CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Two New York men and a woman from Washington, D.C. are named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Clarksburg, West Virginia on May 2, 2017, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
Named in the indictment are Derrick Sutton, of New York, New York, age 30; James Latrell Roach, of Bronx, New York, age 48; and Britney Robinson, of Washington, D.C., age 27. All three were indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base," one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base," one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone," one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin," and one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Hydrochloride."
Sutton was also indicted on six counts of “Distribution of Cocaine Base," one count of “Distribution of Cocaine Base in Proximity of Protected Location," two counts of “Distribution of Heroin," and one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
Roach was additionally indicted one count of “Distribution of Heroin," one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin."
Robinson was also indicted on one count of one count of “Maintaining a Drug Involved Premises."
The crimes are alleged to have occurred from the spring of 2016 to March 7, 2017 in Monongalia County and elsewhere in the Northern District of West Virginia.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, is investigating.
An indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
