Lebanon Resident Sentenced for Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy

ABINGDON, VIRGINIA – United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. announced today the sentencing of a local man who was previously convicted of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The defendant was sentenced this afternoon in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.

Timothy Joseph Fields, 60, of Lebanon, Virginia, pled guilty in November 2015 to one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Today in District Court, Fields was sentenced to 108 months of federal incarceration.

“We must be vigilant in the continued enforcement of our nation’s drug laws,” United States Attorney John P. Fishwick Jr. said today. “I am thankful to our partners in the law enforcement community who worked to bring about this conviction.”

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Bristol Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Bristol Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Virginia State Police, the Sheriff's Offices of Washington County, Russell County, Tazewell County, and Smyth County, the Commonwealth's Attorney's Offices of Russell County and Tazewell County and the police departments of Abingdon and Lebanon. Special Assistant United States Attorney Kevin Jayne prosecuted the case for the United States.