Woodlawn Woman Sentenced on Methamphetamine Charge

Roanoke, VIRGINIA – Acting United States Attorney Rick A. Mountcastle announced today the sentencing of a local woman on a federal methamphetamine charge.

Jessica Machelle Garlic, 30, of Woodlawn, Va., previously pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. Today in District Court, Garlic was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison.

The investigation of the case was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Virginia State Police, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, the Galax Police Department, the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office and the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Ashley Neese prosecuted the case for the United States.