ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Six individuals were sentenced in federal court today for heroin and prescription pill trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Jonathan Paul Calain, 38, of Elkins, was sentenced today to 78 months in prison after he admitted that he conspired with multiple other individuals to possess and distribute oxycodone in Randolph County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in February 2015 to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Oxycodone." The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, the West Virginia State Police, the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, the Upshur County Sheriff’s Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service investigated.
In another matter, five individuals were sentenced in federal court today for selling heroin and prescription medications throughout 2014 and 2015 in Grant County, West Virginia following an investigation by the West Virginia State Police and the Potomac Highlands Task Force.
Richard Dean Gibson, 32, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for selling heroin in May 2014 in Grant County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
John Daniel Barnett, 39, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for selling heroin in May 2104 in Grant County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
Kaylei Oressa Wilson, 26, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 6 months in prison for selling heroin in August 2014 in Grant County, West Virginia. She pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
Autumn Lyn Forbeck, 24, of Frostburg, Maryland, was sentenced today to three years of probation after she was discovered in possession of heroin in June 2014 in Grant County, West Virginia. She pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Controlled Substances."
Sandra Elizabeth Gibbins, 58, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to two years of probation for selling heroin in May 2014 in Grant County, West Virginia. She pled guilty in July 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Warner prosecuted Calain and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Stein prosecuted the remaining defendants on behalf of the government.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
