EAU CLAIRE — A man facing a significant list of charges in Eau Claire County didn’t appear for a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, but authorities think there’s a good reason for it.
Anthony Minneker, 44, is charged with separate counts of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, THC and prescription drugs, improper possession of a credit card scanning device to transfer information, identity theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstructing an officer and possession of an illegally obtained prescription.
None of the charges is at the high end of Wisconsin’s statutory felonies — the methamphetamine charge is a Class D felony — but the cumulative weight of the charges brings a risk of substantial time in prison.
That, authorities think, is where Minneker is now.
Online records from Tuesday’s hearing indicates Minneker “is believed to be in prison and has not connected” with the court. He is eligible for a public defender, but one has not yet been appointed for him.
Minneker was charged last November after a traffic stop on his vehicle, which didn’t have license plates. According to the criminal complaint, an officer spotted Minneker at a location known to have drug sales take place at it. The officer followed Minneker as he left and noticed the missing plates.
Minneker’s hands were shaking during the stop, and he told the officer he was returning home from work. That, the officer already knew, wasn’t accurate. Minneker was already under supervision in a different case, and a search of his vehicle found drugs prescribed to someone else and a glass pipe. It was enough for an arrest.
Minneker had $820 on him in cash. Additional searches of his vehicle found 82 grams of marijuana as well as more than 25 grams of methamphetamine. A duffel bag had blank checks, a printer to produce the checks and 15 blank credit/debit cards.
Both court records and Wisconsin’s inmate locator list Minneker as being held in the Stanley prison. It’s less clear why he’s there. The state’s listing includes multiple cases Minneker has been involved with, but the most recent is from 2021 and only resulted in a year in jail.
The Eau Claire County case is the only one currently active in the system, according to the state’s judicial database.
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