CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Charleston woman was sentenced to federal prison for a drug crime, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Sheila Daun Jarrett, 43, was sentenced to 72 months in prison and five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine.
“Six years in prison," said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “We are putting meth dealers like Jarrett behind bars for significant terms of imprisonment."
Jarrett previously admitted that on July 6, 2019, she was driving a vehicle with expired registration on 1st Avenue, in Nitro, West Virginia. A Nitro police officer noticed the expired registration and initiated a stop. She stopped the vehicle and attempted to hide the methamphetamine in a natural void in the vehicle’s dashboard. The officer asked Jarrett if there was any methamphetamine in the vehicle. She explained that there was a methamphetamine pipe. Investigators conducted a search of the vehicle and retrieved over 20 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. At the time, she was knowingly and intentionally transporting a quantity of methamphetamine that she intended to distribute.
The Nitro Police Department conducted the investigation. United States District Judge Irene C. Berger presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Andrew J. Tessman is handling the prosecution.
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
