ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Michael Christopher Morgan, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced to 120 months incarceration for his role in a heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine distribution operation in Randolph County, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Morgan, also known as “Deon" and “D," age 37, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin, Cocaine Base, and Methamphetamine" in April 2019. Morgan admitted to working with others to distribute heroin, “crack" cocaine, and methamphetamine in Randolph County from March 2016 to March 2017.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mountain Region Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.
The investigation was funded by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
