CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Jamie William Sites, of Circleville, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Sites, age 42, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine" and one count of “Possess a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime." Sites admitted to distributing methamphetamine in November 2017 in Pocahontas County and having a.22 caliber pistol during a drug crime in September 2018 in Pendleton County.
Sites faces not less than five and up to 40 years incarceration and a fine of up to $5,000,000 for the drug count and faces at least five years incarceration and up to a $250,000 fine for the firearms count. 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.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN). Project Safe Neighborhoods is the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the West Virginia State Police; the Grant County Sheriff’s Office; and the Moorefield Police Department investigated.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael John Aloi presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
