Detroit man sentenced for oxycodone trafficking

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Markus Deanthony Franklin, 22, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for prescription painkiller trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Franklin, also known as “Diego,” sold oxycodone in Monongalia County, West Virginia in September 2014. He pled guilty in June 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Oxycodone.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated.

U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.