Seven indicted on drug distribution charges

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Seven people from New York and West Virginia were indicted this month by a federal grand jury sitting in Clarksburg on drug distribution charges, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

The 14-count indictment alleges those named conspired with one another to distribute “crack” cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride, also known as “coke,” in Monongalia County and elsewhere from the Spring of 2018 until November 2018. Those named in the indictment are:

•    Lemar Sheldon Conliffe, also known as “AB,” age 42, of Morgantown, West Virginia
•    Levon Williams, also known as “Slim,” age 36, of Bronx, New York
•    Kenneth Buzzo, age 57, of Granville, West Virginia
•    Sandra Riggleman age 58, of Granville, West Virginia
•    Bonnie Jo Korzun, age 38, of Granville, West Virginia
•    Tyler Hammack, age 20, of Westover, West Virginia
•    Clifford “Mike” Nethken, age 45, of Morgantown, West Virginia

Assistant U.S. Attorney Zelda E. Wesley is prosecuting the cases on behalf of the government. The Mon Metro Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated. 

An indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.