Anton Marcel Jeffries, Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2018

Akron, Ohio drug dealer, Anton Marcel Jeffries, 25, has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in Huntington, West Virginia.

According to the United States Attorney Mike Stuart, Jeffries was caught with 108 grams of methamphetamine, 25 grams of heroin, and 12 grams of fentanyl in an apartment at 917 9th Avenue in Huntington on September 19, 2018. The discovery was made during a search warrant executed by the Huntington Violent Crimes and Drugs Task Force and the Huntington Police Department Special Investigations Bureau.

Thanks to the efforts of law enforcement, these deadly drugs were taken off the streets of Huntington. 'Another Akron drug dealer is sentenced to significant time in federal prison for peddling a trifecta of deadly drugs in Huntington,' said United States Attorney Mike Stuart.

The Huntington Violent Crimes and Drugs Task Force and the Huntington Police Department Special Investigations Bureau conducted the investigation. United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Ryan A. Keefe handled the prosecution.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) program, the centerpiece of the government's violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

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Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/akron-man-sentenced-92-months-prison-drug-crime