Monongalia County woman admits to drug distribution

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Tina Hart, of Glenville, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
 
Hart, age 40, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Use of Communication Facility.” Hart admitted to using a phone to distribute a controlled substance in April 2018 in Monongalia County.

Hart faces up to four years incarceration and a fine of up to $250,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed will be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. The United States Marshal Service assisted.

The investigation was funded in part by the federal Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program (OCDETF). The OCDETF program supplies critical federal funding and coordination that allows federal and state agencies to work together to successfully identify, investigate, and prosecute major interstate and international drug trafficking organizations and other criminal enterprises.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Michel John Aloi presided.