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La Crosse man captured in citizens’ arrest gets prison for meth possession

Published

6 years ago

January 17, 2019

Brad Williams

A La Crosse drug suspect could have gotten 65 years in prison, for charges of carrying meth and heroin.

But both sides in the federal court case of Eddy Arca agree that five years behind bars is appropriate.

The 30-year-old Arca received a prison term yesterday from a federal judge in Madison.

Last March, police in La Crosse found Arca carrying 177 grams of meth and 43 grams of heroin after he tried to run from a police car in a north-side neighborhood.

A citizen helped an officer tackle Arca during the foot chase.

Arca was already on probation for another drug case when the meth arrest occurred.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.