Damien Andrew Wolfson, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Arkansas 2019

EL DORADO, Ark. – A California man was sentenced to 170 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and one count of Possessing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense.

The Honorable Chief Judge Susan O. Hickey presided over the sentencing hearing in the United States District Court in El Dorado.

Damien Andrew Wolfson, 28, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that led police on a wild goose chase through Columbia County on August 2, 2019. Wolfson had an active warrant out of California and was allegedly on his way to Texarkana in an SUV.

A search of the vehicle resulted in law enforcement locating and seizing five firearms, a jar of marijuana, baggies, and a bag of suspected methamphetamine. The suspected methamphetamine was sent to the Arkansas Crime Laboratory where it was determined to be 255.4 grams of methamphetamine.

Affidavits show that Wolfson’s vehicle rammed a Magnolia Police unit as he continued driving recklessly. The vehicle was eventually stopped after the two rear tires were shot out by law enforcement. Wolfson then bailed out of the vehicle and fled into the woods.

Wolfson was later found hiding in the rear cargo area of the SUV and was arrested. U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes made the announcement.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Department, the Magnolia Police Department and the ATF investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sydney Butler prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.

This case was prosecuted as part of a renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.

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