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Kansas man wearing ankle monitor caught with methamphetamine (DOJ)
Kansas man wearing ankle monitor caught with methamphetamine
Friday, September 11, 2026
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas
WICHITA, KAN. - A Kansas man was sentenced to 168 months in prison after law enforcement officers found him with a distribution amount of methamphetamine.
According to court documents, Dakota Dale McDaniel, 38, of Haysville pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
In September 2025, as part of an investigation, the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) attempted to stop McDaniel with lights and sirens. He refused to yield and kept driving. Before losing sight of him, a trooper observed that McDaniel was wearing a black backpack. When law enforcement located McDaniel a short time later, the motorcycle and the backpack were on the ground. A trooper searched the backpack and found a bag of methamphetamine, a digital scale, and a firearm among other items. McDaniel was wearing a Kansas Department of Corrections ankle monitor, and the charger for it was also in the backpack.
Laboratory tests determined that the bag contained 240.23 grams of 98.2 percent pure methamphetamine.
"Dakota McDaniel can now add another prison sentence to his long resume as a career criminal," said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser. "We're grateful for the exceptional teamwork among our law enforcement partners who work tirelessly to keep methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs off our streets."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), Kansas Highway Patrol, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, and Butler County Sheriff's Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kari Burks prosecuted the case.
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Updated September 11, 2026
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