CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court today for heroin and oxycodone trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Marvin Pierre Ledbetter, Jr., 30, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison after he pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone - Aiding and Abetting." He was discovered in possession of oxycodone pills in Harrison County, West Virginia following an investigation by the Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Gregory Morris, Jr., 33, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 96 months and 20 days months in prison for selling heroin near a playground in Monongalia County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in May 2014 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin in within 1,000 feet of a Protected Location" following an investigation by the West Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted Morris and Wesley, along with former Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan, prosecuted Ledbetter 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
