Cleveland man sentenced to 10 years for cocaine distribution

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Clarence Maceo Carter, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, was sentenced today to 120 months of incarceration for a drug charge, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Carter, also known as “Moe,” age 34, pleaded guilty to one count of “Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine Base” in July 2020. Admitted to having cocaine base, also known as “crack,” in Ohio County in February 2020.

Later testing of drugs found in Carter’s possession indicated 26 grams of fentanyl, enough to kill 8,000 people 

Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn M. Adkins prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Wheeling Police Department investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.