Ronald Robinson, Methamphetamine Distribution, West Virginia 2025

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Parkersburg man has been charged with distributing methamphetamine in a string of transactions in 2024.

Ronald Robinson, 55, pleaded guilty today to distribution of a quantity of methamphetamine, according to court documents and statements made in court.

On October 15, 2024, Robinson sold a quantity of a substance containing methamphetamine to a confidential informant. As part of his plea agreement, Robinson admitted to the transaction and further admitted to selling a substance containing methamphetamine on two other occasions in October 2024. Each transaction occurred in Parkersburg.

On October 16, 2024, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a motel room where Robinson was staying and seized approximately 40.307 grams of a substance containing methamphetamine and approximately 7.368 grams of a substance containing a mixture of methamphetamine and fentanyl. Officers also seized $501 including recorded currency from the controlled buys.

Ronald Robinson is scheduled to be sentenced on August 7, 2025, and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release, and a $1 million fine.

At the time of this offense, Robinson was serving terms of supervised release as a result of his convictions on July 12, 2004, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base, in the form known as crack, and on March 28, 2017, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 100 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of heroin, both in United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Ronald Robinson’s guilty plea was announced by Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston, who commended the investigative work of the Parkersburg Violent Crime and Narcotics Task Force, the Police Department, and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office.

Sentencing for Robinson is scheduled for August 7, 2025, at which time the court will determine the final sentence.

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