February 18, 2000
Section: METRO/REGION
Page: 18
Man convicted of murdering DEA informant
Inger Sandal
A federal jury yesterday convicted a man accused of killing a Drug Enforcement Administration informant two years ago on behalf of a Tucson drug dealer.
Michael Waggoner, 37, was found guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with a witness. He faces the possibility of life in prison when U.S. District Judge John M. Roll sentences him on April 21.
Prosecutor Sean Chapman maintained during the trial that Waggoner opened fire on Alzinnia Keyes on March 12, 1998, to keep her from testifying against Terile Williams.
Waggoner’s defense attorney, Richard Lougee, said prosecutors had the wrong Williams. He told jurors when trial started Feb. 8 that Anthony Williams, a Los Angeles-based cocaine dealer unrelated to Terile, ordered the hit.
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