A Haysville man who was found with half a pound of methamphetamine while wearing an ankle monitor from a previous conviction was sentenced last week to serve 14 years in prison for a drug trafficking charge.
38-year-old Dakota Dale McDaniel of Haysville was arrested and charged with two weapons crimes and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine after being pulled over by the Kansas Highway Patrol near Hemlock Avenue and Hemlock Place in south Wichita on September 23, 2025, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas and federal court documents.
After initially failing to yield to the trooper McDaniel, who was wearing an ankle monitor issued by the Kansas Department of Corrections, was found in possession of a black backpack that contained 240.23 grams, a little more than half a pound, of 98.2 percent pure methamphetamine in addition to a digital scale, multiple small zip-lock style bags, and a spoon, the press release and court documents said. He had previously been convicted of several crimes, including identity fraud and theft, drug possession with intent to distribute and second degree murder, KDOC records show…