MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Larry Allen Lyons, of
Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced today to five years’ probation, with
the first three months incarceration, for methamphetamine distribution, U.S.
Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Lyons, age 55, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to
Distribute Methamphetamine” in January 2020. Lyons admitted to working with
others to distribute more than 500 grams of methamphetamine from March 2018 to
May 2018 in Mineral, Grant, and Randolph Counties.
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 prosecution was brought as a part of the Department of
Justice’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Co-located
Strike Forces Initiative, which provides for the establishment of permanent
multi-agency task force teams that work side-by-side in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from
different agencies to collaborate on intelligence-driven, multi-jurisdictional
operations against a continuum of priority targets and their affiliate illicit
financial networks. These prosecutor-led
co-located Strike Forces capitalize on the synergy created through the
long-term relationships that can be forged by agents, analysts, and prosecutors
who remain together over time, and they epitomize the model that has proven
most effective in combating organized crime.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.
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