WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Erick Lamont Stanback Singleton, of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a drug charge, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
Singleton, also known as “Gotti," age 26, pled guilty in January 2021 to one count of “Distribution of Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location." Singleton admitted to selling heroin near Madison Elementary School on Wheeling Island in February 2020.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shawn M. Adkins and Clayton J. Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, which includes the Drug Enforcement Administration, West Virginia State Police, Ohio County Sheriff’s Office, and the Wheeling Police Department, investigated. The U.S. Marshal Service, Columbus Police Department Gang Crimes Unit, the Martins Ferry Police Department, and the Bellaire Police Department also assisted.
U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.
Find related press release here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/26-charged-drug-conspiracy-involving-heroin-fentanyl-crack-cocaine-and-meth-wheeling
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
