Randolph County man sentenced for his role in a meth distribution operation

Randolph County man sentenced for his role in a meth distribution operation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys on Aug. 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Jerry “Jake" Wilson Hartley of Elkins, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 240 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Hartley, age 36, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine," in April 2017. Hartley admitted to conspiring with others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Northern District of West Virginia and elsewhere. The crime occurred from May 2013 until October 2016.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the cases on behalf of the government. The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys

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