CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Monongalia County woman pleaded guilty to using a phone in an attempt to sell painkillers.
Holly Jo Exline, 22, of Dellslow, will be sentenced at a later date on one count of unlawful use of communication facility for attempting to distribute oxycodone by phone in Feb. 2017 in Monongalia County. She was one of 33 indicted in June in an oxycodone distribution ring that spanned from West Virginia to Detroit, Michigan.
Exline is the fourth person to admit to a role in the distribution operation.
Previously convicted:
- Bobbie Jo Phillips, 30, of Morgantown
- Makyna Kansco, 22, of Crawford
- Carlee Cuppet, 25, of Kingwood
Phillips and Exline both pleaded to the same charge. They both face up to four years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. Kansco and Cuppet both pleaded guilty to distributing oxycodone earlier this month. They each face up to 20 years and a fine of up to $1,000,000. Kansco admitted to selling oxycodone in Upshur County in June 2015. Cuppet admitted to selling oxycodone in Monongalia County in September 2015.
The Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated the crime.