By Shereen Siewert
A 30-year-old Wausau man will face federal charges after special agents seized thousands of doses of methamphetamine from his backpack, according to court documents.
Jacob Ring was arrested in August and charged in Marathon County Circuit Court with multiple felony charges including possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. But those charges were dropped last month after federal prosecutors took up the case.
Police say Ring was already wanted in Marathon County when he was arrested. A warrant was issued in July after he allegedly failed to appear in court on an earler methamphetamine charge.
Agents with the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation were surveilling Ring’s South 10th Avenue home on Friday, Aug. 13 when Ring spotted officers, dropped a backpack and ran, according to court documents. But Ring only ran for a few feet before dropping to the ground and being handcuffed, police said.
Investigators say the backpack contained, among other items, about 338 grams of methamphetamine tucked into an inside sleeve of the bag. A typical dose of methamphetamine is about 0.1 grams of the drug, also called “one point,” according to public health officials. Officers also seized about $600, a digital scale, clear plastic tubing fashioned into a smoking device and an iPhone, court documents state.
In January, Ring was indicted on two federal counts of distributing methamphetamine and one count of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, court records show.
Ring is currently being held in the Marquette County Jail.
