Two Pennsylvania men and two West Virginia men indicted on drug distribution charges

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Two Philadelphia-area, Pennsylvania men and two Wheeling, West Virginia man were indicted by a federal grand jury on August 9, 2017 on drug distribution charges, Acting United States Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen announced.

Kevin J. Washington, Jr., age 29, of Glenholden, Pennsylvania was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Oxycodone” and one count of “Distribution of Oxycodone.” 

James R. Stewart a/k/a James R. Steward, Jr., age 31, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Oxycodone,” two counts of “Distribution of Cocaine,” and two counts of “Distribution of Oxycodone.”

Brent T. Leoffler, age 37, and Deion J. Jones, age 26, both of Wheeling, West Virginia, were each indicted on one count of “Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Oxycodone” and one count of “Distribution of Oxycodone.”

The crimes are alleged to have taken place from 2012 to August 2017 in Ohio County, West Virginia.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. McWilliams, Jr., is prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The Ohio Valley Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, is investigating. 

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