La Crosse Man Sentenced to 72 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cody Stough, 33, La Crosse, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 72 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine.  Stough pleaded guilty to this charge on September 15, 2021.  

On November 19, 2020, a confidential informant contacted the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force and explained that Stough was willing to sell the informant a quarter pound of methamphetamine.  Investigators gave the informant a recording device and prerecorded currency. 

Investigators watched as the informant met with Stough in a parking lot in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.  As the informant walked away, officers detained Stough, searched his vehicle, and found the prerecorded currency.  The informant gave investigators a plastic sandwich bag containing a “glass crystal substance,” that weighed 77 grams.  The substance tested positive for methamphetamine. 

During a post-arrest interview, Stough admitted to selling methamphetamine to the informant.

The charge against Stough was the result of an investigation conducted by the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Chadwick M. Elgersma prosecuted this case.