Skip to main content
Press Release

Hardy County man sentenced for heroin distribution

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of West Virginia

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Jason Wayne Russell, 39, of Moorefield, West Virginia, was sentenced to 33 months incarceration for distributing heroin, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen, announced.

Russell collaborated with other individuals to travel to and from Baltimore to distribute heroin in June 2015. He pled guilty to one count of “Interstate Travel in Furtherance of a Drug Crime” in August 2016.  

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen D. Warner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Potomac Highlands Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force and the Hardy County Sheriff’s Office investigated.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.

Updated February 14, 2017
Topic
Drug Trafficking
Component
USAO - West Virginia, Northern

Related Content

Press Release
Marion County Man Admits to Fentanyl Charge

Emmanuel D. Gibson, 34, of Fairmont, West Virginia, has admitted to the possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made in court, Westover Police attempted...

Press Release
Upshur County Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Charge

Matthew Logan Frame, 38, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 165 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute more than five grams of methamphetamine. According...

Press Release
Randolph County Man Admits to Drug Trafficking

William Durnal, 60, of Elkins, West Virginia, has admitted to methamphetamine possession and distribution. According to court documents and statements made in court, Durnal was part of a drug trafficking...