Four indicted on drug distribution charges

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Two men and two women were indicted by a federal grand jury in Elkins on December 19, 2017 on drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

DeMarco Davis, Jr., also known as “Tipp,” of Inwood, West Virginia, age 36, was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine,” three counts of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin,” one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with intent to Distribute Cocaine,” and one count of Possession with intent to Distribute Heroin.” 

Sarah Jaielyn Carter, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, age 26, was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine,” one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin,” and one count of “Aiding and Abetting Possession with intent to Distribute Cocaine.”

David Smeltzer, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, age 36, was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine,” one count of “Distribution of Heroin,” and two counts of “Aiding and Abetting Distribution of Heroin.” 

Shonna Marie Thomas, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, age 32, was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Cocaine” and three counts of “Distribution of Heroin.” 

The crimes allegedly took place in Berkeley County and elsewhere, from November 2016 to February 2017.

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office are investigating. 
 
An indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.