Jefferson County man sentenced for drug charge

MARTISNBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Luis Manuel Solero Ortiz, of Ranson, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months of incarceration for a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.

Ortiz, 38, pled guilty in October 2020 to one count of “Possess with Intent to Distribute 500 Grams or More of Cocaine Hydrochloride.” Ortiz admitted to having more than 500 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in March 2019 in Jefferson County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Ranson Police Department investigated. 

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.