Virginia man sentenced for role in a drug distribution operation

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Todd Jason Erwin, of White Post, Virginia, was sentenced today to 33 months incarceration for his involvement in a drug distribution conspiracy, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced.

Erwin, age 43, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine Base and Heroin” in September 2019. Erwin admitted to working with others to distribute cocaine base and heroin in October and November 2018 in Berkeley County.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara K. Omps-Botteicher, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Lydia Lehman, also with the Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, and Assistant U.S Attorney Timothy D. Helman, prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated.

The investigation was funded 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.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided.