Roanoke, VIRGINIA - A Roanoke man who conspired with others to distribute heroin and other drugs was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke, Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced.
Westley Richardson, a.k.a. “Murda" a.k.a. “Murder," 36, of Roanoke, was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, to be followed by a 5-year term of supervised release. Richardson previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute heroin and methamphetamine.
According to evidence presented by Special Assistant United States Attorney Kari Munro, after Richardson was recorded on video selling heroin and other substances to various individuals, police arrested him during a traffic stop on May 12, 2016 in Roanoke in possession of one or more of these substances. Richardson later acknowledged that he had acquired large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine for distribution in and around the Roanoke Valley over a period of more than a year, in some instances accepting firearms as payment for the drugs.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Drug Enforcement Agency; the Virginia State Police; the Roanoke County Police Department; the Roanoke City Police Department; the Radford City Police Department; and the regional HIDTA task force. Special Assistant United States Attorney Kari Munro prosecuted the case for the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
