MENASHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A convicted felon from the Fox Valley was sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison Tuesday for fentanyl trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.
Agents searched the Menasha residence of Gene Wolf, 26, in August 2023 and located three handguns, over 9,000 fentanyl pills and $50,000 cash, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
One of the handguns was not marked with a serial number, otherwise known as a “ghost gun.” Officials said the pills discovered at Wolf’s home were in the form of counterfeit “Percocet” pills that appeared to be legitimate. Wolf had several prior convictions for narcotics trafficking and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms.
Wolf was charged with gun and drug trafficking offenses. He pleaded guilty and acknowledged his role in fentanyl trafficking in the Fox Valley, officials said.
U.S. Attorney Gregory Haanstad, who handed down Wolf’s 14.5 year prison sentence, said working with local, state and federal partners to combat these kinds of offenses is among his office’s highest priorities.
Fentanyl continues to cut a path of death and devastation in communities across the country,” said U.S. Attorney Haanstad. “Individuals who sell this extremely dangerous substance – which in this case was disguised as another controlled substance – appropriately face substantial prison terms. This is especially so when the trafficking is accompanied by the unlawful possession of ghost guns and other firearms.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul called fentanyl a “scourge on our communities” and emphasized the importance of “working to keep Wisconsinites safe from this extremely dangerous drug.”
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