ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Joshua Richard Lofton, of Petersburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 78 months incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Lofton, age 34, pled guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine" in October 2019. Lofton admitted to having more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, also known as “crystal meth," in Hardy county in October 2018.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Hardy County Department of Natural Resources, the West Virginia State Police, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated.
U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
