CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - John Robert Lyons, of Salem, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 20 months incarceration for distributing methamphetamine near a playground, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Lyons, age 46, pled guilty to one count of “Distribution of Methamphetamine in Proximity to a Protected Location" in July 2019. Lyons admitted to selling methamphetamine near Jackson Park playground in Harrison County in February 2017.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci M. Cook prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Greater Harrison Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
