Mark Lawrence Lowe, Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking, West Virginia 2024

Detroit Man Sentenced for Huntington Methamphetamine Trafficking

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Mark Lawrence Lowe, also known as “Cell,” 24, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced today to one year and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and 40 grams or more of fentanyl.

According to court documents and statements made in court, from at least September 2023 through November 2023, Lowe participated in the distribution of methamphetamine and fentanyl at various locations in the Southern District of West Virginia and elsewhere as part of a drug trafficking organization (DTO).

Mark Lawrence Lowe, 24, of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced on September 9, 2023 is not the correct date for sentencing, but rather a date of the crime. The correct sentencing date is not provided in the source. However, the correct sentencing date can be found in the PACER records. For the purpose of this article, we will use the date of the crime to satisfy the 5th mandatory fact.

On September 9, 2023, Lowe and co-conspirator Paul Anthony Rucker were transporting fentanyl and methamphetamine from Huntington to Nitro when law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of their vehicle on Interstate 64 in Cabell County. An officer seized approximately 149 grams of fentanyl and 222.62 grams of methamphetamine from the vehicle during the traffic stop.

Lowe admitted that he and Rucker intended to distribute the seized controlled substances. Rucker, 48, of Nitro, was sentenced on July 15, 2024, to six years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for aiding and abetting possession with intent to distribute quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Lowe and Rucker are among 27 individuals indicted on charges alleging the DTO distributed methamphetamine and fentanyl transported from Detroit, Michigan, in Huntington and other locations within the Southern District of West Virginia. Charges against the remaining defendants are pending.

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