Tyler County man sentenced for meth distribution and a firearm violation

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – William “Jack” Parr, of Middlebourne, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 30 months incarceration for drug distribution and illegally possessing a firearm, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Parr, age 51, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Possess With Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine” and one count of “Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person” in January 2018. Parr admitted to distributing methamphetamine from 2015 to August 2017 in Tyler County, West Virginia. Parr, having previously been convicted of a felony in the Circuit Court of Tyler County, also admitted to illegally possessing two .22 caliber pistols, a 9mm pistol, and a .45 caliber pistol.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. McWilliams, Jr., prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office investigated. 

Senior U.S. District Judge Frederick P. Stamp, Jr. presided.