Chippewa Falls Man Sentenced for Possession of Methamphetamine Intended for Distribution

Thursday, July 31st, 2025 -- 9:00 AM

Chadwick M. Elgersma, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Barnard, 39, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in prison for possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine intended for distribution.

Barnard pleaded guilty to this charge on May 9, 2025. Barnard sold methamphetamine and fentanyl to a confidential informant two times in October 2024. While traveling back from his source of supply in Minnesota, law enforcement stopped and arrested Barnard.

They searched his car and found more than two kilograms of methamphetamine, 85 grams of fentanyl, and $3,696 cash. At sentencing, Judge Peterson described Barnard’s trafficking of “vast” quantities of drugs as a “very serious crime” that results in devastating consequences for the community.

The charge against Barnard was the result of an investigation conducted by the West Central Drug Enforcement Task Force, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Remington prosecuted this case.

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