MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Floyd L. Marlow Jr., 29, Milwaukee, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 months in prison for escape. Marlow pleaded guilty to this charge on September 13, 2023.
In March 2018, Marlow pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base and heroin and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. On May 24, 2018, Marlow was sentenced to a total of 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
In June 2022, as his federal prison sentence was nearing completion, Marlow transitioned from a correctional institution to a residential reentry facility. Then, in December 2022, Marlow transitioned from that facility to home confinement at a family member’s home. While on home confinement, Marlow continued to serve his sentence and remained under the rules of the reentry facility.
On February 20, 2023, Marlow became intoxicated and physically assaulted several family members before cutting off his GPS bracelet and fleeing his relative’s home without authorization. Marlow was placed on escape status that night.
Police tried to conduct a traffic stop of Marlow on April 4, 2023. Marlow refused to pull over and instead fled at a high rate of speed. Marlow eventually crashed into another car, that car burst into flames, and the driver of that car died. Police apprehended Marlow, and he has been in custody ever since.
Marlow is scheduled for a plea hearing on December 13, 2023 in his Milwaukee County case involving the flight, car crash, and death.
At sentencing, Judge Conley highlighted Marlow’s lack of impulse control and continuing danger to the community. Judge Conley ordered Marlow’s sentence today to run consecutive to the eight months Marlow has remaining on his sentence in his Eastern District of Wisconsin case, so Marlow will effectively serve 26 months in prison.
The charge against Marlow was the result of an investigation conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Anderson prosecuted this case.