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King and Queen County Meth Kingpin Sentenced to 5 Years
A King and Queen County man has been sentenced to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
George Franklin Gibson Jr., 34, was arrested on March 17, 2022, after a King and Queen County Sheriff’s Office Deputy responded to a report that Gibson was sitting in his truck at the end of a driveway, in violation of an emergency protective order.
Deputies found a plastic baggie with suspected meth in the center console of Gibson’s truck, as well as a backpack in the backseat with more suspected meth in the front zipper pocket. The main compartment of the backpack was locked, but search warrants were obtained for the backpack and Gibson’s premises.
Inside the locked compartment, deputies found suspected marijuana, a digital scale, smoking devices, packaging materials, and suspected psychedelic mushrooms. A shed on the property contained large quantities of suspected marijuana and marijuana plants, packaging materials, a loaded 9mm handgun, and a safe containing more suspected meth and over $13,000.
In total, law enforcement recovered 187.59 grams of meth, a significant amount of the highly addictive and destructive drug.
Gibson pled guilty on February 29, and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Wright and Kenneth R. Simon Jr.
The announcement was made by Jessica D. Aber, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Washington Division; and William R. Balderson, King and Queen County Sheriff.
The sentencing of Gibson Jr. is a significant blow to the meth trafficking trade in King and Queen County, and a testament to the hard work of law enforcement in the area.
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Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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