CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Marjorie Sue Webster, of
Maidsville, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months incarceration for
her role in distributing oxycodone, United States Attorney Bill Powell
announced.
Webster, age 24, pled guilty to “Unlawful Use of
Communication Facility” in January 2018. Webster admitted to using a phone to
assist others in distributing oxycodone in March 2017 in Monongalia County.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the cases
on behalf of the government. The Mon Valley Drug and Violent Crime Drug Task
Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, led the investigation. The Task Force
consists of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Monongalia County Sheriff’s Office, Morgantown Police Department, the Star City
Police Department, the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia University
Police Department, the Granville Police Department, and the Monongalia County
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
The investigation was funded in part by the federal
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF
program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal
and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and
prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and
other criminal enterprises.
Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
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