Jamie Lyn Music, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, West Virginia 2023

A 41-year-old woman from Las Vegas, Nevada has been sentenced to prison for her role in a fentanyl trafficking operation in West Virginia.

Jamie Lyn Music, 41, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute a quantity of fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 24, 2021, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Music and Raymond Jaquette Howard were passengers on Interstate 64 near Huntington, West Virginia. Officers searched the vehicle and found approximately 399.6 grams of fentanyl in a backpack. Music admitted that she possessed and intended to sell the fentanyl.

Music's accomplice, Raymond Jaquette Howard, 35, of Las Vegas, Nevada, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl on October 11, 2022. Howard admitted that he intended to sell the fentanyl found in the backpack or direct others to sell the fentanyl on his behalf. Howard also admitted to selling approximately 1.01 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant at a Huntington motel on September 22, 2021. On November 16, 2021, law enforcement officers searched Howard’s motel room and found approximately 4.6 pounds of fentanyl and a loaded Glock 43x pistol hidden in the ceiling. Howard admitted that he intended to sell the fentanyl.

Howard was sentenced on January 17, 2023 to 14 years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release.

United States Attorney Will Thompson made today’s announcement and commended the investigative work of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West, and the West Virginia State Police.

United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie Taylor prosecuted the case.

This case was prosecuted as part of Operation Synthetic Opioid Surge (SOS), an enforcement surge that has sought to reduce the supply of deadly synthetic opioids in high impact areas.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie Taylor. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Violent Crime and Drug Task Force West, and the West Virginia State Police conducted the investigation.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/nevada-woman-sentenced-prison-fentanyl-crime