CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Georgia man faces spending the rest of his life in prison after his conviction Friday in U.S. District Court in Clarksburg following a nine-day trial.
The federal criminal jury found Terrick Robinson, 35, of Cartersville, Georgia, guilty of numerous drug and gun crimes along with causing the drug death of a Fairmont woman.
Carter trafficked and sold 4.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine hydrochloride and fentanyl, in Marion County and surrounding areas during a four-month period in the spring and summer of 2018. He would bring the drugs from Georgia once a week, set-up in hotel rooms and sell it.
Courtney Dubois of Fairmont died in a Jane Lew hotel on August 9, 2018. The pure fentanyl claimed her life. Robinson took Dubois’ body back to Georgia where he dismembered it and disposed of it in a landfill.
The jury found Robinson guilty of all eight charges against him. The combined sentences could send him to federal prison for the rest of his life.
“This was a horrific crime, involving drugs, guns and death,” U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said. Though the verdict will not bring back Ms. Dubois, we hope her family gets some closure by the result of this trial and prior guilty pleas in this investigation. The verdict is the result of many hours of excellent work by the prosecution and law enforcement teams. I also want to thank the Georgia authorities who assisted in bringing this defendant to justice.”
It only took the jury about three hours to convict Robinson.
Two co-defendants in the case previously pleaded guilty to associated charges. A third, Seddrick Damond Banks, age 27, of Cartersville, Georgia, is scheduled to go on trial beginning March 23.