By Gary Mays
gmays@themonroetimes.com
MONROE — A Madison-based aspiring rap artist was sentenced to three years in prison, after pleading guilty last week to a reduced charge of second-degree reckless homicide related to the sale of drugs that killed a woman in a 2022 overdose in Argyle.
Tre Creamer, 32, who lists a current address in Fitchburg, accepted the charge, a reduction from first-degree reckless homicide, in a plea agreement before Circuit Judge Faun Phillipson on April 2, according to court records.
He is also known as Tre Money, a regional rapper with videos on YouTube and music on streaming services, such as Spotify.
The unnamed female victim died in the Argyle apartment she shared with her boyfriend on March 6, 2022, shortly after, authorities say, she purchased fentanyl laced heroin from Creamer.
The deadly drug purchase allegedly happened on Madison’s west side, in the parking lot of a retail store. The victim also had methamphetamine in her system and there was additional evidence of meth use in the apartment, authorities said. She died from a “mixed” toxicity of fentanyl, carfentanyl, methamphetamine and amphetamine, according to the county coroner, cited in the complaint.
“Mike (the victim’s boyfriend) stated …that people have talked about the fact that the heroin is strong so they assumed it was cut with fentanyl,” said the complaint.
The boyfriend then detailed for police a trip to Madison in a minivan to buy drugs from Creamer the day before her death, spending $120 on two grams of suspected heroin.
“Mike stated the plan was take the heroin home with them to Argyle, Wisconsin and consume it at home,” the complaint said.
Police suspect that after watching television late with her boyfriend, the victim awoke and injected the deadly drug in the bathroom of their Broad Street apartment. An EMS crew was called but unable to revive the woman at about 6 a.m.
Court records indicate Creamer also pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of manufacture/deliver narcotics, and received a two-year stayed sentence for that charge.
Among numerous Tre Money videos online, some feature weapons, drug use and stacks of what appear to be U.S. currency.
In addition to the three-year sentence, Creamer was given four years of extended supervision when he is released. On the original first-degree reckless homicide charge, Creamer faced a maximum potential sentence of 60 years in prison.