CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — A federal grand jury returned indictments Tuesday charging multiple Clarksburg residents with heroin and cocaine trafficking.
Jason Grant, 30, Whitney M. Golden, 25, and Marcus McBride, 24, all of Clarksburg, are alleged to have repeatedly sold heroin near the Monticello Avenue Playground in Clarksburg throughout late 2014.
Grant is charged with:
– One count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.
– Four counts of Distribution of Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location, for which he faces between one and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000 on each count.
– One count of Possession With Intent to Distribute Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location, for which he faces between one and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000.
– One count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, for which he faces between five years and life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
Golden is charged with:
– One count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin, for which she faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.00.
– One count of Distribution of Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location, for which she faces between one and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000.
– One count of Possession With Intent to Distribute Heroin within 1000 feet of a Protected Location, for which she faces between one and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000.
All three defendants are charged with one count of aiding and abetting the Maintaining of Drug-Involved Premises, for which they each face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000.
Douglas Dustin Lish, 29, and Brittany Faith Hurst, 24, both of Clarksburg, allegedly sold heroin and cocaine throughout late 2014.
Both defendants are charged with:
– One count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Heroin, for which they each face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.
– One count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin, for which they each face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.
– One count of aiding and abetting of Maintaining Drug-Involved Premises, for which they each face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000.
Lish is further charged with:
– Three counts of Distribution of Heroin, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000 on each count.
– One count of Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime, for which he faces between five years and life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
– One count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, for which he faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,00.
– One count of Distribution of Cocaine, for which he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $1,000,000.
Al-Teric Garrett, 23, of Clarksburg, was allegedly involved in heroin and cocaine trafficking throughout 2014 and is charged with one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin Within 1000 feet of a Protected Location and two counts of Distribution of Cocaine Base Within 1000 feet of a Protected Location.
He faces between one and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000,000 on each of the three counts.
The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated all of the defendants. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted in investigating Lish and Hurst.