs of community confinement, and supervision in this case.

A waiver of the cost of community confinement does not preclude the Bureau of Prisons from
imposing a subsistence fee of up to twenty-five percent (25%) of gross income, based on ability to pay,
for any portion of the sentence spent in a community correctional facility.

RESTITUTION

The defendant shall pay restitution in the amount listed below. Restitution payments shall be
made to the Clerk of the Court—362 U.S. Courthouse, 517 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202—who shall disburse restitution payments to the following payee(s):

PAYEE AMOUNT
None None

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 6 of 7 Document 553
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 6 – Schedule of Payments Judgment Page 7 of 7
Defendant: Romaine Hawthorne
Case Number: 23-CR-77-13

SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS

Payments shall be applied in the following order: (1) assessment, and (2) restitution.

Special instructions regarding the payment of criminal monetary penalties:

Unless the Court has expressly ordered otherwise in the special instructions above, if this
judgment imposes a period of imprisonment, payment of the criminal monetary penalties shall be due
during the period of imprisonment. All criminal monetary penalty payments, except those payments
made through the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Financial Responsibility Program are to be made as
directed by the Court, the defendant’s supervising probation officer, or the United States Attorney.

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 09/20/24 Page 7 of 7 Document 553

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