CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Daniel Ross Sims, 27, of Fairmont, West Virginia, pled guilty to heroin trafficking today in federal court, admitting that he participated in a Detroit to Morgantown heroin trafficking network, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
Sims was charged along with thirteen other individuals in February 2016 when a series of three federal indictments interrupted a Detroit, Michigan to Morgantown, West Virginia heroin trafficking scheme. Specifically, Sims sold heroin in late 2014 near West Virginia University in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Sims pled guilty today to “Distribution of Heroin within 1,000 feet of a Protected Location." He faces between one and forty years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
