Mariah Diane Keffer, Methamphetamine Distribution, West Virginia 2023

A Beckley woman has been sentenced to prison for distributing methamphetamine in West Virginia.

According to the evidence presented in court, Mariah Diane Keffer, 26, of Beckley, sold approximately 60 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential informant at her Robert C. Byrd Drive residence in Beckley on December 12, 2022.

In addition to this transaction, Keffer admitted to selling a total of approximately 75 grams of methamphetamine to the confidential informant for a total of $900 during separate transactions on December 22, 2022, and January 9, 2023.

On January 10, 2023, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant of Keffer’s residence, where they seized 71.5 grams of methamphetamine, 20.5 grams of fentanyl, and various amounts of marijuana, oxycodone pills, alprazolam pills, suboxone, diazepam pills, and psilocybin mushrooms.

The officers also seized a Taurus model G2c 9mm pistol, a Ruger LCP .380-caliber pistol, and $2,011. Keffer admitted that she intended to distribute the seized drugs in and around the Southern District of West Virginia.

Mariah Diane Keffer was sentenced to one year in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for her crimes.

United States Attorney Will Thompson commended the investigative work of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Beckley/Raleigh County Drug and Violent Crime Unit in this case.

United States District Judge Frank W. Volk imposed the sentence, while Assistant United States Attorney Brian D. Parsons prosecuted the case.

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