Joseph Ira Patterson III, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking, West Virginia 2022

Huntington, West Virginia – A Huntington man pleaded guilty to fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking charges in a federal court.

Joseph Ira Patterson III, 38, admitted to selling approximately 8 ounces of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Huntington on March 29, 2021, and again on April 21, 2021. Patterson agreed to deliver more methamphetamine to the confidential informant in Charleston. Patterson was driving in Charleston for that meeting on April 22, 2021, when law enforcement officers stopped Patterson’s vehicle.

A search of the vehicle yielded 907.2 grams of suspected methamphetamine. Patterson admitted he had obtained methamphetamine from a Huntington storage unit prior to traveling to Charleston. Law enforcement officers carried out a search warrant for the unit and seized 282.97 grams of methamphetamine, 231.7 grams of a fentanyl analogue, and 15.70 grams of cocaine as well as nine firearms and drug paraphernalia.

Officers also searched Patterson’s Jackson Avenue residence in Huntington and seized 58.345 grams of methamphetamine, 7.50 grams of fentanyl, 42.53 grams of marijuana and 18.51 grams of cocaine base, also known as “crack.”

Patterson is scheduled to be sentenced on August 15, 2022, and faces at least 10 years and up to life in prison.

The investigation was conducted by the Metropolitan Drug Enforcement Network Team (MDENT) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). United States Attorney Will Thompson made the announcement.

Defendant: Joseph Ira Patterson III

Crime: Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and a fentanyl analogue

City and State: Huntington, West Virginia

Date: March 29, 2021, April 21, 2021, April 22, 2021

Sentence: Up to life in prison

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