Two individuals have been sentenced for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Andrew Ross Hose, 40, from Bunker Hill, West Virginia, received a sentence of 293 months in prison. Bradley Allen Lopp, 36, also from Bunker Hill, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison.
Court documents and statements revealed that Hose and Lopp were involved with the organization to distribute controlled substances such as crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin across Berkeley, Morgan, and Hampshire Counties.
Following his prison term, Hose will be subject to five years of supervised release. Lopp will serve three years under similar conditions after completing his sentence.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher on behalf of the government. The investigation was conducted by the Potomac Highlands Drug Task Force as part of a HIDTA-funded initiative.
This sentencing is part of Operation Take Back America. This nationwide initiative aims to utilize the full resources of the Department of Justice to combat illegal immigration and eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). It seeks to protect communities from violent crime through coordinated efforts involving the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided over the case.
