Judgment in a Criminal Case — United States v. Lawrence Turner, Eastern District of Wisconsin (Dkt. 953)

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A Judgment in a Criminal Case in United States v. Lawrence Turner, Case Number 23-CR-77-27-JPS, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, imposed June 18, 2026 and filed as Document 953 in Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS. Turner pled guilty to Count One, mail fraud conspiracy, and was found guilty by jury trial of Counts Two, Three, and Four of the Second Superseding Indictment: murder-for-hire resulting in death, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. The court imposes a total sentence of Life in prison plus ten (10) years, consecutive to the sentence in Milwaukee County Case No. 24CF600, and five (5) years of supervised release. It orders a $400.00 special assessment, waives the fine, and orders restitution of $246,989.66.

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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-77-27-JPS
Marshal Number: 85043-509
LAWRENCE TURNER

Peter Moyers Laura Schulteis Kwaterski
& Michael Schindhelm
Defendant’s Attorney Assistant United States Attorney

THE DEFENDANT:
Pled guilty to Count One of the Indictment
Found guilty by jury trial of Counts Two, Three, and Four of the Second Superseding
Indictment

Title & Section Nature of Offense Date Concluded Count(s)

18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and
Mail Fraud Conspiracy February 2022 One
2(a)

Use of Interstate
18 U.S.C. §§ 1958 and Commerce Facilities to
April 5, 2021 Two
2(a) Commit Murder-for-Hire
Resulting in Death
Conspiracy to Use
Interstate Commerce
18 U.S.C. §§ 1958 and
Facilities to Commit April 5, 2021 Three
2(a)
Murder-for-Hire
Resulting in Death
18 U.S.C. §§ Use of a Firearm in
924(c)(1)(A)(iii) and During and in Relation to April 5, 2021 Four
2(a) a Crime of Violence

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.

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 06/18/26 Page 1 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 1 – Judgment in a Criminal Case
IT IS ORDERED that Count Twenty-Three of the Indictment be and the same is hereby
DISMISSED

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.

Date Sentence Imposed: June 18, 2026

______________________________

J. P. Stadtmueller
U.S. District Judge

Date Judgment Signed: June 18, 2026

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 06/18/26 Page 2 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 2 – Imprisonment Judgment Page 3 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27

IMPRISONMENT

The defendant is hereby committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons to be imprisoned for
a total term of sixty (60) months as to the offense of conviction in Count One; Life imprisonment as to
each of the offenses of conviction in Counts Two and Three; one hundred and twenty (120) months as
to the offense of conviction in Count Four. The terms of imprisonment imposed as to Counts One, Two,
and Three shall operate to run concurrent with each other for an interim term of Life in prison. Pursuant
to statute, the sentence imposed as to Count Four shall operate to run consecutive to the sentences
imposed as to Counts One, Two, and Three for a total sentence of Life in prison plus ten (10) years.
Further, the sentences imposed by the Court shall operate to run consecutive to the sentence the
Defendant is currently serving in Milwaukee County Case No. 24CF600.

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

(1) that the defendant be considered for incarceration at federal Bureau of Prisons
facility in Terre Haute, Indiana;

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 06/18/26 Page 3 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 3 – Supervised Release Judgment Page 4 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27

SUPERVISED RELEASE

Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be on supervised release for a total term
of five (5) years on each of Counts One, Two, Three, and Four, which shall operate to run concurrent
with one another. 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.
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.
Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 06/18/26 Page 4 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 3 – Supervised Release Judgment Page 5 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27
15. The defendant is to pay the restitution that the Court has ordered at a rate of not less than
$100.00 per month. Any interest on the restitution is waived. The defendant will also apply 100 percent
of any annual federal and/or state tax refund(s) toward the payment of any restitution balance. The
defendant shall not change exemptions claimed for either federal or state income tax purposes without
prior notice to his supervising probation officer.
16. The defendant shall not open any new lines of credit, which includes the leasing of any
vehicle or property, or use existing credit resources without the prior approval of his supervising
probation officer. After the defendant’s Court-ordered financial obligations have been fully satisfied,
this condition will no longer remain in effect.
17. The defendant is to provide access to all financial information requested by his
supervising probation officer including, but not limited to, copies of all federal and state income tax
returns. All tax returns shall be filed in a timely manner. The defendant shall also submit monthly
financial reports to his supervising probation officer.
18. 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.
19. The defendant shall submit his person, property, residence, office, and/or any electronic
communication or data storage device, including a computer as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1030(e)(1), to a
search conducted at a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner by his supervising probation officer.
Failure to submit to a search may constitute grounds for revocation of the defendant’s term of
supervised release. The defendant shall notify any other occupants that the premises may be subject to
a search pursuant to this condition. Any search may be conducted only when reasonable suspicion
exists that the defendant has violated the conditions of his supervised release and that the areas to be
searched may contain evidence of such violation(s).

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 06/18/26 Page 5 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 5 – Criminal Monetary Penalties Judgment Page 6 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27

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: $400.00 Waived $246,989.66

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. Interest on the restitution is waived.
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
$43,840.66 (Joint and Several with co-defendants
Family of Nassir Bufford
Ronnell Bowman and Ronnie Jackson)
State of California
EDD Legal, MIC 53
Attn: FREDD $98,806.00
P.O. Box 826880
Sacramento, CA 94280-0001
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Office of Inspector General
$17,355.00
Attn: D. Hawkins
2200 N. Central Avenue

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 06/18/26 Page 6 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 5 – Criminal Monetary Penalties Judgment Page 7 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27
Suite 301, Mail Drop 1747
Phoenix, AZ 85004
State of Wisconsin - Unemployment Insurance
DWD-UI
$81,893.00
P.O. Box 7888
Madison, WI 53707-7888
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Attn: Kerry Master
$5,095.00
P.O. Box 52003
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2003

FORFEITURE

The defendant shall forfeit the defendant’s interest in the following property to the United States:
Not applicable

Case 2:23-cr-00077-JPS Filed 06/18/26 Page 7 of 8 Document 953
AO 245B (Rev.06/05) Sheet 6 – Schedule of Payments Judgment Page 8 of 8
Defendant: Lawrence Turner
Case Number: 23-cr-77-27

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:

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 06/18/26 Page 8 of 8 Document 953

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