CLARKSBURG, W. Va. — Four West Virginia residents were sentenced Friday on drug trafficking charges.
Ondrea K. Counts, 42, of Reynoldsville, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling ecstasy near the Oakmound Apartments, a public housing authority facility in Clarksburg.
She pled guilty in January to one count of aiding and abetting the distribution of MDMA within 1000 feet of a protected location.
George Powers, 35, of Clarksburg, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after he was discovered in possession of oxycodone pills in March.
He pled guilty in July to one count of aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute oxycodone.
Aaron Jones, 36, of Fairmont, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for selling cocaine near Unity Terrace, a public housing authority facility in Fairmont. He will receive credit for time served since June.
He pled guilty in July to one count of distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a Protected Location.
Justin Charles Cole, 32, of Clarksburg, was sentenced to time already served.
Cole was discovered selling oxycodone in January 2013 in Anmoore.
He pled guilty in August to one count of distribution of oxycodone.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Shawn Morgan prosecuted Counts and Powers, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Stein prosecuted Cole and Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuted Jones on behalf of the government.
The Greater Harrison County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative, investigated Counts, Powers, and Cole. The Three Rivers Drug and Violent Crime Task Force investigated Jones.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.