MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Charles Town, West Virginia man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a heroin distribution charge, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.
Ryan Jackson, age 39, is charged with one count of “Distribution of Heroin." Jackson allegedly distributed a mixture of heroin and fentanyl in Jefferson County in October 2016.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Anna Z. Krasinski is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle 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
