Webster County Woman Sentenced to Prison for Role in Meth Conspiracy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Webster County woman was sentenced to 103 months in prison for her role in a methamphetamine conspiracy, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. In June after a two-day trial, a federal jury convicted Jaclyn Burkholder, 30, of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine between January and February 2017. The investigation was conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT), with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

“Burkholder will now be joining her meth trafficking co-conspirators in federal prison,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.  “One at a time, we are shutting down these drug networks that have been bringing poisons into our communities.”

Jaclyn Burkholder is the sixth person to be convicted and sentenced for distributing methamphetamine in related cases. Burkholder, along with Quinton Funk, Carl Clark, and Jamie Harmon, brought approximately four kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Atlanta to Charleston. On January 12, 2017, officers with MDENT executed a search warrant at a hotel room and found over 130 grams of methamphetamine, scales, baggies, and a gun. The methamphetamine was part of the approximately four kilograms Burkholder and others brought back from Atlanta, and it was lab-tested and confirmed to be over 90% pure.

United States District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin presided over the trial and imposed Burkholder’s sentence.

Five other defendants involved in this methamphetamine conspiracy have also been sentenced to federal prison. Quinton Funk, of Webster Springs, was sentenced to 21 years and 10 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Carl Clark, of South Charleston, was sentenced to 135 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Jamie Harmon, of South Charleston, was sentenced to 8 years for distributing methamphetamine. Christopher Carte, of St. Albans, was sentenced to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Holly Doub, of South Charleston, was sentenced to five days in federal prison for aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine.

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