Evidence of another crime, wrong, or act is not barred by the prohibition against circumstantial use of character if such other crime, wrong, or act is offered to prove identity.

United States v. Stover, 565 F.2d 1010, 1013 (8th Cir. 1977) (upholding trial court's admission into evidence of accused's escape from a Minnesota federal penitentiary because such "evidence was competent to show that [accused] was in the vicinity where the car was stolen and that he had both...Another act, wrong, or crime is not barred by the character evidence rule if it is offered to show ability or opportunity or lack of ability or opportunity to commit a crime or other act, or to show person's presence or absence at scene of crime or elsewhere.

Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A) ("A statement is not hearsay if-- (1) Prior statement by witness. The declarant testifies at the trial or hearing and is subject to cross-examination concerning the statement, and the statement is (A) inconsistent with the declarant's testimony, and was given under oath subject to the penalty of perjury at a...A prior statement is exempt from the federal hearsay rule and is admissible to prove the truth of the matter asserted by the declarant with the prior statement if the prior statement was made under oath in another proceeding and if the prior statement is inconsistent with the declararant's testimony or with the admitted hearsay statement of the declarant.

United States v. Silva, 380 F.3d 1018, 1020 (7th Cir. 2004) (reversing conviction for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine because, even though the trial court instructed the jury that the....Evidence that helps tell a factual story in an intelligible way or that puts the evidence or the issues in the case in a meaningful or intelligible context is "relevant."