Source: United States Department of Justice News
MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shakur Antwan Clayton, 28, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 78 months in prison for possessing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by a four-year period of supervised release.
On May 16, 2022, an inspector from the Wisconsin State Patrol stopped a vehicle in Monroe County, Wisconsin for speeding. The driver, later identified as Clayton, claimed he did not have a driver’s license and gave the inspector a false name. The inspector also smelled marijuana and saw a marijuana blunt in the center console. When the inspector asked Clayton to step out of the car, he sped off at a high rate of speed. Law enforcement pursued the car before it lost control, crossed into the median, and rolled into the opposite lane of traffic. Clayton crawled out of the car and fled on foot. As law enforcement approached Clayton, he reached into his waistband, pulled out a plastic bag, ripped it open, and threw the contents into the air.
Laboratory testing determined that the substance Clayton discarded was 179 grams of pure methamphetamine. Clayton admitted that he intended to distribute the methamphetamine to someone in the Western District of Wisconsin.
The charge against Clayton was the result of an investigation conducted by the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma prosecuted this case.