Eau Claire man charged in case of mail-order Ecstasy
By Jesse Horne Posted: Fri 10:35 PM, Nov 03, 2017 Updated: Fri 10:45 PM, Nov 03, 2017
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -- Odd pieces of mail are nothing new for Eau Claire postmaster Jason Brain.
"We've had strange packages that the postal inspectors have been here before," Brain said to WEAU 13 News on Friday.
But 20-year-old Tristan Linsmeyer is accused trying to have something more unusual mailed- almost a pound of Ecstasy.
"So, it's nothing new ... but yeah, it kind of throws you off a little bit," Brain said.
According to a criminal complaint filed Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice was alerted on October 9th about a package addressed to Linsmeyer coming from Antwerp, Belgium.
Once the package arrived at John F. Kennedy international airport in New York, it was opened and a substance suspected to be Ecstasy was found inside.
The package was forwarded to Milwaukee and then allowed to proceed to the mail distribution center in Minneapolis where the suspected substance was found to be 406 grams of Ecstasy.
Begining on October 23rd, the package was at the post office annex building in Eau Claire and authorities coordinated with Linsmeyer to pick up the package.
"We do the initial contact, if we notice that something is not right with the mail or something suspicious. We'll get a hold of the postal inspectors and, from that point on, they handle everything."
Linsmeyer arrived at the postal annex building at about noon on November 1st and was arrested trying to pick up the package.
While the package that Linsmeyer was trying to get went through several checks before his arrest this week brain says he asks his carriers to keep their watchful eyes on any abnormalities in the mail they carry.
"You know, throughout the year, we usually have a safety talk every Thursday and, maybe, every couple weeks, we'll bring up stuff like this, look for suspicious mail or you know something out of the ordinary," he said.
Linsmeyer is free on a $5,000 signature bond. His next court appearance is slated for December 20th.
It seems like those who have been getting caught with massive amounts of drugs from Europe are extremely young recently.
Their goes your future boi.