Press Release
Captured Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Bourbon, Mo., man who was a federal fugitive for more than a year, pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Lucas John Haslag, 31, of Bourbon, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Matt J. Whitworth to participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine between June 19, 2014, and Nov. 21, 2015.
By pleading guilty today, Haslag admitted that he is responsible for the distribution of approximately five pounds (2.265 kilograms) of methamphetamine.
Haslag was indicted by a federal grand jury in Jefferson City in June 2014 after law enforcement officers conducted a car stop and found a pound of methamphetamine, a Derringer pistol and a drug ledger in the vehicle he was driving in Freeburg, Mo. He was a fugitive from justice, but in October 2015 federal agents obtained information about Haslag’s actions and whereabouts. This investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at the Bourbon residence shared by Haslag on Nov. 9, 2015.
Law enforcement officers discovered two pounds of methamphetamine, several firearms and $22,661 in Haslag’s residence. Haslag was arrested on Nov. 23, 2015, and has remained in federal custody without bond.
Under federal statutes, Haslag is subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of 40 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $5 million. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.
This case is being prosecuted by Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael S. Oliver. It was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Jefferson City, Mo., Police Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the U.S. Marshal’s Service, MUSTANG (the Mid-Missouri Unified Strike Team And Narcotics Group) and the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group (LANEG).
Updated January 21, 2016
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Drug Trafficking
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