Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to Decade in Prison

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – An Ohio man will spend the next 10 years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in Wetzel County, announced United States Attorney Matthew L. Harvey.

Tyree D’Sean Jefferys, 34, of Akron, Ohio, was sentenced to 120 months in prison. Jefferys, also known as “Ty,” sold more than a half a pound of methamphetamine to confidential informants in New Martinsville, West Virginia. Jefferys has prior burglary and firearms convictions.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clayton Reid prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The Marshall County Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, and repel the invasion of illegal immigration.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.