CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Ratique Wilson, also known as “Montana," 25, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Wilson sold cocaine base in January 2015 in Marion County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in November 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base."
In another matter, Rholan D. Pryor, 26, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to six months in prison for selling heroin in April 2014 in Harrison County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in October 2015 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin - Aiding and Abetting."
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar prosecuted Pryor and Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted Wilson on behalf of the government. The West Virginia State Police investigated both defendants. The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, also investigated Pryor.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
