CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two individuals were sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Khalil Brown, 34, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sold heroin in 2014 near West Virginia University in Monongalia County, West Virginia, as part of an extensive drug trafficking network designed to transport heroin and oxycodone across state lines from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Morgantown, West Virginia for redistribution and sale throughout the region. He pled guilty in October 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location." He was sentenced to 92 months in prison.
Harvey Orlando Higgs, 30, of Morgantown, West Virginia, sold cocaine in March 2015 in Monongalia County. He pled guilty in October 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base." He was sentenced to 37 months in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the cases on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
