Man in Shorewood Standoff Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges

The Shorewood man who prompted a tactical situation in June pleaded not guilty Monday to several unrelated drug charges, according to online court records.

Marquis J. Chapman, 28, entered the plea to three counts of manufacturing or delivering heroin, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of narcotic drugs — all felonies — during a preliminary court hearing.

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Group learned through informants Chapman was selling heroin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Authorities monitored a drug buy in April where Chapman allegedly sold heroin, and later searched Chapman's Shorewood apartment. There police found more than 20 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of heroin, the newspaper reports.

Dozens of police officers from 10 departments — including a SWAT team vehicle, the bomb squad and Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies wearing bulletproof vests — responded to a June 21 domestic violence incident on Oakland Avenue.

The district attorney's office decided it wouldn’t file charges against Chapman in that standoff, but did charge him in connection with a February incident. He has since pleaded not guilty to those charges.

Related coverage:

• Shorewood Chief Defends Actions
• No Charges to be Filed in Standoff
• Two Arrested After 5-Hour Standoff

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