Monongalia County woman admits to role in drug distribution operation in Monongalia County

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Carissa Moore, of Morgantown, West Virginia, has admitted to her role in a drug distribution operation, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
 
Moore, age 27, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Use of Communication Facility.” Moore admitted to using a phone to distribute and conspire to distribute a controlled substance in April 2018 in Monongalia County.

Moore faces up to four years incarceration and 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 in the arrests.

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 Michael John Aloi presided.