U.S. Attorney William S. Thompson | U.S. Department of Justice
Terrence Jay Mason, a 31-year-old resident of Charleston, West Virginia, has been sentenced to seven years and four months in federal prison. This will be followed by four years of supervised release for distributing five grams or more of methamphetamine.
Court documents reveal that in April 2023, Mason sold approximately 74 grams of methamphetamine over three separate transactions to a confidential informant in Charleston. Mason admitted to selling around 26 grams on April 6, 2023.
On May 2, 2023, law enforcement obtained arrest and search warrants for Mason. When officers entered a residence on Frame Street in Charleston to execute the warrants, they found Mason attempting to dispose of U.S. currency and methamphetamine in a bathroom. Officers observed a tactical shotgun, a semi-automatic rifle, and large quantities of controlled substances in plain view within the residence. Following this discovery, officers executed an additional search warrant for the residence and seized about 140 grams of methamphetamine, 44 grams of fentanyl, five loaded firearms including the shotgun and rifle, and $8,724.
United States Attorney Will Thompson announced the sentencing while commending the investigative efforts of the Charleston Police Department-Street Crimes Unit.
The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Samuel D. Marsh and Francesca C. Rollo.
Further details can be accessed through the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia's website or via PACER by searching Case No. 2:24-cr-34.
