Press Release
Berkeley County woman sentenced for cocaine charge
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jessica Marie Shifflett, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to four years of probation for distributing cocaine, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
Shifflett, age 36, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base” in May 2018. Shifflett admitted to conspiring with others to distribute crack cocaine in Berkeley County from April 2015 to February 2017.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara K. Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.
Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.
Updated September 10, 2018
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Drug Trafficking
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