BECKLEY, W.Va. - A Detroit-area man was sentenced to federal prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of oxymorphone, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. D’Andre Lee Mathis, 29, of Mount Clemons, Michigan was sentenced to 63 months in prison and a three year term of supervised release.
“A Detroit-area pill dealer operating in Greenbrier County," said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “If you think we only find Detroit drug dealers in Charleston and Huntington, guess again. We are finding out-of-state drug dealers in every county in the District. The work of our task forces is critical to identifying and investigating these poison peddlers so we can send them packing."
Mathis previously admitted that on June 9, 2017, he distributed three oxymorphone pills to a confidential informant in Alderson after his co-defendant, Cody Reed Godfrey, helped set up the deal. Mathis admitted that he was responsible for distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute, dozens of oxymorphone pills in Greenbrier County. Godfrey was sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in the scheme.
The Greenbrier Valley Drug and Violent Crime Task Force conducted the investigation. United States District Judge Frank W. Volk presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney John File handled the prosecution.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
