MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Giovanni Geonard Ingersoll, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced today to 121 months of incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.
Ingersoll, age 29, pled guilty in July 2020 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Methamphetamine." Ingersoll admitted to working with others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from March 2018 to May 2018 in Mineral County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Potomac Highlands Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; the West Virginia State Police; and the Ravenswood Police Department investigated.
This effort is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
