CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court today for oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Tyree Dupree Williams, 21, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for selling oxycodone in September 2014 near the campus of West Virginia University in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in June 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Oxycodone within 1,000 Feet of a Protected Location." The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.
Paul Dennison, 34, of Wallace, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 37 months in prison after he was discovered in possession of oxycodone and multiple firearms in January 2015 in Harrison County, West Virginia. In light of his previous felony conviction in Harrison County for “Delivery of a Controlled Substance - Marijuana," he is prohibited from possessing firearms. He pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone - Aiding and Abetting" and one count of “Felon in Possession of a Firearm." He was sentenced today to 37 months on each count. The sentences will run concurrently for a total of 37 months in prison. The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted Williams and Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Adkins and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan prosecuted Dennison on behalf of the government.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
