Monongalia County woman sentenced for drug distribution charge

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jayla Shade, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to six months incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Shade, age 22, pled guilty to one count of “Unlawful Use of Communication Facility” in December 2017. Shade admitted to using a phone to distribute and assist in a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. The crime occurred in Monongalia County in February 2017.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Drug Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, led the investigation. 

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.

Senior U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.