Brian Cory Hoover, Methamphetamine Trafficking, Virginia 2023

A Marion, Virginia man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a large-scale methamphetamine conspiracy.

Brian Cory Hoover, 34, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and one additional count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.

According to court documents, Hoover transported up to 10 pounds of methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia into Southwest Virginia twice a month since 2021. The methamphetamine was then redistributed in Southwest Virginia by Hoover and his co-conspirators Amanda Wain, Travis Farmer, Larry Whittaker, Borve Fisher, and others.

Wain, Farmer, Whittaker, and Fisher were all previously convicted for their roles in the conspiracy.

Hoover fled the area shortly after law enforcement learned of his activities, leaving Virginia and eventually the United States. He was apprehended in Mexico in June 2023.

United States Attorney Christopher R. Kavanaugh and Special Agent in Charge Stanley M. Meador of the FBI’s Richmond Division made the announcement.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Virginia State Police’s Holston River Regional Drug Task Force, the Smyth County Sheriff’s Office, the Bristol, Tennessee Police Department, the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office, and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Whit D. Pierce is prosecuting the case.

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