Man at Center of Shorewood Standoff Now Facing Drug Charges

The Shorewood man at the center of a massive police standoff last month is now facing several felony drug-related charges, according to court records.

Marquis J. Chapman, 28, was charged Saturday with three counts of manufacturing or delivering heroin, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of narcotic drugs — all felonies. He is due in court Monday for a preliminary hearing.

Authorities staged a drug buy in April where Chapman allegedly sold heroin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Chapman's Shorewood apartment was searched last week, and 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.

The massive police response prompted some to say Shorewood police overacted, but Police Chief David Banaszynski defended his department’s response following the release of a 911 call detailing Chapman’s girlfriend saying she was being held hostage.

Related coverage:

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

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