Martinsburg man sentenced to 15 years in prison for cocaine trafficking

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Gary Vincent Whorley, 32, of Martinsburg, was sentenced to 188 months in prison for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.

Whorley sold cocaine base near an elementary school in Jefferson County, West Virginia. He pled guilty in June 2015 to one count of “Aiding and Abetting the Distribution of Cocaine Base within 1,000 Feet of a School.” Whorley has multiple previous drug trafficking convictions. As a result, he was classified as a Career Offender and his advisory sentencing guideline range was enhanced pursuant to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

One of Whorley’s co-defendants, Dawn Marie Wiley, 26, of Kearneysville, West Virginia, pled guilty to the same offense and was sentenced to 21 months in prison.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Camilletti prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, and the Charles Town, West Virginia Police Department investigated.

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