Ohio man sentenced for drug distribution

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Tyler Oliver, of St. Louisville, Ohio, was sentenced today to 37 months of incarceration for a drug distribution charge, United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced.

Oliver, age 36, pleaded guilty in October 2019 to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute 3,4-Dichloro-N-[2-(dimethylamino) cyclohexyl]-Nmethylbenzamide (“U47700”).” Oliver admitted to working with another to distribute “U47700,” a synthetic opioid, from June 2016 to December 2016 in Ohio County and elsewhere.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen L. Vogrin prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The United States Postal Inspection Service investigated.

U.S. District Judge James Preston Bailey presided.