Beloit man sentenced on 2023 federal drug charges

BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Iyon Perkins, 42, has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for maintaining a drug dwelling and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Law enforcement authorities from multiple agencies swarmed five residences in Beloit in September 2023 for a “complex narcotics investigation.”

The Rock County Sheriff’s Office said the tactical operation resulted in a “significant police presence” throughout the city, but assured residents that there was no threat to the public.

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) assisted, along with officers from Beloit, Janesville, Walworth County, and Dane County.

Another man arrested, Kelvin Haley Jr., used multiple houses in Beloit to sell cocaine, one of those being Perkins’.

Haley Jr. was sentenced to eight and a half years in federal prison on July 11, 2024, for conspiring to distribute cocaine.

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