Charles Jackson, Drug Trafficking, West Virginia 2021

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - A Virginia man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a West Virginia-based drug trafficking operation.

Charles Jackson, 53, of Winchester, Virginia, pleaded guilty in March 2021 to one count of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Eutylone and Cocaine Base. Jackson admitted to working with others to distribute eutylone and cocaine base from October 2019 to April 2020 in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.

According to court documents, Jackson's involvement in the operation led to his sentencing on [no date provided]. The exact date of the sentencing is not specified in the release.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The FBI; the Department of Homeland Security Investigations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the U.S. Marshals Service; the West Virginia State Police; the Eastern Panhandle Drug & Violent Crimes Task Force, a HIDTA-funded initiative; and the West Virginia Air National Guard investigated.

This case is part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten the United States by using a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gina M. Groh presided over the case.

The investigation into Jackson's involvement in the drug trafficking operation is ongoing, and further charges may be pending.

Read more about the case here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/west-virginia-and-virginia-residents-indicted-drug-trafficking-operation-berkeley-and

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndwv/pr/virginia-man-sentenced-role-drug-trafficking-operation